This Christmas was a somewhat special one. Brandon and I decided we wanted to spend it together. We have been together almost 3 yrs and this was our first Christmas we spent together. He came down and had Christmas morning with my family at my brothers house then we went up north to his parents house and had Christmas dinner with his family. It was a really nice day. My family was a little upset I wasn't joining them at my aunts that evening but mom came around to it. It's amazing how different families do Christmas, my family always does a small thing where his family took like an hour to do gifts. It was fun and crazy. One of the best Christmas' I've had in a while
Blue eyes. pale skin. Body of scars. sometimes blond hair. Heart patient. Manic Depressive. Struggling with life one day at a time.. This is my journey, pleasant or not here I am.
Dec 26, 2015
Dec 11, 2015
My Friday night
Dec 8, 2015
Ranting...
Nov 3, 2015
My mornings with depression
There are mornings I wake up and all I want to do is cry. Those days I know are gonna be hard. You live life thinking that maybe you are ok, that maybe you beat your depression but then it hits you like a rock before you even get out of bed. Ugh
Oct 31, 2015
My Birthday next year
Tonight he told me that I need to request a week off for my birthday next year... no other specifics just that. He is amazing. No clue what he has planned and I think I want to keep it that way
Aug 23, 2015
Aug 15, 2015
Home is becoming toxic
Jul 14, 2015
Tonight
Tonight is one of those nights I am crawling in my body and I don't know what I'm actually feeling I'm OK but I'm crawling in my skin I want to scream I want to cry I know I want to cut haven't done that in a long time being lonely sucks and the late nights that really get to me when he's asleep and I have no one to talk to.
Jul 2, 2015
Cried again
I cried alot today. I am still on the brink of tears because that's what I have been doing so much today
Stress eating away at me
Holy ball of stress. Ugh today is a day I want to cry, scream and throw up all at once. How is it one person can ruin a day for you with just one sentence.
Jun 27, 2015
Feeling lost
Why is it the nights I need him the most are the nights he falls asleep early. It's the night I feel like my world is crashing down and every burden seems to crush me. I hope for a day when I won't have to feel alone at night because I will always be with him.
Jun 8, 2015
Depression rears it's ugly head
Days when I'm not with you my internal sadness returns. The fear of no happiness just eats away at me and I feel like crying the tears well up and i try not to feel anything. Some days that happiness comes back the other days the sadness wins and the tears just keep coming
Jun 5, 2015
A question I have
May 13, 2015
Getting fat-ter..
Don't worry I've noticed that I have gotten fat too.. you don't have to point it out
May 11, 2015
Insulation
That moment when the love of your life tells you you need to lost some "insulation " before summer hits and your heart just breaks because you realize he thinks you are fat and doesn't want to be a dick about it
Apr 22, 2015
Apr 17, 2015
The new
It's been over a year since I last cut myself and I couldn't be more happy with life. I find myself smiling for no reason, breaking out of my shell one day at a time. Yes there are days I cry and feel empty still they are just fewer and farther apart from the way I used to feel.
Apr 15, 2015
Still in love with him
We have been together almost two and a half years and I am still madly in love with him. I ache the days I don't get to see him. And when I'm with him I am so happy and giddy I can hardly contain myself. Yes there are days we get on each other's nerves but the love takes care of that.
Apr 13, 2015
Wanna hear a secret??
I think I want kids. I know I won't be good at it, not like my job, but when it comes down to it I always saw myself as a mom. Working with kids is what makes me question if I really want them. There is also the bigger fear... what if they get my heart problem? The Dr's say it's a small percentage of a chance but still it could happen. Or what if something entirely different happend? What if having kids pushes me and my person apart? What if people realize I'm a terrible person/mom?
Apr 12, 2015
This weekend
This weekend was a great one. Friday B and I went out to dinner, spent time with each other and talked. Saturday we did Alice in Wonderland burlesque, which was amazing! So much fun. So glad we did it, it was a great date night.
Mar 26, 2015
Feeling off
Feeling a bit off today. I dont know what it is but I have this overwhelming feeling of dread and fear. I feel as tho I could cry at any moment. I havent had a day like this in months, I want to crawl in bed and let the world dissappear.
Feb 17, 2015
Alice in Wonderland part 2
My valentine's day gift was part 2 of my tattoo. I could only sit for 2 hrs because my hit was killing me and the pain almost made me throw up a few times. We had to schedule my 3rd appointment a little further out so its march 22nd. Should be mostly healed by then.
