Sir Christopherson von Walker

so i know that i have not writen on here in a very long time. i would like to let everyone know that i am great and that all is well. i have just been very busy with scholl and work, and everything else that i attempt to do in my crazy life. i love it though, and would not have it any other way.
i just helped my brother write a paper for school and thought that it was pretty funny. so i decided that i would ahre it with you all. so here it is, the tale of Sir Christopherson von Walker. i hope you enjoy...

Once upon a time, in far away land called Bountiful West, lived a young lad named Christopherson von Walker. Ever since he was a child he had dreamed of being in the most elite position that the town of Bountiful had to offer…a member of the Bountiful High Choir. He knew that he would have to cross many hurdles and slay many dragons and monsters to reach this goal. It would not only take tackling the dragons and monsters, but it would also take great amounts of study with the ministerial of music to learn all knowledge of staffs and notes. Even though this would be a difficult journey, he undertook it with great zeal and determination.
When it came time for the young lad to depart upon his journey, he packed a small satchel and bid his fare mother farewell. He started out east towards the rising sun heading towards the town of Bountiful. His journey first led him up a treacherous hill that was covered with many motor people carriages, in which he had to dodge. He feared he might lose his life as one came roaring towards him. As it drew nearer he lashed out and leapt out of the way while waving madly trying to slow the daemon. Alas, he landed safely on the side of the roadway barely unscathed.
Christopherson then continued on his journey traveling many miles. After trudging along the road for a quarter of the day, he found himself at the shop of Sir von Treble. He knew that he must first find a worthy weapon of music in which to conquer the great Sir Smity. Sir Smity Werven Man Jensen was the fearsome leader of the elite Bountiful High Choir. Christopherson knew that the only place to find a worthy piece would be in Sir von Treble’s shop. As he entered through the door he was struck with a mighty blow that threw him against the wall. Leaning on the wall he opened his eyes to the many great stacks of worthy musical weapons. How would he ever find the one piece that would be his greatest weapon in all of this?
After searching far and wide through the great stacks of music he found his greatest weapon. The one piece that would be able to bring him his greatest glory. The piece was called Hurricane Woman. He then paid Sir von Treble for his troubles, and was on his way.
Christopherson knew that his next destination would be Bountiful High. He continued to make his way up the great hill. As he drew nearer, he began to be able to see it. His dreams were now in sight. All he had left to do was to cross the great Brave pass and enter into the mighty structure. He then continued to the corner, where the crosswalk was to cross the pass. He had to wait but a small moment in order for the motor people carriages to go on by. After they had moved along, he remembered his fare mothers warning to stop, look and listen. When he felt it was safe he sprinted to the other side, once again finding himself unscathed.
He then approached the hallowed doors and entered in. He knew that he was coming closer to his destination. Now all he had to do was find and conquer the great Sir Smity. Christopherson journeyed down the passage way to Sir Smity’s lair. He felt weak, but knew that he must go on. He entered through the great metal doors and found Sir Smity engaged in battles with others. Christopherson waited for his moment to shine, for he knew that he would be the greatest conqueror of all. When the time came for him to open his mouth and sing, he strode forward with his weapon in hand. The music started and he poured out his soul and wielded all his courage. He sang the worthy piece with great vigor and strength. Sir Smity was blown away by the power of the weapon and fell to the ground. When the song ended, Christopherson knew that he had conquered the great Sir Smity.
Sir Smity rose and stepped forward. He then knighted the young lad and gave him entrance into the Bountiful High Choir. Christopherson had achieved his greatest dream. He was now a member of the highest honor…a member of the Order of the Phoenix. An even greater honor then the Bountiful High Choir. From then on Christopherson would be known as Sir Christopherson von Walker of Bountiful West, the great conquer of Sir Smity Werven Man Jenson.

choices

every day we are faced with choices that we have to make.  some of these choices are simpler then others.  some require no thought at all.  we just make it and go without even thinking about it.  some choices require a little debate while others require long thought out processes.  sometimes when making a choice we seek guidance from others to help us make our decision.  the point is that everyday, whether we think about it or not, we are making life choices and life decisions. 

