HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY JUVIA!!!

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY JUVIA!!! YOU GET YOUR OWN POST!!! WHEN YOUR OLD ENOUGH YOU CAN READ THIS. AHHHHH SHES 1 NOW!!! OMG I CANT BELIEVE IT. MY GODDAUGHTER JUBI IS GROWING UP SO FAST. I REMEMBER HOLDING HER THE DAY SHE WAS BORN AND NOW SHES WALKING... CANT BELIEVE ITS BEEN A YEAR ALREADY. I LITERALLY WATCHED YOU GROW UP. I WONDER WHAT YOURE GOING TO BE LIKE WHEN YOU GROW UP. I GUESS IL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. YOURE NOT GOING TO REMEMBER THIS, BUT YOU HAD YOUR BDAY PARTY THE PAST WEEKEND AS WELL. THERE WERE LOTS OF PEOPLE AND LOTS OF FOOD TOO. THERE WERE ALSO LIKE 15 OTHER KIDS AND BABIES... IT WAS ALMOST LIKE EVERYONE HAD A KID THERE... I GUESS WE REALLY ARE AT THAT AGE... IT WAS LIKE A SMALL REUNION OF ALL THE OTHER FRIENDS AS WELL. LOTS OF PEOPLE I HAVENT SEEN IN A WHILE SO THAT WAS NICE. YOU KNOW YOURE ALL GROWN UP NOW WHEN YOURE NOT TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE GOING TO PARTY THIS WEEKEND... INSTEAD... YOURE TALKING ABOUT MORTGAGES AND INVESTMENTS... YA... THAT HAPPENED HAHA. ITS DIFFERENT, BUT THATS LIFE, DIFFERENT STAGES OF IT. OH AND YOUR GODMOTHER AND ME GOT YOU THE BIGGEST BADDEST GIFT OF ALL. ITS ACTUALLY BIGGER THAN YOU ARE. HOPE YOU HAVE FUN WITH IT HAHA. HAPPY BDAY JUBI, WISH YOU ALL HAPPINESS IN THE WORLD 💓

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SHORT AND SWEET

WELL... NO REAL TOPIC, NOT MUCH TO UPDATE, TIRED AND LAZY... SO THIS WILL BE ONE OF THOSE WEEKS WHERE THE POST IS REALLY LACKING MUCH SUBSTANCE LOL. ACTUALLY A BIG THING IS ONE OF MY CLOSE FRIENDS GOT ENGAGED. WE WERE ALL PRESENT WHEN IT HAPPENED AND IT WAS PRETTY COOL. MAKES THE REST OF US REALLY THINK THOUGH... WE ALL GETTING OLDER AND AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE ARE GOING... I HAVE OTHER FRIENDS WHO ARE MARRIED ALREADY AND SOME OF THEM EVEN HAVE KIDS, AND ITS JUST SO WEIRD THAT THIS IS WHAT IM THINKING ABOUT THESE DAYS... THE DAYS OF PLAYING GAMES AND JUST HAVING FUN ARE OVER... GOTTA START THINKING ABOUT DIAPERS AND MORTGAGES... I REALLY CANT BELIEVE THAT THIS IS LIFE NOW... WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT... GOTTA BE A GROWN UP NOW... TRYING TO LOOK DOWN THE ROAD TO SEE WHATS NEXT AND I REALLY DONT KNOW... REALLY JUST DOING WHATEVER I CAN TO JUST MAKE IT TO THE NEXT STAGE. IVE SAID ALL THIS STUFF BEFORE BUT IT HITS YOU MORE WHEN THINGS HAPPEN AND THEN YOU START THINKING MORE ABOUT IT AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW YOURE STRESSING ABOUT IT... THEN YOU START STRESSING ABOUT STRESSING AND IT WILL JUST CONTINUE AS A VICIOUS CYCLE... UNTIL THAT DAY WHERE IT BUILDS UP SO MUCH THAT YOU JUST CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE AND YOU JUST BLOW... YOU REALLY JUST NEED TO RELAX, YOU CANT LET THINGS GET TO YOU, AND WHEN IT DOES THE RESULT IS NEVER PRETTY. JUST DO WHAT YOU NEED TO, TO KEEP YOURSELF HAPPY. REMEMBER... IN THE ENDS ITS ALWAYS ABOUT YOU :)

