Today, I placed a banana chip on my tongue
and I tasted the mountains in China I tasted the hour-long bus ride and listening to Vespers and the honking horns when the sheep crowded the road I tasted sweet watermelon and the smell of pine and running down a mountain towards the safety of my brothers laughing at the panic of the coming rain and the deeper panic of my new love close to perceived danger Today, as I savored my banana chip I savored the memory of V's living room where I first learned how to say "how much" or "thank you" I savored the memory of eating naan pizza and hurriedly creating new batches for the group of hungry men coming over I savored the sweet image my God had given me Brothers and sisters, voices raised in their own language, singing and praising Him Today, I ate a banana chip and it was like eating summer's sunshine The 24-hour drive across the country to Montana Jam sessions and no sleep and the tiny town in North Dakota with $.50 coffee Meeting Hayden for the first time and listening to Harry Potter Eating a buffalo burger and climbing 1200 feet and scampering under a waterfall Today, I am thankful for banana chips for the memories and for the sweet crunchy taste I am thankful for my time in China I am thankful for my love I am thankful for summer sun I am thankful for mountains and for adventures I am thankful that sometimes the only reminder my soul needs of goodness is a banana chip
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I have many loved ones to thank for making this birthday special.
Pet snails, new paints, smartwool, a mix CD, and lots of chocolate. Homemade cards, flowers, and hugs on hugs on hugs. Everything gold. Meatloaf, brussel sprouts, sunchips, and cakes on cakes on cakes. Puzzles, banagrams, and 31. The perfect calendar and a salsa jar filled with brightly colored paper. Also this x1000. I think I win for the longest blog post title. But this omelette wins for also being a sandwich. WHAAATT??? Yeah, that's right. Rajon Rondo Omelette... with a sandwich INSIDE. Whoa. This omelette was named for Rondo because he's kind of crazy. But he's also realllly good. And probably other facts and basketball and things that I don't remember that Sam said.
Moral of the story: make this. Then eat it. Whatcha doin' Rando here? Rajon Rando Rookie Omelette Ingredients eggs bread minced garlic spinach deli turkey avocado peanut butter* So you make a typical omelette and sprinkle spinach (sauteed with garlic) on the inside. Then you toast the bread and make a sandwich with the avocado on one side and the peanut butter on the other, putting deli turkey in the middle. Cut the sandwich in half and put it inside of the omelette. Cook for a while longer. Enjoy. Note: Sam has been asking to put peanut butter in an omelette for a while, but I haven't been game. This is the first time we tried it and I think we both agreed that it would be better without (especially because of the garlic and avocado... don't judge, Rando is a rookie). Stay tuned for a better peanut butter omelette in the future! Some things you should know this dear Tuesday...
...first and foremost, I must rescind a statement made on a previous blog post. Dear Ann, or as Pops calls her, Annie, is also in fact, a faithful reader of this blog. So Ann, I sincerely and publicly apologize. I hope that our mutual love of Uptown Funk, chickens, and Samuel can bring us together once again. ...I am actually writing this post on Monday night. ...Russel Westbrook KILLED it on Sunday's allstar game. This is not an exaggeration. ...Temple Grandin is speaking tonight at UWEC and I get to work the book signing. Hashtag, awesome. ...this is the sassiest little youtube video blogger I've seen. Love it. These past few weeks have been tough... that may actually be an understatement.
Today, was probably the worst (maybe second worst) of all of those days, but I am looking to let it be redeemed. So today, I am learning... ...to be okay with taking baby steps ...that being unproductive is not equivalent with being worthless ...that just smiling a little and wishing others well can do quite a bit for my mood ...life isn't perfect and neither am I and I do no good wishing either weren't the case ...to say sorry over and over and over again to the loved ones I hurt ...that February and March have been, and still are, difficult months for me ...tears are okay, even if they're daily tears ...that even if the only people to read this blog are Sam, Pops, and my mother, I still need to write here ...to remember past good days and look forward to future good days and know that today is not all days ...that some days, I get stuck up in my head and that's not always great ...that hard days like today are not bad, are not shameful, are not useless, and do not define me ...that I am still loved. I got the privilege to hang out with Lex both on Thursday night and on Friday morning! We went on a donut run to Sue's Bake Shop, but unfortunately for Lex, Sue was all out of pink donuts. Maybe next year! On the bright side, we got some French crispies, which put me in a happy sugar coma for about an hour. Starting our Valentine's Day tradition out right... building a blanket fort with Samuel. Best. Idea. Ever. Actual Valentine's Day included: working a lot, being stressed about taxes, playing cards, making a sammich, and watching what might be my new favorite animated movie: Big Hero 6. Go see it. Now! It's so good! |
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I'm guessing I'll have it all figured out by the time I turn 30.
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