some of these choices probably don't make much difference one way or the other.  i really don't think it matters whether you choose to wear the blue shirt or the black one.  or what you choose to eat for breakfast, or what color you paint your toe nails.  even though each of these are choices that we make, they do not really alter anything in the grand scheme of things.  by painting your toenails orange you will not be doomed for life.  it is just one of those things that doesn't really matter.  on the other hand, there are choices that you make that can alter your life from that point on.  by that one simple choice you change the route your life is taking. for each choice that you make in life effects the next.

life is a chain reaction taking you day by day.  it is a chain reaction of choices.  each choice that you make is irrevocably connected to the next.  they are all connected in what we call life.  by making one decision you determine which one you will make next.  every choice leads to the next one.  every choice has a consequence that takes you to your next choice in life. therefore, one choice that you make can change your life forever.  one choice can alter where you are headed and what you are going to do. one choice can make all the difference. 

because of this, we have to be careful about the choices that we make and the choices that we don't make.  sometimes we need to seek guidance form others who have made similar decisions in there life.  we need to think about hem and where they are going to take us.  but at the same time, sometimes we just need to do.  

we can't spend every moment of our lives debating what to do. we can't worry about where life will take us that much.  sometimes we just need to go and do and not worry about where it will lead or what will come of it.  sometimes we just need to live.  we just need to trust that all will work out and that everything will be ok in the end.  we just need to move forward and not worry about what we have done in the past, but look forward to what we will do in the future. look forward to the choices that we still have to make.   

sometimes i wonder though....if i could go back and change one choice...would i?  and if so would it change where i am now?  and if it did would it be any better or would i be a different person then who i am right now?.....not that i would.  but sometimes i wonder where my life would have lead had i made a different choice somewhere along the way. 

What really matters....

i have been reading this book and in it the girl is getting married.  but the trick is that she has to choose between two different weddings. one is being planned by her mother and one is being planned by her future mother in law. neither one of them know that there is another wedding being planned. the wedding being planned by her mother-in-law in in new york. it is set at the plaza hotel with all the fixings of a fairy tale wedding. the gorgous dress, the orcrestra in the background, twinkling lights all aound, trees imported from swizterland, birds chirping above, flowers every where with rose petals falling from the celling, an emaculate cake that is eight teirs high with hand painted tulips, everything you would expect from a sleeping beauty wedding.  

the wedding being planned by her mother is in oxshoot england, her home town. for this wedding she is wearing her mothers dress. the reception is in the back yard with a canopy and twinkling strands of lights. there is a homemade cake by the neighber next door, the flowers are from the local gardener, the ceromony is in the local church, and then pictures by the cherry tree that was planted when she was born.  now the bride has to choose....does she go with her fairy tale wedding that is evrything you could have ever dreamed of or does she go with the wedding that her mother has always dreamed of for her only daughter, in her home town?......

while reading i started to think about what i would choose. would i want the fairy tale or the home town wedding? the big fancy dress or the one my mother wore when she got married? the big fancy designer cake or the one made by a neighber? the giltering dance hall with the live band and falling rose petals or the backyard canopy with the twinkling lights???? what would i want at my wedding? which one would i choose?

then i thought....does it really matter? does it really matter whether there where trees from switzerland or the flowers from the local gardener?...... just like all other girls i have thought about what i would want my wedding day to be like.  i would want it to be pretty and to be fun, but when all is said and done does it really matter who made the cake? at the end of the day would i care? what would i really want? what really matters? at the end of the day what am i living for? am i living for the fairy tale? or am i living for the home town?

at the end of the day what i am living for is the people.  they are what matters to me. the people that i care about. the people that i love. they are what counts. they are what matters in life.  at the end of the day, when all is said and done, it is the people in my life that i live for.  that being said, i would choose the wedding where the people i loved would be as well.  i would want to celebrate that day with all of those i care about and that care about me in return.  because at the end of the day it doesn't matter what dress i wore or who did my hair.  all that matters is celebrating life and celebrating love with all those that i love...... everything else fades away, but a family lasts forever.

