It's the Sound of A New Start

 I'm not a surprise kind of gal, & I probably never will be, but that is perfectly alright with me. Well Monday I did something out of my comfort zone. After staying up until almost 5 A.M. I woke up at 9 & got my butt in my freezing car & started down the road. I was heading to Susanville to see my cousin Danica. Now I haven't seen or talked to Danica for at least 18 years of my life. When I was little I got to meet her once, but that was it. Last year I had her dad (my uncle Mo) give me her last name & me being the private investigator that I am decided to find her on face book. Well surely enough I found her! She is 19 years old & gorgeous. I then called my uncle & asked if he cared that I added her as a friend. Finally I moved up to Reno a few months later & I noticed that she lives in Susanville, which is super close to Reno. Danica just graduated from hair school & had posted about doing hair. Well me being me commented on her post & told her I needed a hair cut & to my amazement she agreed! I called my uncle the second I got that message & he couldn't believe it either. Yesterday was finally the day I got to see my cousin for the first time as an adult & I was blown away. After my drive up I was sitting in my car nervous as heck & I said a prayer. I wasn't sure how things were going to go so I prepared myself for the worst. As soon as I opened the door to the salon I looked in front of me & there she was. Just sitting there waiting for me. I wanted nothing more than to run to her & hug her & cry, but again she had no memory of meeting me before ! We had a great time getting to know each other & I feel like we are both a lot alike. I can't wait to see where this leads, but I hope she soon gets the chance to meet our amazing family. They have all been waiting to see her for many years. Tonight as I was coming home from church I was stopped at a light & a green van turned right in front of me. When I looked at who was driving the van I literally stopped breathing. The man driving the van looked just like my grandma Dean who passed away 11 years ago. The weirdest part was that the van was the same kind of van he use to drive when he was alive. At that point in time I began crying my eyes out. After this week I've needed my family more than ever & seeing him tonight just proved to me that I always have angels watching over me. Everyone please have a great week & do something amazing for someone you've never met. AND thank you so much aunt J for your sweet note & Starbucks card. You are a gal after my own heart. Please come to Henderson soon. I miss you!        Xoxoxo, Syd

     Song of the week: Hard Candy Christmas- Dolly Parton ( I love this song!)

 

 

 

 

Mark & I at our church Thanksgiving

 

 

 My mom knows about my obsession with Febreeze

 

 

Facetime with my little cousin Tay on Thanksgiving

 



Danica & I

 



My best friend Bosh aka Alexes knew Tyler hadn't

written me for 2 weeks so this is what I got

Monday morning in place of Tyler's email :)

Count Your Blessings

As I was getting ready this afternoon to go to dinner with my friend JoyceAnn and her family this hymn popped into my head. It's one of my very favorites & I find myself humming it quiet often. It tells you to count every single one of your blessings that the Lord has given you. As I've stated before I didn't get to go home for Thanksgiving & this day was a very emotional one for me. As soon as I got off of facetime with my mom I broke down into tears, but as soon as that began to happen my Aunt J called me on facetime. I knew I couldn't let my aunt see me cry so I held it in. I'm so blessed to have a family that loves me & genuinely misses me when I'm not around. When I finally got to JoyceAnn's families house I was feeling way better. Her parents stove had broken so they decided to go to the Nugget hotel & invited me to tag along. I was their adopted child for the afternoon. As I was waiting in line my grandma Maria called me & also my Aunt Cathy. I broke down just listening to their voicemails. & while I was eating at the buffet my cousin Taylor facetimed me since you no longer need wifi to facetime & I got to see my mom's side of the family. I nearly started bawling when I saw my grandma Marie & my brother. I miss everyone so so so much, but I just tried to keep remininding myself that Christmas is right around the corner. Plus I hate crying in public! I feel like everyone stares at me & the second I finally calm myself down someone asks if I'm alright & then I'm back to crying again. I hate being emotional sometimes, but thankfully this past year I've kind of gotten it under control. A crazy thing happened to me after my last blog post & let me just say it was something I didn't expect. My life is so unpredictable sometimes. One day I'll figure it all out, but until that time I'll just take it day by day. I'm so blessed to have the people that I do in my life. I have my amazing family, wonderful friends, & my heavenly Father leading my life. Sometimes I don't understand why things happen, but there is always a reason behind it. This Thanksgiving has definitely showed me what I have to be thankful for & I definitely appreciate every thing in my life. I just got done shopping Target's Black Friday & I am now whipped out. I work at 5:30 A.M. so I need to hit the sack. I love every single one of my followers & readers. Thank you all so much :)
                                 Xoxoxo, Sydney

