Abigail’s Blog

• The physical distance and schedule conflicts between my cousin and I makes it harder for her and I to hang out and spend time together. It used to be as easy as picking up the phone and saying "let’s go", but now we actually have to schedule a time.
• I’m so glad I brought my ipod to work, I can at least blast my music.
• I noticed that in my ipod playlist, even though I have a variety of music genres, the most songs I have are reggae.
• I had a great time at the Ernst & Young Winterfest party  a few weekends ago. Food, open bar and good music had everyone going. CEO of the company spent time with us and passed along some cigars.
• I think Curling is one of the stupidest games in the Winter Olympics - gliding a rock, scraping ice with brooms???
• Had a lot of fun with co-workers and friends for Happy Hour last week - dancing and drinking. Got to know some of Verdict and have been in touch with them since then.
• Still need to have dinner with my friends for Joey’s bday.
• Hanging out with friends tonight - Chris is in town from Germany for only a week, so everyone’s coming out tonight. Another friend is celebrating a bday tomorrow, so everyone will be out then too.
• Need to remember to follow up with my travel agent for tickets/prices for trip to Cebu this summer.
• Also need to remember to follow up on my charity/fundraiser - need to get more info from orphanage for the charity when I go back to Cebu.
• I should try to swing another vacation - before or after my trip to Cebu.
• I’m so sick of this cold weather. And the snow! My truck needs another wash after this snow storm.
• Have to sync up my Smartphone to my PC… it’s been awhile, and there’s quite a few new info in my phone already.
• "I cannot be with you if you can’t stimulate my mind. You need to be able to bring an intelligent conversation into the table." Do I need to carry around that sign? LOL

Enough ramblings already….

Ever been inspired by quotes from great thinkers? I have, some even has challenged my way of thinking about certain things. Regardless whether I’m inspired by each quote, I try to at least find/read one good quote by all the great thinkers (Lao-tzu, Mahatma Gandhi, etc.), daily. I started doing this in the beginning of this year. It helps to clear my mind, live in the moment and make me re-think things.

A few that have tweaked my brain….

The real enemies of our life are the ‘oughts’ and ‘ifs’. They pull us backward into the unalterable past and forward into the unpredictable future. -Henri J.M. Nouwen

Like a child standing in a beautiful park with his eyes shut tight, there’s no need to imagine trees, flowers, deer, birds and sky; we merely need to open our eyes and realize what is already here, who we already are - as soon as we stop pretending we’re small or unholy. - Bo Lozoff

Listen closely…. the eternal hush of silence goes on and on throughout all this, and has been going on, and will go on and on. This is because the world is nothing but a dream and is just a thought of and the everlasting eternity pays no attention to it.  - Jack Kerouac