Feb 6, 2015
Alice in Wonderland part 1
Dec 29, 2014
Changes to my body
Oct 15, 2014
freed from my shell
Oct 6, 2014
Tired of being the villan at pick up
Today I just want to throw up from stress. Waiting to get a talk from admin about a situation last week and it still hasn't happened yet which is weird. Apparently i was too harsh when talking to a parent ona day i had been very distraught on and after i knew i would get pulled in for it. Its just hard when someone looks at you like you are the villan every day
Oct 5, 2014
Weekends without B
Aug 24, 2014
Jul 31, 2014
Jul 29, 2014
He Moved
Jul 1, 2014
Telling
So after this week im not sure how my family will see me. I promised my bf id spend my vacation days with him or atleast mostly with him. But my family still doesnt know I stay at his house.
I kniw they must suspect something because he brings me home each weekend but I just cant knowingly know I am a disappointment to them. I love him and he makes me happier than they have in yrs
May 5, 2014
my heart in more ways than one
Feb 25, 2014
Life After Heart Surgery
Jan 29, 2014
1week post op
Jan 14, 2014
It's almost here
Well u have 3 and a half days of work left before I go in for surgery. The kids at work are still learning the concept of time and ask everyday if I am fixed yet. But boy am I ready. While I am ready for it I am also a bit nervous, the word is out and I'm fairly certain everyone knows what's going on. It's going to be weird and stressful and hard. I have no memory of the pain of the last open heart surgery I had. If anything that is what makes me nervous the most, my pain tolerance is nowhere near where it used to be.
Dec 27, 2013
Heart Surgery is set
Dec 20, 2013
Heart Surgery coming
Over the last 2 weeks I have been noticing my heart is having more issues than not. I last saw my cardiologist in September and they said to come back in December. Well Monday was bad, I knew I had an appointment on Tuesday bit wanted to see my Dr too so I got an appointment on Wednesday. Two days at the hospital. Tuesday was a day of tests. I had a transesophegeal ultrasound and they found something they weren't sure about and ordered a ct. 7 hrs later I left the hospital frazzled. So much uncertainty. Wednesday I met with the Dr's and learned that they saw things they weren't expecting. What they thought would only be 1 or 2 things was really 4 and some that they wouldn't know how to fix until they go in. They decided that surgery will be open heart and will be sooner rather than later, we have hit our window and they are taking it. I meet with the surgeon next Thursday to discuss options and hopefully a timeline.
I went in to work Wednesday and was a complete mess I talked to my boss and told her my situation. Recovery time is 8 to 12 weeks and she and her husband are willing to keep me covered on insurance and just have me pay the monthly stuff when I return. I was so greatful they are willing to help. Still very stressed but it's a bit easier knowing a fix is coming.
Nov 27, 2013
Getting sick I can feel it
Today I feel like poo. I have been progressively getting more and more sick since sunday. With nasel issues and nausea and today I add a massive headache plus more pain in the nasel area. Not a very fun way to start off thanksgiving break. Ugh .
Sep 17, 2013
Happy/love
So I have been thinking, am I ready to say I love you? Is that what hes waiting for? Are the I ♥yous not enough for him? Neither of us have said love, not even once. Whats stopping us? If we cant say it then what are we putting ourselves thru? There have been times I have stopped myself from saying love because it was a cliché of a time or fear of nothing in return. He still boggles my mind and heart and the un answeredness of it all is what eats me from the inside. I ask him what he needs from me or if he wants anything about us to change and he claims to be happy but is he happy enought? Am I happy enough?
Sep 16, 2013
My Birthday
Ok I have to admit my birthday went alot better than I thought it would. Friday I went to a Charlotte Sometimes concert with a friend. It was the longest concert ever but it was totally worth it. Charlotte was amazing I got to meet her and got a picture with her.
Saturday we had my birthday breakfast at IHOP and it was fun. I dressed up all fancy. It was mom dad ash brian Jeanette and brandon. sad was onlh a little bit awkward and Jeanette tamed ashleys bitchiness. After breakfast I went with brandon. We went to the Alderwood mall and he bought me 4 pair of leggings and a waterbottle from rei. For lunch we had coldstone then went back to his place and watched more dexter. It was a fun day.
Sunday morning he drove me home and I took a nice long nap then took the family out to dinner. I chose the Olive Garden. It was nice. On the way home there was a large thunderstorm. It was a good weekend.