School.....

well..today would be the first day back at school.  i am excited this year because it is my last year of classes.  then i just have one year of student teaching and i am done!! it will be great.  a little scary but great. 

this semester i have four classes and then an institute class.  13 credits all in all.  with these classes i am also going to be going to the elementary schools so many hours each week to help in the classrooms.  i am also going to be working about 30 hours a week, because one of the ladies in my office is going to be gone for a month or more.  i also have my calling in my ward and have meetings and activities to go to for that.  oh..and there is still omega as well.  so my semester is going to be pretty full.  this is what my schedule looks like...

Monday

elementary school from 8:30-10

work from 10:30-4

class from 4:35-7:05

tuesday

class 9:40-10:30

work 11-4

class 4:35-7:05

last lecture 8-9 or enrichment mtg 7:30~9

wednesday

elementary school 8:30-10

work 10:30-4

class 4:35-7:05

omega 7-whenever or enrichment 7-whenever

thursday 

class 9:40-10:30

work 11-4

friday 

work 8-11:30

class 11:50-2:50

and then anything else that happens to come along like football games, enrichment activities, service committee meetings, oh...and of course friends and family have to go in there somewhere.  needless to say i will be pretty busy. but i am sure it will be fun and crazy like always.  i wish everyone else luck with school or work or whatever is going on in your life this fall.  i hope you all enjoy it!

Way to long

i know...i know... it has been far to long since the last time i wrote anything.  today i have once again been reminded how much can go on at one time and how much can happen in a short amount of time.  things can change in a blink of an eye and half the time we don't even notice it.  

here is an example:

about ten minutes ago i was sitting in my office chair googling people for work,  (yes i was really looking people up on google for work)  at this same time i was jammin' out to music and listening to my boss telling me that she was leaving.  right then the fire alarm starts blaring right above my head.  in that one second i jumped up, smacked my knee on the desk and knocked my water bottle over.  also at that same second my boss jumped and dropped her bag and then proceeded to laugh at me because i had smacked my knee.  

with the fire alarm still blaring in my ear i quickly closed what i was working on and grab my purse ready to leave and walk out the door to the safety of the outside world.   me and my boss both scurry out our office door and down the hallway to the outside door.  then, since my building is under construction and it all blocked off by fences and wood coverings,  we have to go along the edge of the building until we can squeeze through a break in the fence to cross the sidewalk and get away from the building.  well.....as far away as across the sidewalk.  once there i plop down to the ground and prepare to wait it out by sleeping in the grass.  i lay back and close my eyes.  i quickly think to myself that this is not half bad.  i am laying in the shade and getting paid for it.  after about ten seconds i feel something on my arm.  i brush it aside but it  does not seem to go away.  a sit up and realize that maybe this is not the greatest place after all.  there crawling up me is a huge, and i do mean huge, gigantic spider.  now i don't mind spiders, but when they are that big and crawling on me, then i have a problem.  i flicked it away as fast as i could and then i watched it crawl to my boss and up onto her bag.  she also then flicked it away.  this whole time the fire alarm is still going off and we are all still waiting.  as of now i have decided that maybe i don't want to lay back down for fear of other things crawling on top of me.  after about a minute i do it any way and proceed to enjoy the light breeze that is blowing.  yeah, well...that only lasted about a minute before once again that stupid spider was back.  after trying to get rid of it again i figured i would just play games on my phone.  

but what do ya know.....just as i start playing we have the all clear to reenter the building and go back to work.  so i get up and say goodbye to my boss, who was leaving for the day, and make my way back in through the fenced off and boarded up tunnel to get back to my office.  

as you can tell, once i got back inside and realized that i was only going to be at work for about 15 minutes, i choose to write on here instead of doing actual work.  so there you go...i am noe back in my office typing once again and jamming out to music once again just like i was ten minutes ago....like  i said...a lot can happen and you don't even notice it.

and thats just what happened to me. that doesn't even account for what went on with everybody else.....