Day 20 - Someone you love

I've pretty much written about everyone I love during this 30 day blogging adventure EXCEPT my husband. I guess I was saving him for the most obvious day?

I know... what happened to his hair? Apparently he doesn't want it anymore. Lame. But I still love him! He's so much fun, and does all kinds of things for me. Dishes, laundry, dinner, makes the bed... not every day, but neither do I every day. And he plays with me... scrabble... and lots of Mario Kart. He even lets me win sometimes. And sometimes I can convince him to go on a fun hike with me... hence the above photo. 

Mostly right now I love him because he's so sure that things in our kind of crazy stressful life are going to work out perfectly. One of us really needs to believe that with all their heart, and right now that isn't me. Ok, I do believe it, but more in the "eventually" sense of the word. I HATE moving out. Moving in is ok. Moving out is ridiculously stressful. You can ask anyone who has ever watched me try to keep it together while packing. But Stephen is totally calm about this whole life changing business, and that's exactly what I need from him. So I love him because he is all I need, and he loves me even when I'm feeling scared and selfish. 

Day 19 - Nicknames

I have a bunch of them... most just have to do with my name.

Meagaleeba - That one is from my dad. He used it all the time when I was a kid. When I was in the BC, my roomies and I must have seen some kind of Americas Next Top Model marathon where they all had to pick model names. I wrote "Galeeba" on my milk for the rest of the semester. Sometimes in Hebrew. lol.

Meagano(s) - Brother Paulson gave me that one... and he moved when I was 10 so it must have been long before that. He still calls me that when he sees me. Also, my friend Amelia adopted that nickname for me in high school, so she uses it too.

Meag - There are a handful of people who call me Meag sometimes, but I always tell them they have to spell it like my name :) Actually, the only ones I can really think of are Stephen and Amelia - the same one who calls me Meagano. Which is ironic since her nickname is "meal" and I'm the only one who spells it "miel".

Girl Who Wishes for Evil... umm... to be honest I can't remember if I was number 1 or number 2. I think it was 2... Nicole was the other one. We called each other that in middle school, but I sure can't remember why. Probably because it was so untrue that we though it was funny? Who knows.

I'm sure I have other nicknames, but those are the special ones.

Day 18 - plans/dreams/goals you have

Didn't I already write about my goals for the month? I know, I know, this is supposed to be the long term goals. To be honest, it's kind of hard to look much further than a few months right now.

The big goal for the next few months is to find a great apartment and move to Provo. The big goal for the next few years is to get Stephen through school so we can leave Provo asap. Just kidding. I love Provo.

Also on the list of hopes and dreams for the near future is growing our little family. Anyone who knows me knows I've wanted my own babies since I was like...4. heh. Not everyone can say this, but when my husband told me before we were married that he wanted seven kids, I was really, really happy. I would have to say that's a pretty big life goal.

And I want to see the world. I've always been a very enthusiastic traveller. How does one see the world with seven kids? Haha, you wait a really really long time. Italy is at the top of my list. It has been for as long as I can remember. And I want to go back to Israel with my husband to take more pictures. Because the first 1000 weren't good enough. lol. Greece, Spain - This is starting to look like a theme. I'm pretty sure I would be happy circling the Mediterranean for a long time. Germany, England, Denmark. The list goes on and on.

That's all for now. It's hard to think cohesively before 6am. Which it is. And I've already been awake for 2 hours.

Day 17 - Someone you would like to switch lives with, just for one day.

That depends... do I get to pick which day? Honestly there are some days I feel like I'd switch lives with anyone, but mostly I'm pretty content and I can usually think of a reason why I definitely don't want to switch lives with most people.

But if I knew it was a good/exciting day... It might be fun to go back in time and switch with my great grandmother, Ruth. I LOVE reading her autobiography. She got to do and see so many things in this world. She had a front row seat to history and also the growth of the Church in the Washington DC area for nearly 70 years. She met all kinds of famous/important people. One day that I would particularly like to see for myself is the day she had the president of Mexico over for a barbecue in her back yard. She and my grandpa Jay had met him when Jay was inspecting the railroads in Mexico incase the US needed to use them for any reason during WWII. The powers that be found out about it and told her she couldn't do that, it was against protocol, etc. Whoever it was finally relented when she promised to have it catered. She got her neighbors to dress up in chefs clothes to serve the food. lol. And the president of Mexico said it was his favorite part of his visit to DC. But I don't know that I'd actually want to switch lives with her for that day... I'd just want to see it.

