"It is not the ctitic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

~Theodore Roosevelt


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Irony, Laundry, Snow...

~If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.
~Harlan Ellison

Oh, today... Let's just say, I love to find irony in life. It's everywhere, really. So while I'm really mad about having to pay $260 for my sprained ankle, I had to smile at the irony.

I never get hurt. I don't. Never had stitches. Never had a broken bone. Until three weeks ago I'd known how I got all my scars-all three of them.

So, as I've said, I go snowmobiling and sprain my ankle. January 1st. Well, I was kind of excited that I had insurance. BYU requires it. So I went in to an approved insta-care on January 2nd. Paid the $15 up front and got x-rays.

And... I wasn't covered.

Ha-ha, surprise surprise. I called today and found out that first, they hadn't updated everything so I was now covered. And second, that coverage began January 4th-the first day of classes. Which I could have guessed. And I did think about. But I couldn't put any weight on it. It hurt worse than any pain I remember. And I moved out January 3rd. I needed to know.

So there's my irony for the day.

Oh, I finally did my laundry-first time away from home. Last year I took it home on weekends-did it myself, just at home. I have one load drying-cuz somehow it didn't dry for the 50 cents I used before. Haha, I went through my whole bag of quarters today!

Proud to say I didn't turn any whites pink (haha, well, not by washing... let's just say I will make sure my pink towels are completely dry before putting them in the basket next time). And none of my clothes were stolen! It worries me-but I don't want to sit in that dreary room for five hours while I do all my wash.

One more thing. I loved the snow today. It was beautiful. I hated how it made my boots slippery-cuz that was fun falling down in front of everyone going into the Marriot Center for devotional. (heavy sarcasm)

But then, I tend to make a fool of myself at least once a day :)

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