I turned in my insurance application this morning and new coverage should start October 1st. Which is good because I get cut off September 30th. Big sigh of relief here.
Sep 12, 2013
Stressing out
My birthday is in 3 days. I have never been more scared of a birthday. I will be turning 26 and taken off my parents insurance by the end of the month. My new job offers benefits but not until 60 days after I started which is the end of October. This terrifies me. With my health i have always been covered. I have big appointments with major tests coming up and I have to be covered for those. Especially with an impending surgery coming up I hate this being a grown up is too stressful.
Aug 16, 2013
My last friday
So its my last friday at work and I am so glad it is. I work monday and tuesday next week and then I am done! Soo ready. Wednesday I start my new job. I am nervous but soo excited about doing something different. I'm still In childcare but different ages. Plus it has benefits.
Aug 11, 2013
Weekend at B's
After the horrible week I barely made it through B came and picked me up friday after work. We went to the movies then back to his house for the night. We spent most of the night cuddling and watching movies. We barely keep our hands off eachother. :) the next morning again we couldn't keep our hands off eachother. At one point whatever I was doing to him he started twitching and flailing around haha it was soo weird. That had never happedn to either of us before so it was hilarious, I didn't stop either haha atleast not for a little bit longer. He is so much fun to be around and is the closest thing to happy I have had in a long time.
Aug 4, 2013
Tears and I are close friends
There are days where I truly believe I beat my depression. Where life can't get any better. Then there are days where you realise you love someone infinitely more than they love or even like you. I feel it and know what it feels like but can't say it because I have that gut feeling that tells me not to tell him because he doesn't feel the same. Yes he Chose me but from the beginning I was his second choice. I have opened up my life to him. He has met my whole family, and has my heart when I didn't think I would give it to him. Here it is 6 months together and he has yet to let me into his life other than his arms. Who is his family? Who are his friends? Why hasn't he mentioned me to his family? Ugh really not liking life right now.
Jul 11, 2013
Vaca
Jun 27, 2013
Update

Feb 6, 2013
Serious?
Jan 21, 2013
No one ever keeps plans
Nov 24, 2012
Oct 30, 2012
my body hates me
Sep 15, 2012
Happy 25th Birthday ME!
Aug 25, 2012
Surgery in 3 days
THREE days till my heart surgery and oh my goodness I'm so ready. Today has been hard with breathing and stuff like that, just plain exhausted constantly
Aug 8, 2012
Day 3 of 30 Days of Happiness
Work stress and surgery stress
Work is killing me lately. My boss just isn't listening to what I have to say and she isn't thinking of anyone but herself. She iisnt giving me the releif staff I need and its taking its toll on my body.
On top of that I got my pre op packet and it got my family thinking.. they told us that it is a better fix then cutting me open and getting everything. But in the info packet it flat ou says its basically a fixaflat for the heart until your next open hart surgery. UGH! I'm gonnna hve to email the nurse back and find out what the hell thas about because when I went in they asked my oppinion and I said do the open heart one and I get the packet for the other one... wtf?
Aug 7, 2012
Day 2 of 30 Days Of Happiness
Aug 6, 2012
Day 1 of 30 Days of Happiness
Jul 30, 2012
Heart Surgery Set
Jul 17, 2012
Nothin but silence
Jul 11, 2012
Crying again
Been on the brink of tears for the last few days. Not even sure why other than loneliness and fear of what's going to happen. Today is my big cardiology appointment meeting with the specialist. Myb health has been getting notisable worse fo me and I'm hoping they can do something or atleast give me answers
Jul 10, 2012
Stir crazy
Going stir crazy in my body tonight, feels like I'm trapped and can't fnd a way out. No one is answering their phones or responding to messages, trapped and alone is not what I wanted to feel tonight
Jul 7, 2012
Jun 21, 2012
Constipated
Jun 17, 2012
Sick and sore
Jun 14, 2012
Jun 10, 2012
Note to self
May 28, 2012
Joes coming!
May 19, 2012
My first hicky
Went for a walk with chris last night. we ended up talking and making out. Let's face it if I wasn't on my period we would have done more. He gave me a hickey and wow ddnt hurt this much last night but it is wwhat it is.. a giant sore bruise.
Apr 8, 2012
Easter Weekend
Life is going slowly and boring and horrible. Work is easing up a bit but not as much as i would like. Mom fell and ripped a muscle behind her knee on Friday and is pissing us off because now she cant do shit for herself. We thought she was done breaking and getting hurt.