Day 16 - Another picture of yourself

Here's a recent one (as in last saturday...) and surprise! It's not a glamour shot! lol. Stephen and I went for a little hike up by Leeds. Here I am experiencing one of my favorite pastimes, climbing through holes in rocks! Ok, so I didn't actually climb through this particular hole, but I could have. And I did climb through another hole in a rock to get up there. It was definitely fun.

day 15- put your ipod on shuffle: first 10 songs that play

This should be fun...

Sixteen going on Seventeen - The Sound of Music

What Have I Done? - Les Miserables

Independence Day - Martina McBride

For Good - BYU Women's Chorus

Do You Love Me? - Fiddler on the Roof

Are You Happy Now? - Michelle Branch

The New Girl in Town - Hairspray

Moments - Emerson Drive

Let Me Let Go - Faith Hill

Hallelujah - Shrek Soundtrack

Huh. Lots of musicals, and lots of country. None of those songs are ones I ever go searching for though. 

day 16- another picture of yourself

day 17- someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why

day 18- plans/dreams/goals you have

day 19- nicknames you have and why you have them

day 20- someone you love

day 21- a picture of something that makes you happy

day 22- what makes you different from everyone else

day 23- something you crave for a lot

day 24- your last five facebook status'

day 25- what I would find in your bag

day 26- what do you think about your friends

day 27- why are you doing this 30 day challenge

day 28- a picture of you from last year and now, how have you changed since then?

day 29- in this past month, what have you learned

day 30- your favorite song

Day 14 - A picture of you and your family

Yes, I skipped the letter to someone. I couldn't think of anything creative or appropriate.
Anyway, here's a picture of my and my family! This is one of my favorites, after we all hiked the Y during graduation week.

And here we are later that afternoon, after Commencement. Plus Amelia, who totally counts as family :)

All of my immediate family at our wedding, plus my grandparents!

I know we've taken pictures since we went to San Diego, but none of them are on my computer. This is our little family, happy as can be!

Day 12 - How you found out about blogger and why you have one

I'm sure that one of my friends or cousins had a blog that I read long before I actually had my own. The reason that I made one was specifically to write about my experiences in the Holy Land and share pictures. I wrote the title in Hebrew and everything. I would show you, but sadly I don't know how to find the hebrew symbols on blogger. Maybe I never did... hold on.
יהוה ארי יהוה סירי The Lord is my light, the Lord is my song. Good old Microsoft word symbols, letting my show off my Hebrew skills. Anyway, that was what I named the blog (and it is grammatically correct and spelled right too... I looked it up in the Hebrew bible). I'm sad to say I didn't use the blog as much as I planned on, but when you've only got two months to have an experience that is supposed to take four months, something has to give. I wrote in my journal every single day I was there, over 120 pages in 8 weeks. I wrote more in the blog after I came home, but after I got a new email address that blog got annoying to sign into and I opted to just get a new one.

Day 11 - Another picture of you and your friends

You have to be pretty good friends to pull off this kind of an adventure... here I am in Nauvoo with some of my very favorite people in this world. I know, I have a lot. But it still means a lot when I say it. We didn't put those hats on just for the picture... we made them and then wore them for a couple of hours while we watched Signs on halloween weekend, in the last standing cornfield in Nauvoo. And despite what we told the sheriff (we took shifts?) we did all fit into one little car. With our chairs. The sheriff had obviously never seen Signs, but we did finally convince him that we weren't hostile.

I picked a picture of Nauvoo friends because the whole experience was somewhat of a social turning point for me. Obviously I had good friends before I went to Nauvoo, but there was some kind of magic in this particular group that welcomed me so completely, and indeed in the fact that I didn't feel out of place around anyone in the program. That was a first for me. I had felt out of place a lot in my life. I don't think they knew what they were doing, but my Nauvoo friends showed me that I didn't have to feel out of place, and ever since then I've been able to make my own place and feel comfortable socially in many, many places. That's one reason I have so many amazing friends in my life!

Day 10 - Songs you listen to when you are happy, sad, bored, hyped, and mad

I don't always choose my songs based on my mood. And when I do, it's mostly because I'm trying to change my energy level, and it works really well.