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VALUES & PRIORITIES

SO WHAT DO YOU VALUE??? EVERYONE VALUES SOMETHING, AND IM NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST MONEY OR OBJECTS. IM TALKING ABOUT PERSONAL VALUES AND HOW YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE. IM TALKING ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS YOU FORM. IM TALKING ABOUT FAMILY. IM TALKING ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT MONEY CANT BUY. ITS THE VALUES THAT EACH ONE OF US HAS THAT DETERMINE HOW WE LIVE OUR LIVES AND WHAT WE HOLD DEAR. THE PROBLEM THESE DAYS IS WHAT DO WE DO WHEN OUR VALUES CONFLICT AGAINST WHAT OR WHERE WE WANT TO GO? HOW DO WE GET OVER IT? CAN MONEY REALLY BUY EVERYTHING? EVERYONE HAS A PRICE AND ITS TRUE... EVEN THOUGH MONEY CANT BUY EVERYTHING IT REALLY CAN... VALUES ARE WHAT MAKES US WHO WE ARE. CAN YOU REALLY GIVE UP OR BREAK YOUR VALUES TO GET WHAT YOU WANT? ARE WE REALLY STILL US IF WE GIVE THAT ALL UP? YA... JUST BEEN THINKING LATELY AS YOU CAN TELL. SORTA JUST RAMBLING... I HAD THIS THOUGHT OUT ACTUALLY BUT NOW IT JUST BLURRED INTO ONE BIG CLUSTER OF WORDS... I THINK IT THE REASON THIS TOPIC CAME UP IS ONE OF MY CLOSE BUDDY JUST HAD A KID AND WHAT HE VALUES NOW REALLY SHOWS. HE VALUES EVERY MOMENT HE HAS WITH HIS NEW KID. I PERSONALLY VALUE MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY, IT IS THEM WHO HAVE MADE ME WHO I AM. I ALSO VALUE THE RELATIONSHIPS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT I HAVE BEEN GIVEN, BOTH THE GOOD AND THE BAD. HAVING SOMETHING TO HOLD ON TO GIVES US PURPOSE, GIVES US DIRECTION, GIVES US MOTIVATION TO CONTINUE ON AND KEEP ON MOVING FORWARD.

WHAT ABOUT PRIORITIES??? VALUES AND PRIORITIES TIE INTO EACH OTHER. THEY DEFINE EACH OTHER. WHAT YOU VALUE DETERMINES HOW MUCH OF A PRIORITY THEY ARE TO YOU. EVERYONES PRIORITIES ARE DIFFERENT, AND THEY WILL BE DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON WHERE IN LIFE YOU ARE. GROWING UP YOUR PRIORITIES REALLY DO CHANGE. SOMEHOW WITHOUT KNOWING IT... SLOWLY YET SURELY YOUR PRIORITIES WILL CHANGE. PERHAPS SOMEONE OR SOMETHING MADE YOU REALIZE THAT THINGS NEED TO CHANGE. ITS THEN YOU REALIZE THAT YOU CANT KEEP GOING THE WAY YOU ARE GOING AND MAKE A CHANGE HOPEFULLY FOR THE BETTER. SAME THING AS BEFORE... I WENT AND SAW MY BUDDIES KID AND BASICALLY HIS WHOLE WORLD WAS FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN... EVERYTHING THAT WAS A PRIORITY FOR HIM CHANGED AND NOW THE KID IS HIS FIRST PRIORITY. WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER IT WAS SCHOOL, WHEN YOU GET OLDER ITS WORK AND MONEY AND FRIENDS. WHEN YOU GET EVEN OLDER ITS YOUR OWN FAMILY. ITS WEIRD JUST WATCHING EVERYONE YOU HAVE KNOWN FOR SO LONG GROW UP AND MOVE ON TO DIFFERENT PRIORITIES. THEN AGAIN WITHOUT PRIORITIES HOW DO YOU KNOW WHATS REALLY IMPORTANT. I GUESS... UNTIL YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES ARE YOU REALLY DONT KNOW YOURSELF. ONCE AGAIN... KNOWING YOUR PRIORITIES TAKES TIME... AS USUAL EVERYTHING COMES BACK DOWN TO TIMING... SIGH...

WORKS BEEN BUSY BUT WORKS WORK AND ITS FUN :) JUST BEEN IN MEETINGS AND WORKING ON PAPERWORK BUT I MUST SAY CHRISTMAS SURE DOES HAVE ITS PERKS LOL. PEOPLE ARE BRINGING IN ALL SORTS OF GOODIES. BESIDES THE CARDS WE GOT CANDY AND CANDY AND CANDY AND CUPCAKES AND COOKIES AND CHOCOLATES AND SUCH AND SUCH HAHA. FRIDAY IS THE COMPANIES CHRISTMAS DINNER PARTY AND LIKE I SAID IM IN CHARGE OF THE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES... DID YOU KNOW ITS REALLY HARD TO COME UP WITH GAMES THAT ARE AGE APPROPRIATE AND WORK APPROPRIATE??? AND THAT IT HAS TO BE FUN!??!?!?!?! ITS ACTUALLY A LOT HARDER THAN YOU THINK... BUT I DID IT!!! I CAME UP WITH 3 GAMES :) BUT THEN I FORGOT THE 2ND ONE... SO I CREATED A 3RD ONE LOL AND THEN I REMEMBERED SO THEN I HAD 4 GAMES BUT NOW I WAS TOLD THERES A 5TH PRIZE BUT THAT 5 GAME IM JUST GONNA CRAP OUT AND BE LIKE HERE LETS JUST PICK AN WINNER HAHA. I DONT HAVE MUCH SHOPPING TO DO... USUALLY ITS JUST SECRET SANTA BUT THATS NOT THAT HARD HAHA. MY FAMILY DONT REALLY DO CHRISTMAS GIFTS... ITS REALLY HARD TO BUY THINGS FOR EACH OTHER SO WE SORTA... JUST... DONT... LOL. WE JUST HANG OUT WITH FAMILY AND WE HAVE A GOOD TIME AND THAT MAKES EVERYTHING GRAVY LOL. NEXT WEEKS POST IS GOING TO BE CHRISTMAS EVE BUT HEY I GOTTA KEEP UP WITH THE WEEKLY POST EH. WELL ANOTHER WEEK ANOTHER POST. THERE AND THERE.

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