Hallways, Driving, and Scattered Thoughts

Well hello there... 

Ok, just felt the need to creep you all out. ;) 

So I am in a very frustrating phase of my life right now. It's the "Hallway" phase. 

Maybe you've seen this picture circulating around the interwebs: 

I narcissistically think it might've been written for me. XP 

Because most days I feel like this: 

But instead of "Praising God in the hallway," I wind up maniacally running around and pounding on all the doors. Because transition phases are rough. It's like reliving your awkward years, minus the braces and frizzy hair. 

But if God calls us to praise Him in good times and the bad times, then that probably includes the mediocre times, too. 

And at the same time, I've been so busy. I've been working on getting my driver's license (which has been a 2 year endeavor...) :P So I've been doing a lot of driving. I haven't killed anything yet (although I almost killed a street light once... perhaps I'll be writing a Memory Monday on that one?)  So I'd say that's a good sign. 

This post is just meant to be a slightly random reminder that I'm still here, and I have a *ton* of catching up to do about last summer before I start writing about how amazingly awesome fall is. Every time I sit down and try to write a blog post that isn't a maze of tangents and tomfoolery, I get a little A.D.D. Just trying to make summer last longer... :D

Tomfoolery is an awesome word. 

And hey! This week is the HSBA Post Blog Nominations. You'd be my new best friend if you voted for me in the Teen category...

(Sorry, couldn't resist).
Anyway, all you need to do is click here, scroll down to "Best Teen Homeschool Blog," and put my blog name in the first box and the url to my blog (http://www.whateverrblog.blogspot.com) in the second one. If you can get other people to vote for me too, (friends, family, family friends, pets, rodents, that spider on your back porch...) that'd be awesome, too. :) Love you guys!

Imagination, and stuff like that.

There are plenty of times where I'm thankful that God has blessed us with imagination.

Think of how boring life would be without it! Heck, the world just might fall apart without our ability to dream up ideas and imagine new things.

Then there are other times where your imagination can be sort of a jerk.

Like when your imagination gives you expectations of how things are going to turn out, and then reality smacks you in the face. Think of how many times you've thought, "This did *not* turn out the way I imagined!"

Like the times where you're home alone and you hear a noise. The first thing that comes to your mind isn't the logical conclusion of "Oh, the dishwasher is on." or "The house is settling."

Instead, you see something like this:

(I don't care *how* much they could do with special effects now... Nosferatu is still the scariest-looking creep there is). :P

Or there are the times where you get a headache or you see some sort of weird-looking bruise on your knee. Your first thought isn't "hm, I wonder if I should get that checked out,"

Instead, it's "I'm going to DIE!"

This happens when our imaginations are fueled by fear, instead of creativity. Not my favorite kind of imagination. It's times like that where we need to remember:

Source: google.com via Kathryn on Pinterest

It's almost interesting how our imaginations are what cause us to dream and be creative, but it's also our imaginations that allow us to be afraid and become disappointed. Sometimes it's our own imagination that hurts us the most. So is it still worth it?

Source: google.com via Lauren on Pinterest

TOTALLY!

I think it's funny how some people look at daydreaming like it's a bad thing. "They always have their head in the clouds!"

Sure, you don't want to spend your whole day in your own head, but I think daydreamers make up most of the people who have made a huge impact on the world. Think of how many inventions would seize to exist, how many influential people throughout history would just be another average Joe.

Source: stumbleupon.com via Kelsey on Pinterest

DREAM ON! ;D