Happy - I listen to everything when I'm happy. Taylor Swift, Michael Buble, the Broadway Kids, BYU Choirs, and all kinds of other things that happen to pop up when my playlist is on random.

Sad - hmmm... well sometimes sad means I'm being nostolgic and listening to Womens Chorus or Singers. I choose the beautiful deep harmonic songs that I can almost taste because they are so full of substance. That kind of music is especially good for my soul anytime. It has a special power to heal my broken heart. I also have been known to listen to all 3 1/2 hours of Les Mis when I'm sad, because I know at least those characters are more miserable than I'll ever be. And I think it's beautiful.

Bored - I pretty much try to listen to anything upbeat when I'm bored. Same as when I'm washing the dishes, or folding laundry. Kelly Clarkson is one I don't necessarily listen to when I'm happy (sometimes) but she's at the top of the list when I'm doing chores.

Hyped - Broadway Kids is one that never ever ceases to make me hyped, no matter what. But pretty much I listen to the same things as when I'm happy, which could be anything.

Mad - I don't listen to music when I'm mad, unless you count what I said with bored... when I'm doing chores and I really don't want to. So... Kelly Clarkson. Actually, I don't get mad very often.

day 9- something you're proud of in the past few days, and Week 25 report

Something I'm proud of? This fits in perfectly with my weekly healthier me report. I'm proud that this week I've been to Curves 4 days in a row (including Zumba wednesday) and it would have been five but I had to work at the post office on Monday, which counts as exercise anyway. I'm proud that my wii fit scale told me I weigh 183.5 lbs, and that my wii fit age is consistently younger than I actually am. I'm proud that I went window shopping on Tuesday because I had a hunch that I was ready for size 12 jeans, and I was right! And I'm proud that even though I was right, window shopping did not progress to actually shopping. Yet. Seriously! Size 12?? Sad to say I haven't worn size 12 jeans since 7th grade. Safe to say that I'm a little taller, and a lot cuter than I was then :)

day 10- songs you listen to when you are happy, sad, bored, hyped, mad

day 11- another picture of you and your friends

day 12- how you found out about blogger and why you have one

day 13- a letter to someone

day 14- a picture of you and your family

day 15- put your ipod on shuffle: first 10 songs that play

day 16- another picture of yourself

day 17- someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why

day 18- plans/dreams/goals you have

day 19- nicknames you have and why you have them

day 20- someone you love

day 21- a picture of something that makes you happy

day 22- what makes you different from everyone else

day 23- something you crave for a lot

day 24- your last five facebook status'

day 25- what I would find in your bag

day 26- what do you think about your friends

day 27- why are you doing this 30 day challenge

day 28- a picture of you from last year and now, how have you changed since then?

day 29- in this past month, what have you learned

day 30- your favorite song

Short term goals for this month

Actually eat close to 2000 calories (of healthy food) every day - Strangely this is the hardest part of my weight management program, the point where I'm supposed to eat more to boost my metabolism so that eating less will actually help me lose weight and not become harmful. It almost makes me wonder if I ever ate 2000 calories a day in my life, but then I remember what I was probably eating. 

Buy new jeans :) - I like this goal. I tried on the most awesome jeans at kohls the other day, but my goal for that day was to only window shop. I'm hoping to go back soon. Look for further report on this experience in my friday healthy me post. 

Finish my new books - This is an easy one because I have been known to sit on the couch all day and do nothing but read a 300-500 page book. The other day I was looking through wedding cards, and I found a $30 gift card to target! We had just bought Stephen's imac, so he insisted that I get something for me. I bought Three Cups of Tea (which has been calling out to me for a long time) and Eat, Pray, Love(which still has like 47 people on the waiting list at the library). 

Learn how to use the imac - I'm not really sure I want to do this, but since we are apparently a mac family I guess it's necessary. I know it's not hard per se, but it's not intuitive. Macs have come a long way since I started on them in elementary school. This goal will probably keep getting put off for a long time because it's not my computer, and I don't really have much to do with it. If I ever get a new computer it might matter, but what do I need a computer for? Pretty soon my phone will do everything I need. 

Umm.... that's about all for the month. I don't really make goals... I just do stuff. 