Hopelessly Devoted to You

A year ago today I had 2 huge life changing events happen to me. The first was the ending of my first love & the other was the beginning of my friendship with Alexes aka Chris Bosh. Evey now and again I think back to who I was a year ago & I can't believe it. I definitely had my rose colored glasses on back then & thankfully those are gone. "I use to think you were my happily ever after, but now I've realized you were only my once upon a time." When I read that tonight I realized how fitting that was. My first love was definitely a learning experience. The best part of this day was the fact that I went on my first "date" with my soon to be eternal best friend. We had geology together & at first we didn't talk to each other, but one day I was being my normal bratty self & when Alexes walked into class she was wearing the BRIGHTEST yellow shirt I had ever seen. I of course had to say something. I'm pretty sure I asked her if she wore bright shirts like that every day. She then replied no & we started talking. We had a study sesh with our friend Shawn & the entire time instead of studying Alexes and I just talked. We discovered how many mutual friends we had, we talked about our love of crafting, & much more. I also got to meet Landan aka D Wade aka Alexes' husband on this day. These 2 I instantly loved & from then on we were the trio. November 18th 2011 Alexes & I were in class & we had decided to go see Breaking Dawn together at midnight. That night we went to Bww & then we headed down to Cinedome. Well Alexes & I found our seats & not even 5 minutes later a girl tapped me on the shoulder & asked if we could move down one. Again I was being a brat & said no. This strange girl then offered me fruit snacks & popcorn & I graciously accepted them. Alexes being sceptical declined. Day 1 she discovered how many people offer me free things. The girl also offered to share her blanket, but I declined. There is a certain point where I say no & that was it. During the movie my ex boyfriend called me so I snuck out of the theater & left poor Alexes alone for quiet some time. & if you have read any of my previous blog posts you'll know what happens next. Needless to say Alexes was my first call as soon as I got out of my ex's car. From that night on our friendship grew. We did crafts together, baked cookies, went swimming, pretty much everything. The first time Alexes introduced me to Landan's family she told everyone we were sista wives, Landan's little brother layed on my knee, & Landan & I screamed at the tv while watching the rebel basketball game. I love having them both as my best friends. When I first met Alexes I hated Glee & so every time she watched it she made Landan & I be quiet. We HATED Glee. & every Tuesday night before we would all watch New Girl Alexes would make us watch Glee. She is the cause of my Glee addiction & half the cause of my love of robes. My ginger mom Cyn is the other half of that one. One day Alexes invited me to a Christmas party at her church with Landan & some friends & I decided that I'd go. That was the night my life change began. That was also the first time I got to meet Brandeis & Jerilyn. Kittay Mark W. was also there with us. This was one amazing night. After that night I decided I wanted to attend church with the Morgo's & from then on I decided to meet with the missionaries & in January I was baptized Mormon. One of the best decisions of my life. I will save my conversion story for another day though. I got to meet my adopted family of gingers aka the Baileys. Phillip, Cyn, Rebecca, Alexes, Chris, & Lauren. Cyn Alexes' mom is my ginger mom. Cynnabooty, Cynnamint, Cynni, ginga, & that's only half of her nicknames. & then there is her cutie pie husband Phillip aka Lebron Jr. & Alexes' cute sisters Rebecca & little Lauren. & no one can forget Jack aka Jackie chin. I honestly can't tell you what kind of person I'd be if I hadn't met Alexes a year ago. She helped me get through probably the hardest year of my life & I'm so thankful to her for that. We've done so much together in this 1 year alone & I can't wait to see what else life has in store for us. I love you boo boo :) Other than my friend anniversary this week has been pretty mellow. I finally got my shipping info for Tyler's package that I sent to the Ukraine! :) I can't wait for him to get it :) & this Friday is Black Friday aka the busiest day of my year. Thankfully I am only working a 9 1/2 hour shift this year unlike last year when I worked 16 hours straight. What a long day! I hope you all have one amazing week & have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Remember what you're thankful for this week!

