I wouldn't wanna be anybody else

ello people. what is UP?! today I was very very proud of myself (just ask me, I'll tell you) because I went for a run this morning (wooooo!) with my good friend Meg. she is awesome and I've been friends with her since I was a wee little one, but she plays insaneeeee club volleyball for this club that kills her. she is like 6'3" and in such good shape and she's gonna play volleyball at UVA. and she quit track for volleyball! (LAME) ok so background info done. basically it's just sad because I never get to see her ever. BUT today she was home and she has like a 2 day break from volleyball so we went for a run cause she wants to stay in shape. crazy I know. but then we went to red mango because I live there and have no life. but my day was made when Meghan and I walked in and we saw our veryyyyy attractive friend that works there. he is adorable and then he gave us free yogurt. ya you heard that correctly....FREE RED MANGO BETCHES. so basically he knows me AND Meg and he was all, "ahhh heyyyy! my fav central girls!" and we were all, "eeeeeeep hi!" and it was great. and then it got even better because we took a picture with him because YES, we are that creepy. but atleast I had a buddy with me! it was pretty fun. sooo then I went to hang out with the babies and I heard some crazy news. my cousins were in a car accident and their car was totaled but thankfully they are all okay! but my poor little cousin had to get stitches in his chin. :( but I am just so glad that he is alright and that they all are too because that is just terrifying! and I love them so much and it just reminded me once again that life is wayyyy to precious to pass by and you just have to show your love to your family. ok tangent sorry. so my BFFL Jules (see post about her if you want more info) came to babysit with me and that was fun because she is GREAT and the babies all LOVEEE her. so that was exciting. and we all just hung out and I caught up with her because I miss her so so so much since she was gone for 10 days. and then we also hung out with da babies but actually there was only one baby today cause the other baby had to go to the doctors office :( BUT we had a good time and we played candy land, used bendaroos (SO MUCH FUN!!!), and then we made these nasty little cupcakes with the easy bake oven. oh AND we played with the littles pet shops. ya like the song that goes, "who's got the twirliest, whirliest, cooliest pets (something like that), LITTLEST PET SHOP THAT'S YOU!" ok so that can't possibly be the right words but whatever. you get the point. we played sing a long with the pet shops. they were super fun and we acted like fools but we loved it. and I may or may not have given the sweaty pizza man the wrong address for the house so then he had to call me and that was weird. and then my name may or may not have been printed on the receipt on the box. ew. creepy. alrighty so then I ate like a million pieces of pizza which were DELICIOUS. YAY PIZZA. and then my cousin had this awesome plastic reusable ice cream cone that spins and it was awesome!!! and then we tried to make an easy bake oven dessert. the cupcakes do NOT work though. WARNING. or maybe Julie and I just suck at making them. cause we put them in the "oven" with the lightbulb for 10 minutes like it said but that just failed. but it's ok cause the kiddies loved them all melty and gross anyways. hahaha it is precious just because everything in their lives is just so simple. and then my precious little cousin olivia said, "guess what?! I have lots of underwears!!!" and then she pulled them out to show us. so yes...that is just normal life in their household. so then following by evening of sitting on babies, we went to Jill's house because we always end up there. and I got to see my friend that has been gone on a youth group building trip so I gave her a huge hug and then we all made our way to tro sno! YA BUDDY. so there are these two cute guys (well ONE of them is cute and the other one is sweet) BUT we talked to them cause we knew they wanted to talk to some pretty girls (ya we are pretty cause our momma's told us and we flaunt it....the usual). so we got to know them on a first name basis. and then I found out later tonight that the boy who runs it (the sweet one not the cute one) set it up just because he's gonna give the money all to charity to build a well. he is so so so sweet now! and maybe a little bit cute? but ya that was fun and since tro sno closes at the end of the week we have to go every day until that happens. maybe not everyday but possibly. ok so then we went back to Jill's house and we belted some good pump up songs....I'm talking classic T Swift and K Clarkson. even some Aly and AJ!!! I met them once...ask me if you don't know the story. most people do since I tell it a LOT but I won't bore you with in in this blog. maybe eventually....hahah oh I can just picture my friend's faces cringing thinking about me always telling the story. alrighty so we just danced like complete fools and screamed and sang at the top of our lungs cause why not? ok so one of the songs that we blasted that just is GREAT and is sung by the one, the only mizzz Selena Gomez is "Who Says". it is such a silly girl song but it is so much fun to belt because it is super empowering. incase you haven't heard it by chance...here it is.....

"Who Says"

I wouldn't wanna be anybody else
hey

You made me insecure,
Told me I wasn’t good enough.
But who are you to judge
When you’re a diamond in the rough?
I’m sure you got some things
You’d like to change about yourself.But when it comes to me
I wouldn’t want to be anybody else.
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na

I’m no beauty queen
I’m just beautiful me

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na

You’ve got every right
To a beautiful life
C'mon

Who says, who says you're not perfect?
Who says you're not worth it?
Who says you're the only one that's hurtin'?
Trust me, that's the price of beauty
Who says you're not pretty?
Who says you're not beautiful?
Who says?