None of my friends are talking too me anymore. Amber rarely wants to hang out, Brandon hasn't talked to me in months. Chris.. oh god Chris .. I'm not even sure whats going on with him. i haven't talked to him in a long time and it wasn't until like last week that he finally talked to me and only said he was too busy for me an super tired. Haven't seen him in almost 3 months and i don't know what to do with myself. I swear i don't love him, not after what he called me and such but there is still an emptiness i know he can fill even if its with friendship.
Mar 22, 2012
Mar 20, 2012
Quote Challenge #9 Favorite band said
"We've all been sorry, we've all been hurt. But how we survive is what makes us who we are." -Rise Against, Survive
Mar 19, 2012
Mar 18, 2012
Quote Challenge #7 Random
2: Do not reminisce on things I find ridiculous
3: Regret...
4: Do not lose focus on the significant things vs. the insignificant
5: Do not cheat myself out of a good opportunity
6: Do not choose to expect less than what I am capable of
7: Do not lose to life..
Mar 17, 2012
Quote Challenge #6 Fave TV show
~Charmed,Paige
Mar 16, 2012
Quote Challenge #5 favorite singer said
I like having my hair and face done, but I'm not going to lose weight because someone tells me to. I make music to be a musician not to be on the cover of Playboy.
-Adele
Mar 15, 2012
Quote Challenge # 4 your favorite book
Persuasion, Jane Austen
Mar 14, 2012
Mar 13, 2012
Mar 12, 2012
Who should start the kiss? The boy or the girl?
Well for me ilike it a lot more when the guy goes for the kiss first. Its an amazing feeling knowin someone wants to kiss you. There's a sertain innocense in it and or even a primal feeling to it. I hae also been the one to initiate it and I have been told they like it so I do it too but honstly I like when the guy does it, it feels normal and a lot less awkward.
Ever fallen asleep one someone?
No.. never had that much alone time or the availability to do it. Yes there are times we lay together but never fall asleep together. People tend to fall asleep on me tho, apparently I'm really cmfortable..
Whens the next time you will kiss someone?
Hopefully if I get to see chris this week it will be then.. but if not.. then who knows.
The last person who made you cry?
That would be chris.. the last time I saw him I cried 3 times all for diffferent reasons ad only one of those reasons was bad and it honestly wasn't a horrible bad it was he answered me truthfully and it wasn't the answer I wanted kind of bad. He's made me cry before but never when I was with him... that was something new. There were happy and sad tears
Do you miss anyone?
There is a yes and a no to almost everyone who just came to mind.
My ex bff, yeah I miss her sometimes. I miss that I had someone to be with every day but I don't mss her manipulative persomality and her abuse towards her children and the people around her.
I miss my grandmothers, luckily I hae a few awesome memories with both of them throughout the years.
Chris.. I miss chris more than I should. Without him I'm close to empty inside and for him I'm just another clingy lonely girl he sometimes wants to hang out with. He's my best guy friend and I am rarely even a blip on his radar.
I miss my best friend who moved to georgia to be with her husband.
I miss the relationship I used to have with my mother.
Do you tend to fall for the same type of person over and over again?
More like I tent to fall for the same person over and over again. I have been inlove with chris on and off again for the last 6 years. He is a guy who can. Break my heart a million times but for some sick reason I can't get enough of him even at his worse. Yes I have liked others and even gone on dates with others but they all tendd to be of the douchebag variety.
Ever kissed someone who had a girlfriend/boyfriend?
Sadly I have. Tho at the time I did not know he had a girlfriend. He didn't mention it until a day or two after, but I wasnt too hurt by it and it didn't happen again
Have you ever done something you told yourself you would never do?
I dont think I have honestly. There are still things I have sworn never to do that I haven't done ad I'm glad I haven't done them. There are things I didn't think I would have the balls to do but did but nothing I have ever sworn never to do, I am pretty good a not doing things.
Do you like the rain?
Do I like the rain? Like is an understatement. I love the rain. Yes I dislike when its sprinkling but I love rain real rain that gets you soaked. The kind you can hear bouncing off of every surface with the doors and windows closed. Rain makes me breath a sigh of releaf. It calms me. It makes me want to take long walks in the dark with someone who can appreciate it as much as I do. I love the puddles and the flood seasons and the way everything is so clean after. It calms me more than anyone else can.
Do you tell your mom or dad everything?
I have never told my dad anything. I have always hated him too much to include him in anything in my life.
