peppermint bark, pressures and patience

too bad helvetica isn't a font choice, because i'd be using it. has anyone seen that pbs show about it? i don't imagine anyone has. i'm starting this blog thanks to a dear friend who has inspired me; unbeknownst to her.

noelle, your friendship has been a blessing in my life. although we don't see each other but once a year (if i'm lucky), i do hope our friendship gets to continue through the eternities...somehow.

just polished off some peppermint bark i got december before last. that's december of 2008. thanks hillary. peppermint bark needs to be obtainable more than once a year. there's something about it that subdues my taste for sweets. could it be perhaps that it is made of nothing but sugar, chocolates white and dark, and bits of pepermint candy canes? the crunch of the cane and the melting of chocolate in my mouth are so wonderful to me.

i'm currently listening to john mayer's 'heartbreak warfare'. it has a bad word in it so i won't be posting a link. but i do wish youtube had a repeat button.

i've found my life to be as unplanned as it could've ever been. i'm sure there are a select few on the earth who can say that they've lived a life they have completely planned. nevertheless, the unknown events that are to occur never cease to amaze and those that have passed have taught me a great deal.

i was e-chatting with a 'friend' yesterday. (i use the term 'friend' loosely as i have yet to actually meet him.) blue as blue can be, i let it all out and tears streamed down the sides of my face as i did. i'm sure he didn't know. it was so nice to chat without any kind of pressure. pressure to like, pressure to be liked, pressure to impress or to not. just honest convo. receiving heartfelt encouragement, understanding and advice was the most fulfilling part about the chat. i came away with a link to a talk about patience given by Elder Neal A. Maxwell that i've tried to chew and savor slowly.