Today has been amazing! I could not have hoped for a better surprise than the one that awaited me at church; one of my best friends, Chandler, was finally home! I've known this kid for a long time now, and I absolutely love him, but he's been in Georgia for about a year now I think and I couldn't talk to him. We've had highs and lows in our friendship, but always been sincere through it all. He's only home for a week, but I'm glad to have him back in my life even for such a short amount of time. He comes home for good in August, and I'm SOOO excited! I think I literally started screaming when I saw him.

More than being reunited with a best friend (a term which I dont take lightly or give freely), I learned something about myself; My overly-forgiving attitude is not necessarily a bad thing. I always hated that about myself, how I let people screw me over time and again and just forgave and let them back into my life. For once, it's paid off, and so I think it's all worth it. If I hadn't forgiven Chandler for some of the things in the past (which I will NOT get into), then I wouldn't be able to call him my friend today. I wouldn't be able to celebrate with him, and talk, and cheer him on, and be proud of him as I am now. Maybe being forgiving has caused me a lot of pain in the past, but I see even just this one friendship was salvaged because of that, and it makes all the other times of risking and losing worth it.

I'm so happy to have him home, and so proud of all he's accomplished and how far he's come! We've been through (and put each other through) alot together, and it just goes to prove that forgiveness in friendship is  worth the risk of being hurt again =]
~Rocky

I could not take a picture today because I forgot my memory card in my computer, however here is a candid at a party, until the other pictures get uploaded by people. My day can be summarized in three letters and two words; wth just happened??? It's been very confusing, surprising, happy, fun, weird, unexpected, painful, entertaining, tiring, hyper, and many more adjectives that I'll spare you. Let's explain with a brief timeline of my day, shall we?
1) Gardened and mulched in flip flops at my church. didn't know I would be doing that
2) dropped a chair on my foot, then had a stack of chairs fall on me, and didn't know what i was doing.
3) dropped myself in tumbling today and knocked the wind outta me.
4) didn't have the address to the party i was going
5) saw, like, 10 kids burst out breakdancing in the middle of Crocker Park (some of them were great!)
6) saw a 'friend' who pretended they didn't even know me. I in turn did the same so I wouldn't feel/look like a pathetic loser.
7) got hit on by some really hot Australian dude... seriously, what guy really has the guts to walk up to a girl they catch a glimpse of and actually introduce themselves these days? typically it's a lot of eye-flirting with no outcome. nope. this guy walks into the area, sees me, waits a minute than walks right over and is like "Hey, how are you? I'm ____, what's your name?". Talk about being manly!

All in all it was a really good day, but very unexpected. Also, i've decided I'm far to talkative to stick with just a simple sentence or 3 with a picture for a post, so this shall remain a photo blog, but it will also have regular, fully written posts. It's been vary difficult for me to just post vague things, as I'm the kind of person who talks and talks and talks. So I wont try anymore =]
~Rocky 

One last thing; 

Mis padres put in an offer today on a house in Sheffield we're trying to buy! Wish us luck! I'm REALLY hoping we get it! =D

Yup. I'm tired. Dance went well today, my knee's feeling better, and I'm busy all day tomorrow. Didn't get in a post earlier cause I was occupied until about 11ish, so now it's post time, then bed time. Ready for this darn recital to be done and over with so I can get back to a real life!
-Rocky

Getting ready to head out to the studio and really hoping to master my solo since the recital is in 9 days. Looking at this picture does little more than remind me I have to get new ballet shoes, since I can barely dance in these I've worn them out so much. Photo not exactly what I wanted, but my camera died, so oh well! Really ready for a break, and hoping one comes soon...
~Rocky

Hello there! Tonight is my first time posting in this blog. I was recently inspired by a flicker member called Wisely-chosen, who takes a picture daily and adds a small blurb about what's going on in her life. So I've decided to start a photo blog! From here on out, only a photograph either of myself or something that sums up my life, accompanied by a short post about my day (hence the title "words get in the way") =] Also, I highly suggest checking out wisely-chosen's flicker; she is amazing, beautiful, and inspirational! Here we go;

Bleaching parts of my hair tonight with my sister while listening to the original Paramore, before they got so generic and dumbed down. Liked them much better back in the "Decoy" and "Misery Business" days.
~Rocky