Laughter definitely keeps me youthful

I think I shall take you back into time of young Marcelina where the best days included the following: 

-being a lunch helper counting out chocolate milk, white milk and orange juice
-walking into the Hall with World's Finest Chocolate stacked along the wall and plotting on carrying around that wonderful blue box of goodies that carried such a beautiful aroma
-zipping through any book to win a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut
-and choosing out the best Trapper Keeper each school year. 

In middle school, I acquired the nickname "Giggles" and for most of you that do know me I do have a slight addiction to laughter.  Eventually my nickname morphed into Chuckles, Giggles, Gaggles, Goggles and/or Guggles.  The morphing of my nickname was quite an event.  Of course, the nickname was acquired for the obvious reason.  I can't help it, even attending a private school, I still did not care, laughter makes the world go 'round and clearly, I laughed at every opportunity.  The morphing of my nickname came by pure coincidence, let's just say a series of fortunate events.

My life was always held in my hands literally, I carried my Trapper Keeper everyday.  I usually chose a black zipper Trapper Keeper one that had one colorful stripe.  On the outside of course, I did put my name on it (Giggles), and I think on this particular year I chose silver letters that were a bit glittery.  One unfortunate day, the "I" jumped ship.  Of course, my all time favorite science teacher HAD to point that out as I waited for my parents to pick me up, and since then my nickname had morphed.  


I'm not sure if he knows it, but that nickname he gave me pretty much sums up a great deal of my character.  I have a very serious side of me (which some do not believe I have) and there is a very jovial side of me (I guess it depends on the environment  as well).  For those who know me really well, I tend to be quite the jokester.  I tend to laugh really loud and I tend to make requests of people to do something to keep me laughing (i.e. I'll ask my brother to talk like our mom, or another brother to do the "turtle dance", or my boyfriend to meow like a lost kitten) these are all quite entertaining. Nay I am not Eddie Murphy, "hop on one leg, bark like a dog!"


I love laughter.  I wish you all many years of laughter to come.  Laughing definitely beats frowning a million times, and you know, no matter how much you TRY to frown, it's always harder to keep that frown especially when someone is doing something intentionally to make you cheer up.  


CRAZY thing, I actually started this post weeks ago--but due to current situations I have been a bit distracted, 14 hour days tend to make you stray away from computers and such. The reason I capitalized the word CRAZY is that in this post I mentioned said science teacher, I freaking saw him today (Nov. 3!)  for the first time in YEARS! It was great, it was just like yesterday, except this go round I'm actually an adult. SCARY.  I also realize that this post is slightly random.  However, I am a random person and I have been doing a lot of thinking.  Since I have changed jobs temporarily, I have noticed a great deal of laughter in my life.  Laughter is what makes me function and I think it is one of the things I do best to foster a fun loving environment.  I thought about posting this post (redundant) and I thought about not posting it (mostly not).  Somehow through this bit I feel slightly vulnerable to you because now you are getting to know a piece of me and I'm sharing a piece of my life including memories to an unknown audience.  But it's okay, I feel liberated, really liberated actually.  I have so much more to write and such little time


SECOND SIDE NOTE! I enjoyed a delicious lunch today at Sumter Cut Rate Drug (chicken salad sandwich, fries, and a sweet tea) along with two awesome people that made my dining experience so beautiful. Thank you guys! You absolutely made my day. So my completely random post is now complete nothing in it is coherent, concise and whatever-what-not, but really, who cares! I sure don't that's why it's my bloggy bloggerton! (No attitude intended :)) 


Hugs, Kisses, XOXO (I was joking with one of the vendor guys from work as I complained about my chicken scratch signature on his device...he responded "oh it doesnt matter! for all i care you could put hugs and kisses, xoxo, love, always) I LOVE IT! LOL LIVE OUT LOUD, LAUGH OUT LOUD, LOVE OUT LOUD, be you, enjoy yourself and most importantly share yourself! share your character, share your love, share your memories!




LOVE ALWAYS---GIGGLES