It’s such a funny thing
How nothing’s funny when it’s you
You tell ‘em what you mean
But they keep whiting out the truth
It’s like a work of art
That never gets to see the light
Keep you beneath the stars
Won’t let you touch the sky

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na

I’m no beauty queen
I’m just beautiful me

Na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na

You’ve got every right
To a beautiful life
C'mon

Who says, who says you're not perfect?
Who says you're not worth it?
Who says you're the only one that's hurtin'?
Trust me, that's the price of beauty
Who says you're not pretty?
Who says you're not beautiful?
Who says?

Who says you’re not star potential?
Who says you’re not presidential?
Who says you can’t be in movies?
Listen to me, listen to me
Who says you don’t pass the test?
Who says you can’t be the best?
Who said, who said?
Won’t you tell me who said that?
Yeah, who said?

Who says, who says you're not perfect? (Yeah)
Who says you're not worth it? (Yeah yeah)
Who says you're the only one that's hurtin'? (Ooooh)
Trust me, that's the price of beauty (Hey yeah, beauty)
Who says you're not pretty? (Who said?)
Who says you're not beautiful? (I'm just beautiful me)
Who says?

Who says, Who says, you're not perfect?
Who says you're not worth it?
Who says you're the only one that's hurtin'?

Who says, who says you're not perfect?
Who says you're not worth it?
Who says you're the only one that's hurtin'?
Trust me, that's the price of beauty
Who says you're not pretty?
Who says you're not beautiful?
Who says?

Who says you're not perfect?
Who says you're not worth it?
Who says you're the only one that's hurtin'?Trust me, (yeah) that's the price of beauty
Who says you're not pretty? (Who says you're not beautiful?)
Who says?

 

ok so sadly enough....this song just reminds me so much of my momma's chat with me about feeling beautiful. even though the way she talked to me about it was sorta weird, I feel like it actually is super important to be confident and love yourself. I've actually tried to stop bashing myself for the past few days and it's been really nice. obviously I don't wanna be cocky, but even though there are plenty of things that I wouldn't mind changing about myself, I wouldn't wanna be anybody else. (except maybe my best friends cause they are wonderful) BUT regardless...even though that sounds super dumb, the whole song is so true. clearly people would get annoyed if you walked around yelling, "I'M SO PRETTY YAY EVERYONE LOVE MEEEEE!" but then again, no one likes the girl who has no self confidence and is constantly bashing herself. I just want to shake some people and say, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. please believe me! it really helps to sing this song believe it or not. because it kinda is like 'king of anything' since it's bascially saying that no one has the right to tell you that you are not brilliant or beautiful or worthy. and beauty to me is so much more than being attractive. to really have beauty, you have to be genuine and sweet AND confident. being humble is awesome but being insecure is a whole different story. I've recently thought about being a pyschologist or a therapist because I want to help people overcome these insecurities and face them. gosh this all sounds so sugar coated and ridiculous and I want to delete it all and start over but I won't because I am too darn lazy. BUT what I will say is that confidence is also being strong enough to speak for yourself and be brave enough to actually trust yourself. I am working on becoming self reliant and having my own thoughts that I am not afraid to share. of course Julie is like the angel sitting on my shoulder that does help me SO MUCH but I really am trying to be more reliant on Christ and myself so that I can speak by mind freely without worrying about what other people may think. well that is super easy to say because I really do care what people think, BUT sometimes I have to remember that I won't see 80% of these people in a year once I'm in college so WHO CARES?! I am going to be me and not be anybody else! moral of da blog....it is pretty self explanatory but 1) God made you YOU. not your friends, not the pretty girl, not the head cheerleader, or the badass chick, but SIMPLY YOU. so why would you try to be anybody else? just accept that you are YOU and werk it. 2) play the 1 down, 3 up game. (no its not some kind of creepy perverted game I promise!) it is simply whenever you or one of your friends says something bad about themselves (ie. I am fat, ugly, undesirable, stupid, annoying, creepy, dull, lazy, etc) they have to say 2 "put ups" (I am smart, beautiful, powerful, brave, friendly, helpful, etc) and even though it may sound dumb, it does help. it can be as simple as, "I like to give hugs" or "my hair looks nice today". also for boys....you can do pushups everytime a guy says something uncalled for that is mean or stupid or I don't know. or do the compliment game if you are feelin that. haha so ya that is all! and remember that when someone tries to put you down, you can think about the fact that no one died and made anyone the king of anything. and also...WHO SAYS that you can't be yourself and be happy? no one. if you let someone else get to you then they win. so do not let that happen.

 

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p.s. tomorrow I am gonna talk to David and clear things us so I will keep ya'll updated