 

Friday's Letters

Dear Roxolana: Thank you for finally shipping my package off. I can't wait until it reaches Tyler in the Ukraine hopefully in 2 weeks :)

Dear Twilight Saga: It's been a fun few years, but honestly I'm glad your over. I just want to see the dang 50 Shades of Grey movie!

Dear black Friday: I'm very nervous about you. I'm not sure if we're going to be busy or not. Just in case anyone wanted to know I will be at Target at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving.

Dear marshmallow coat: Thank you. You've kept me toasty warm during these cold, rainy, snowy days. You're a life saver!

Dear Thanksgiving: Please be a good one. Someone in Reno needs to adopt me for the day.

Dear Heavenly Father: Thank you for all the amazing blessing that you give to me every single day. You are amazing.

                                   Xoxo, Syd

I'll Be Home For Christmas

In case no one caught onto my catchy song lyric title, I will not be home for Thanksgiving :( BUT I will be home Christmas :) The decision for me not to go home was tough, but one I decided to make. Both of my parents offered to fly me out for the holiday, but I declined. That's a lot of traveling & things to fit into probably a day & a half. Now Christmas I will actually be home for 4 days. I'm counting down the days :) At least for Thanksgiving I will not have to run around like a chicken with my head cut off. Attending 3 Thanksgivings & 3 Christmas's isn't as fun as some may think. Although through the years it has gotten easier. I don't even want to think about how many things I'll have to attend when I one day get married & have kids. Yikes! I've decided that instead of hanging out at my apartment alone, I'd volunteer at a homeless shelter & help feed the people who really need it. I've always wanted to do this, but I always had so much to do that I had no time. This year is my year. Thanksgiving won't be the same without Grandma Corn in the kitchen with John cooking up a storm. Or even seeing my brother, mom, aunts, uncles, & cousins all sitting around talking/ watching football. I love the holidays. I love spending time with my families. & I LOVE the food. Especially pumpkin pie. Yum! Maybe I will attempt my own pumpkin pie. I'm sure it will taste delicious! Other than the normal day to day things I've been making a bigger effort to go out and make more friends rather than just keep to myself. Church is the perfect place for this! My friend Mark is up here as well & he's introduced me to many people. One of my new friends JoyceAnn is the sweetest! She has invited me to spend Thanksgiving with her family and I am so grateful for that! Although my mom still hasn't given up her hope of me being home for Thanksgiving. It may be due to the fact that last week for some odd reason was my hardest week living her. I cried almost every day. All I wanted to do was be home. Thankfully that was just a few days. I've already been in Reno for almost 3 months! Crazy! It SNOWED here this weekend! How crazy is that! It was only 19 degrees during the day & I thought I was going to die. I was definitely nervous about the snow, but once I drove in it I was alright. On my way to work there were numerous accidents, but nothing major that I saw. It melted mid day & now we're just stuck with freezing temps! I'm so glad that my dad got me my jacket when he did. That thing is the one thing that keeps me warm up here. I may need to invest in a heated ice scarper because getting the ice off of my windshield with my debit card is not practical & kind of ghetto. Lately I've been thinking of Christmas & seeing as black Friday is around the corner I have a few things on my list! 1. Tall black boots 2. Victoria Secret pink yoga pants, sweats, & hoodies. 3. Cute jacket from Target. 4. Chevron case for Ipad (Target) 5. Taylor Swift perfume. I want both because I used up the one Granny Corn bought me last year 6. New Brighton necklace & a ring & that's what I have so far! I'm sure I will come up with more later, but it's a start :) I just want to end this post with this. Thank you to everyone who has been there for me lately. I love every single one of you & I'm so glad to have you all in my life. I must say I am one blessed girl & I wouldn't have it any other way. I had to include these screen shots from my Aunt J aka my #1 blog follower! I love this woman to pieces! She is always getting on me about my chipped nail polish. Also one of these pictures is of my hair caught in the car door. This happens to me at least once a day. & the last 2 are of the crazy Reno weather. Fall/winter. Xoxoxo, Syd

 

Song of the day: Hopessley devoted to you - Glee Cast