When I was younger I told my mom everything, we would stay up all hours of the night talking about things going on in my life. That stopped when I was maybe 18. She just stopped listening, she would fall asleep of just ignore me so I got mad and decided never to tell her anything. Yes there are times I have wanted to run to her and tell her what happened while I was out. For years she knew I was inlove with chris, she didn't like him but accepted that I did so she let me deal with him on my own. The night chis kissed me for the first time I ran home wanted almost needng to tell her but when I got home she said hi and went back to sleep almost immediatley. I pissed me off, she lost her chance to know what was going on in my life.. her time is gone.
Has anyone ever told you they never want to lose you?
I have been thinking about that one, and honestly I don't think anyone has yet. Its sad I guesss. I know my bestfriend and I have said things along those lines but syill. We have been appart for a few years and whenever we need to talk we contact eachother. We are lucky if we get to see eachother once a year. We may not talk all the time but she is always there for me and I'm there for her. We both know we can't live without the other.
Does anyone completely understand you?
Is that even possible? I don't even know if I completely understand myself.. I know there are a few who understand parts of me and who I am but since I have so many walls up people don't get the chance to understand me. Its taken me years to open up as much as I have and I still have a long way to go, so no I don't think anyone completely understands me. Hopefully that will change one day.
Who was the last person to see you cry?
Well I have been doing a lot of crying this last month and a half, but honestly a lot of it has been on my own. I believe the last person to actually see the tears and crys would be chris last month.
What do you do when you get nervous?
When I get nervouse I get super quiet and my mind tends to go blank, its actually quite aggrivating for me really. I also tend to pick at my nailpolish, if it won't pick, then I chew at it until its completely gone. I don't bite my nails like I used to, I just chew at the polish. Gross I know...
Is your bed up against more than one wall?
Yes its against 3 walls. I have a very small room with a queen size bed lol for years I let it take up most of my room but decided one day that I never used my closet bcause I use my dressers so I tore out the shelves of my closet and placed my bed in there. It opened my room up a bunch and its kinda a reading nook when I want it to be.
When was the last time you felt honestly broken?
That would have to be a few days after valentines day.. it wasn't even the whole valentines day lack of a guy in my life thing either. That week I had lost 3 people in my life all unexpectedly. My heart was crushed and work was stressing me out. A friend asked me to hang out and I said yes. I needed to talk and to be with somone who wasn't family. He said to meet so I got ready and I did I met where we were supposed to meet and even went to his house when I didn't want to wait anymore. I knocked ad rang the doorbell a few times but no one came. He wasn't even home. I called and he didn't answer, text and didn't get a response.. I was crushed even more and mad. I went home 10 minutes later lied to my parents as to why I was home so quick then went into my room for the night. I cried and cried. He had broken me more than I had ever been broken. Crying only helped to an extent,I cut and cut and cut. I ended up cutting 15 times that night. I was broken and alone. It was the most alone I have been in a very long time.
If you were ever caught cheating, would you fess up?
In school i Was never one to cheat. I lived in fear of getting caught.
In relationships I don't believe in cheating either. If you are so bored with the person you are with I believe in ending it before someon gets hurt. If you love someone else own up to it don't be a bitch about it, do something about it.
But I guess that didn't answer the question.. I think it depends on the situation.
Quote Challenge #1 Love
"You cannot force love, I realized. Its there or it isn't. If its not there, you've got to be able to admit it. If it is there, you've got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love"
-Richelle Mead
Mar 5, 2012
Hate kids
You know what's sad? Because of my job I no longer think I want children.. being a daycare worker has slowly killed my love of kids.. growing up I always said I want atleast 4, now I'm not so sure. Since working here I have given up a few of my friends because when being around them ihave to be around their kids and sinse its after work I don't want to have to deal with their kids.. horrible I know but I have come to the realization that while I love my job and still prefer working with kids instead of adults , on the same level I hate children and no longer wish to have any..
Feb 29, 2012
Feb 22, 2012
He said he loved me
Saturday chris said he loves me... it was through a text and I didn't see it for a few hours so I ignored it. Because for me I don't think it counts until he says it in person.. but it still counts because he said it right?? I have the proof.. in an awesome world that would be all it took to make me happy but honestly I don't even know if I acceept that he loves me because he sure hasn't prooven it..
Feb 16, 2012
Plus 5
I cut last night. It has been a horribe week I hae lost 3 people in my life all unexpected deaths. Plus fighting with chris and being super emotional anyway I couldn't handle it. I broke down and found my razor.