The Avenues #330 is a special place. Three weeks ago I could not have imagined how significant a place it has turned out to be. Of course half of the reason it is so great is the fact that I have amazing roommates + one, and because of them the whole apartment has become a humble abode, a sanctuary of dreams, thoughts, discussions, laughter, tears, eating, crazy nights, great music, singing around the piano, and making goals. One place we quickly discovered about the apartment was the roof that we coincidentally have all to our selves. Our loft window has a ledge where we carefully crawl out and end up on top of the world… well Provo. It is there that we discovered our goals and dreams, and there we reunite every 2 weeks to discuss how we have done with our goals. Sometimes we lie down on old blankets, above all of Provo just listening. Those nights are the best. We listen to the wind, the faded sounds of cars, and sprinklers running, stare at the moon, and gaze up at the clouds, just listening. It is on those nights that I have chance to regroup my thoughts and come back down a different person—or at least a determination to be a better version of “me”. Us girls have a theme song that we play whenever we are up there. It is by the Perishers called “come out of the shade”. I have no idea why it came to be our goal setting, thought provoking, daydreaming song, yet as we play I could not think of a better one to have. The song has become a beacon for us, and a reminder of our goals we have made. It represents hope, a brighter future, opportunity, love, friendship, and memories. The conversations held on the roof are the best. One has a chance to dig deep into their own thoughts and has all the time to express them in ways of eloquence and charm. I don’t think I have heard anything but beautiful dreams, and imaginative futuristic subjects up there. (of course we slide more towards a little on the goofy side when we invite the guys up there). I haven’t been this determined to be the “cailey” I know I can be until now. My roof is my safe haven. It knows my thoughts, and fears, joys and tears. Thank goodness for roofs, and roommates that share the same enthusiasm as I do.
“Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.” I love this quote. One of my goals I made was to have a good attitude about any situation I am in. I thoroughly succeeded one night when we went to our Stake Dance (which was so EFY-ish) and all of us girls wanted to leave. But we decided to just dance, and have fun and in about 5 minutes we could not stop laughing, and dancing for the next 2 ½ hours. It was Amazing.
Another goal of mine is to look for good qualities others have and try to emulate them. I feel overwhelmed as I have seen so many good qualities, but one that I admire most right now is in a friend of mine who is so brilliant at talking to others and making all those around them feel important. This person will come over and talk to my roommates, and anyone else who is there completely and genuinely interested. I love that about this person. Thank you for being this way. You make me want to be better.
P.s. It is raining a lot right now… and I love it.
p.p.s Have I told you how much I love Soy chocolate milk? well I do. It truly is fabulous.