Day 7 - Someone/something that has had the biggest influence on you

The biggest? Obviously there are a ton of people/events/self-searching moments that have had a big influence on me. But since none of those events or friendships would have happened the way they have if I hadn't come to this earth under certain circumstances, I would have to say that my parents have had the biggest influence on my life.

This is my mom's favorite wedding photo. I'm rather fond of it myself :) Anyway, it's obvious that everyone's parents have an influence on them, but what I want to point out is that eventually we all have to choose how. I chose to embrace my parents influence. I let them teach me and show me what they believe in, and I have followed the example they have given. They taught me who I am, and set me on the path to live in a way I hope they take joy in. I think it's safe to say that I would never have met any of my best friends or favorite people if it hadn't been for my parents influence somehow. I embraced their love of music. I have always had a great love for BYU, so for me there was no other choice when the time came. I followed their example in beginning an eternal marriage in the temple. When the time comes, I know for a fact that they will influence the kind of parent I am every day. Yeah, that's pretty much everything. I think that counts as the biggest influence. 

Day 6 - Favorite super hero

Sooooo..... I'm not really big into super heros, and I REALLY don't like super hero movies. Except for the Incredibles. But I don't like that movie for the super heros, I like it for the family. Other than that.... yeah, can't think of a single one I like. And for sure I don't read comic books.

So why don't I appreciate super heros? Maybe because I think about it too deeply. Super heros think it's their job to save their world, which I guess to me is an inherently false idea. Also, the stories are all the same. Man realizes superpower. Man forgets or ignores responsibility. Man makes ridiculously colossal mistake(s). Man remembers (or is forced to accept) responsibility. Man tries to fix colossal mistake. Man becomes hero whether he wants to or not.

HERCULES! Ok, there's one I do like. Not so much the actual Greek story, but the Disney movie. The basic superhero plot is still there, but I like the end better, because he recognizes that he can live on earth being neither a regular guy nor a god, and that's ok. I think in the end he finds his place better than most super heros.

Day 5 - A picture of somewhere you've been

My friends sometimes remind me how unusual it is for a girl my age to have been to so many places. I've driven across the United States at least 10 times. That's only 5 roundtrip, but it wasn't all at once. As far as longer stays, I've been to Bethany Beach in Delaware, Outer Banks and Myrtle Beach in South Carolina, Orlando in Florida, Palmyra in Upstate New York, Niagara Falls (New York and Canada sides), Cincinnati(well, across the river, to Florence, KY), Henderson in Nevada, Macks Inn Idaho, San Diego and Los Angeles California, and so many places in between. I claim Ellicott City, MD as my home base, but home is Utah now. I lived in Provo for most of college, and visited every city in the Utah and Salt Lake valleys it seems like. I claim Nauvoo as a place I once lived, though it was only four months, and while I was there I visited pretty much every church history site in the midwest, and the east too. I lived in Jerusalem for two months, and visited Galilee, Jordan, and Egypt, and lots of cities in between. And on the way there we had an 11 hour layover in Vienna, Austria. And when I was 5, I lived in Germany for a year. While we were there, I spent weekends in France and Italy. And when I was REALLY little there was a family vacation to Cancun, but I'm not sure if that counts really. So how the heck am I supposed to pick a place for a picture? I guess I could do like I did with the friends post, but that might get old. Hmm. 

Ok, I pick one of the wonders of the world. Petra was definitely one of those grand iconic places that I wish I had appreciated a little more... you'll note that I'm not in this picture. I worked very hard that day to be in a very minimal amount of pictures, because it was SO HOT and I felt disgusting. And I ran out of water for the first time like, ever. And I had a headache, and when it came time for lunch, I wanted anything but hot meat... like, fruit would have been awesome. There was fruit everywhere at lunch, and we weren't allowed to eat it because it would supposedly make us sick. Anyway, besides all that I thought Petra was AWESOME. But it's so far away from everything, that I'll probably never go back. So I'm glad I got the experience when I did. So that's it, one picture of a place I've been. 

