¡Esta vez es la "refinitiva"!

Son muchas las personas que al comienzo del año se plantean su situación económica, social, física y espiritual con el propósito de mejorar en alguno de (o todos) esos aspectos. Solo por el hecho de ser original, decidí adelantarme a esta rutina de las masas, y me senté a cavilar sobre las (muchas) areas de mi vida que necesitan replanteamiento. Tras "mucha" meditación llegué a las siguientes conclusiones:

1. Cambios en el ámbito espiritual:
En la ultima Conferencia General, el Elder Holland dio un discurso en el que testificaba de la veracidad del Libro de Mormón. A partir de dicho discurso, me propuse leer el libro diariamente sin interrupciones. Comencé el 6 de octubre y por ahora he tenido la suerte (o la bendición) de haber leído al menos un capítulo al día de esas sagradas escrituras. La idea es leer consecutivamente por seis meses (hasta el 6 de abril) y poner a prueba la promesa del libro que dice que si estudiamos su contenido y oramos a Nuestro Padre Celestial obtendremos un testimonio de su autenticidad. Por consiguiente, además de la lectura del Libro de Mormon, he añadido la oración diaria (mañana y noche) como parte de este "método".

2. En el ámbito fisico:
Pues sí, tengo 5 hijos. Y poca salud. Para mejorar en ese aspecto, me propongo bajar de peso. Sí, ya sé que no es nada original, pero necesito hacerlo por dos razones: primero, por mis hijos. Porque quiero poder dedicarles más tiempo y necesito toda la energía que pueda conseguir. Segundo, por mí...bueno y por toda la ropa que pienso comprarme si logro mi objetivo. Vale, lo confieso, me encanta comprar ropa pero es que tengo que auto-sobornarme de alguna manera, ¿no? Veremos cuanto logro perder de aqui al 6 de abril. Pondría lo que peso ahora, porque no sé contar tan alto.

3. En el ámbito social:
Reconozco que no me es fácil hacer amigos en Oklahoma, y cuando digo amigos quiero decir amigos, amigos. Asi repetido dos veces que quiere decir "de verdad". Y quiza sea mi culpa porque tengo un caracter o personalidad dificil, no lo sé. Ahora sin embargo, me he propuesto dejar de preocuparme por hacer amigos, y simplemente esforzarme por ser una mejor persona, y que sea lo que Dios quiera. Si no he de tener buenos amigos aqui en los EEUU será por algún motivo. Sea como sea, no pierdo la esperanza. Tiene que haber alguien en este país al que le interesen otras cosas además del futbol y la política. Quizás la vida americana no me permite la clase de amigos que solía tener en España, quien sabe.

No tienen que estar de acuerdo con nada de lo que digo aquí (si es que alguien lee esto). No importa, solo estoy usando el blog para ordenar mis ideas. ¡Buenas noches y hasta la próxima!

Choose Your Own Adventure

I can't believe it's been four months since my last post (thank you Travis for reminding me about my blog). I guess traveling all over the United States with five children has kept me too busy to do anything else. While Melany flew with Lila (our 7 month old baby) to her grandpa's funeral, I drove with the other four kids all the way to Southern California from Oklahoma...yep, that's over 20 hours of driving! What an adventure! The truth is the kids did GREAT! So even though it was tiring, it could have been much worse.

That was over a month ago. We spent a week in SoCali, then we drove to Utah (and stopped in Nevada for 2 days to see our friends the Jensens), we spent almost two weeks at my sister-in-law's house and then we drove to NoCali to see Melany's mom. After 2 more weeks we are ready to drive down (back) to SoCali to spend some time with Robert and Heather (my brother and sister-in-law). We plan to go to Disneyland and Legoland. The kids are really looking forward to this. It's supposed to be the highlight of our family vacation, although I don't think anything could top grandma and grandpa Purser's pool, ice cream machine, shaved ice machine, zip line, climbing wall, and ping pong table. Anyway, we will try our best to keep our children happy until we go back to Oklahoma (where the weather has been reaching the hundreds for the last few weeks) JOY!

I have especially enjoyed seeing old friends during this trip. I went to Olive Garden with Michael Monsen (and watched Transformers 2), I saw Antonio Santos after 10 years (and finally met his wife), we had FHE with the Burninghams (machangos!) and enjoyed breakfast with Joy Harris at the Golden Corral. I really hope to see Mckee's family before we go back home as well as the Bramans. To all those who emailed, called or visited us during this trip, thank you so much for your friendship. You guys make crazy long road trips much funner. Speaking of road trips, on the way to SoCali I witnessed an accident involving a car and an 18-wheleer. Both drivers survived even though their cars ended up upside down! But that sounds like it should be told in another post.

Happy Birthday to ME!

Birthday celebrations, what a concept! But do we know what we are REALLY celebrating on that specific day? Do we celebrate the day we were born? The day that we entered this life and started our search for true happiness and personal success? Do we celebrate the fact that we are getting older? And therefore we are becoming more knowledgeable, experienced, and perhaps mature? (Not to mention...OLDER) Are we actually celebrating all the accomplishments achieved during the last 365 days of our life? (Accomplishments that also remind us of the many failures and halfway dropped projects?) Or are we in fact celebrating the idea that we have survived another year of financial and personal distress?

I don't personally enjoy birthday parties. Well, who doesn't like receiving gifts and attention? But in the end the idea of having a party on my behalf is NOT my favorite thing to live through. I do thank those who sent their best wishes and truly remember me throughout the year (not just my b-day). I hope this coming year will allow me (and us) to complete some of the halfway projects we forgot along the path.

I do not need to age anymore or lose any more hair though. So let's all pretend I'm permanently 36. By the way, I just finished reading "The Alchemyst", the story of an immortal man, a man that didn't age. Now, that's a concept and it should be saved for another post!