Day 4 - A habit that you wish you didn't have

I don't know if this really counts as a habit, but it is definitely something I wish I didn't do. It turns out that it's nearly impossible for me to really stress out about just one thing. That doesn't mean that I don't get stressed out over little things, it means that when I start feeling stressed out, I'm stressed about EVERYTHING whether it matters right now or not. One small example might be a big pile of dishes in the sink. Dishes are really not that bad, but when I see them, I think about how what really needs to be cleaned is the entire apartment. Sometimes I even go as far as to worry about what a pain it's going to be to have to really clean this place when we move out. And the dishes get bigger and bigger and bigger until I just sigh and leave the kitchen, because I can't deal with that right now. You can imagine what happens to me sometimes when the stress actually does matter. There are days I'm sure when my husband has no idea what just happened. Luckily the dish problem can be solved with a little music, louder than usual. What real stress needs is focus, which is exactly what I lose first when I get stressed out. If I could keep my focus, I might have a better chance against a lot of things that really should not be causing a breakdown.

Day 3 - A picture of you and your friends

Just one picture? Yeah, right. I have way too many friends for that. Unfortunately my pictures only go back a few years on this computer, so there will be no blast from the past high school photos or such... oh well. So, lots of friends in no particular order...

My last room mates before graduating from BYU, Cat, Britt, and Heather. We definitely had some good times together :)

 

 The C2 ward reunion, when Aaron came all the way from Australia to visit us in Utah. Shaena, Aaron, Rebecca, Karin, and Helen. They were mostly in Rebecca's sunday school class, but still a good representation of my friends from my home ward.

Nauvoo friends! Now, obviously I have pictures of my friends in Nauvoo, but the awesome thing about Nauvoo friends is that we are still friends, years and years later. This is at Brant's homecoming. Delaney, Genevieve, Jared, Sadie, Nathan, Matt, Nikki, and Brant. Those are our good picture faces. You don't even want to know what happens when they tell us to do funny faces. lol. 

More Nauvoo friends! We try so hard to get together regularly. It's incredibly rejuvenating to be around these girls, and now that we're married our husbands even like each other. That's always a plus. Whitney, Stacy, Stephanie, and Amy.

Sarah June is missing from this picture, but these are my room mates from Fall 2006. They are still some of my very best friends in the world! Liz and Amelia. 

See, they even flew all the way to Maryland in the middle of a semester for my wedding!

More room mates! Kristy, Jen, Marne, Nikki, and Sooz. I lived with Jen the longest I've ever lived with a room mate. We still talk all the time, and she even reads my blog! The six of us were pretty cramped in that BC apartment, but we had a blast together. 

I didn't do a very good job of taking pictures with my friends in Jerusalem, but I found one that is a pretty good representation of all those wonderful friends. Here we are in the middle of our walk on the city wall - Bruce, Lauren, Emily, Becky, and Will. 

Two Meagans!!!! I also wasn't really on the ball taking picture of me with my womens chorus friends, but Meagan was! Since she's awesome and knows them all, she gets to represent all the fabulous friends I have from BYU choirs. Awesome, awesome times. 

Amelia and Nicole! My 10th grade english teacher told Nicole and I when we were in her class that when high school was over we'd be lucky if we were still close with two people we already knew then. These are my two. I've been friends with Amelia since 4th grade, and Nicole since 6th, and we are still going strong!

So, that definitely took forever. And believe it or not, I still have more friends! I've been blessed with some of the best friends this world has to offer, and I don't know what I would do without them. 

day 4- a habit that you wish you didn’t have

day 5- a picture of somewhere you've been to

day 6- favorite super hero and why

day 7- a picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you

day 8- short term goals for this month and why

day 9- something you're proud of in the past few days

day 10- songs you listen to when you are happy, sad, bored, hyped, mad

day 11- another picture of you and your friends

day 12- how you found out about blogger and why you have one

day 13- a letter to someone

day 14- a picture of you and your family

day 15- put your ipod on shuffle: first 10 songs that play

day 16- another picture of yourself

day 17- someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why

day 18- plans/dreams/goals you have

day 19- nicknames you have and why you have them

day 20- someone you love

day 21- a picture of something that makes you happy

day 22- what makes you different from everyone else

day 23- something you crave for a lot

day 24- your last five facebook status'

day 25- what I would find in your bag

day 26- what do you think about your friends

day 27- why are you doing this 30 day challenge

day 28- a picture of you from last year and now, how have you changed since then?

day 29- in this past month, what have you learned

day 30- your favorite song

Day 2 - The meaning behind your blog name

I did explain this a little when I first started this blog, but I also promised to share the rest of the song, which I never did. Lets see if I can remember it all...

Awake my heart to sing
Awake my eyes
Awake my soul
Let joyful praises ring!

Keep no more this silence
Speak no more of dreams
Let the music deep within awaken now in me!

Hush no more sweet melody that stirs within my soul
For if just one voice keeps silent
The world may never hear a joyful song.

As I mentioned in my first post ever, this was the very first song I ever sang with the BYU Womens Chorus. Now, I auditioned for womens chorus no less than five times before I got in, over the space of three years. It wasn't until the 4th year that I FINALLY made it. Those first three years caused me a lot of real emotional pain, but I also learned that there was a strength within me I hadn't known before. I could have given up, and accepted that I just wasn't good enough. But I wanted this, and I knew it was worth wanting. And I knew I was good enough, but however frustrating, I was just scared to prove it. But I was determined to let my joyful song be heard. By the time I got in, no one wanted to be in Womens Chorus more than I did. This song was a very literal reminder of the courage and determination I had gathered from deep within so that I could have this experience. I never forgot it while I sang with them, or after.

As it pertains to my blog, a joyful song is more than just music to me. My life is a joyful song, and one that I choose to share because I hope it will touch someone else's life. What I write might not be worth anything to anyone but me, but then again it might. Besides, some the the best advice I've ever gotten is to not hide my candle under a bushel.

For if just one voice keeps silent
The world may never hear a joyful song.

Jumping on the bandwagon - Day 1

I actually like the themes of these 30 days that are going around my friends' blogs, and I've been so incredibly bored being sick the last week that I think I'll give it a try. Plus maybe it will help break my mario kart addiction, since the game is not mine, and eventually we have to give it back. So, here goes!

day 1- a recent picture  and 15 interesting facts about yourself

1 - My hair is short in this picture. I want to cut it again. Shorter. 

2 - Yesterday I played all 32 races in a row on Mario Kart at the fastest speed. I was in 1st place by 20 points at the end. And I still can't beat my husband.

3 - I'm excited to move to Provo again. Not because I love Provo or don't love St. George. Neither is true. I'm just restless. I like change. 

4 - But I HATE moving. 

5 - I love driving a mail truck (when it works). Everybody waves at me and I feel important. 

6 - I'm going to be in Maryland on my husbands first day of school, and I don't really feel bad about it. Yet. 

7 - I'd rather be at the beach.

8 - I live for missionary letters. It's the only good email I ever get. 

9 - Even though I'm pretty sure I can't breathe well enough yet, I'm still going to Zumba today. I have to get out!

10 - I've been married more than a year, and it still breaks my heart to see my huggy bear gathering dust by my bed. 

11 - I want Golden Spoon. All the time.

12 - I don't want to give up my passport with my maiden name, because it actually has stamps in it. 

13 - I successfully quit drinking soda last year, except for the ginger-ale when I was sick last week. Even at restaurants, I always drink water. 

14 - I don't know why I keep a blog. I'm pretty sure nobody reads it, and I'm already keeping a regular journal for posterity. So what's the point?

15 - I crave attention, just like everyone else. 

Are those random enough? I think so... they took me forever to come up with.

day 2- the meaning behind your blog name

day 3- a picture of you and your friends

day 4- a habit that you wish you didn’t have

day 5- a picture of somewhere you've been to

day 6- favorite super hero and why

day 7- a picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you

day 8- short term goals for this month and why

day 9- something you're proud of in the past few days

day 10- songs you listen to when you are happy, sad, bored, hyped, mad

day 11- another picture of you and your friends

day 12- how you found out about blogger and why you have one

day 13- a letter to someone

day 14- a picture of you and your family

day 15- put your ipod on shuffle: first 10 songs that play

day 16- another picture of yourself

day 17- someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why

day 18- plans/dreams/goals you have

day 19- nicknames you have and why you have them

day 20- someone you love

day 21- a picture of something that makes you happy

day 22- what makes you different from everyone else

day 23- something you crave for a lot

day 24- your last five facebook status'

day 25- what I would find in your bag

day 26- what do you think about your friends

day 27- why are you doing this 30 day challenge

day 28- a picture of you from last year and now, how have you changed since then?

day 29- in this past month, what have you learned

day 30- your favorite song