You might be Charlotte if...(Part 3)

A few years ago, I was in the mood to make lists. Instead of typing my blog like an essay, I typed lists and I had my cousin read the lists and comment on them because that is what my favorite book character and her best friend did in the Princess Diaries series.... Anyways, I am back to wanting to make lists. And the two lists I made that had the most views were these two:

You might be Charlotte if...
and
You might be Charlotte if...(Part 2)

(you can read them:  http://thejoyfullittlecupcake.blogspot.com/2014/02/you-might-be-charlotte-if.html
http://thejoyfullittlecupcake.blogspot.com/2014/03/you-might-be-charlotte-ifpart-2.html)

So here you go friends, or stalkers, or whatever you want to call yourself... Here is a list of other ways for you to decide if you are anything like me...

1. For starters, you are watching a John Denver documentary right now while typing this post. Because... you really like to have a bunch of random knowledge in your head... also because John Denver has a nice voice and sweet songs about nature and being in nature and how pretty nature is and also about jet planes and leaving on them. (He died in a plane accident... how sad is that?)

2. You change your hair bi-weekly. Whether it is cutting it or coloring it... you find new things to do to your hair and you do it because taking risks is fun! Plus you don't really care if others like it or not because it makes you happy. And you have considered dying your hair with some Kool-Aid... it is dramatic... but less ghetto.

3. You prefer being called Charlotte... but so many people know you as Char and you are too nice and also too lazy to try and correct everyone. Plus you don't mind being called Char all that much.

4. You tell your friends how much they mean to you often. Not because you want to annoy them with your friendship but because you want them to know that they are so special to you. And because you really do have the greatest friends in the world. And words are the most important way that you express your love and stuff and things like such as.

5. Baking and cooking relax you... but only when you are in the mood to bake and cook. If someone gives you directions to "spur the moment," it can get a little stressful.

6. Sometimes you want to go everywhere and do everything and other days, you just want to sit and watch Netflix with your friends or family and drink tea and wear oversized sweatshirts.

7. Your love for, and dedication to, puzzles is real. And you aren't the best at them. But that is okay. You find something peaceful about something broken and in thousands of peaces being turned into something whole and beautiful. And several times you have thought about the parallel between puzzles and a relationship with Jesus... no shame.

8. You laugh at your own jokes even if other people aren't laughing. Especially when those jokes are puns because puns are without a doubt, the greatest jokes in the world and whoever invented them should win a prize.

9. Anytime you watch an epic movie such as... oh I don't know let's say "Lord of the Rings" or "Pirates of the Caribbean"...you get inspired to go out on an adventure... unfortunately for you, Indiana isn't exactly the most exciting place for adventure, so you just settle for going to Wal-Mart because that is kind of like an adventure... (PS I am looking for adventure...safe adventures with very low risks at the moment...  but like a little fear is okay or you would never leave your comfort zone)

10. You know, and believe that there is power in being yourself 100%... even when you are crazy... and you don't "fit in" (haha what does THAT even mean) and even if it means you might embarrass yourself... you are still the "real you" which is super fun. Seriously... it's tiring pretending to be someone you aren't. You wear your rainboots when there is no rain... and you don't go see movies just because "everyone is going to see it" and sometimes you walk around the grocery story humming "He's a Pirate" to make it more epic.

11. You tell people you are a criminal justice major and they give you a really strange look and then ask you what you want to do with that and you can't give them a real answer because at this point, you honestly have no idea. But that is okay... when you feel like you need to do something, you should do it. Even when it makes no sense to you or anyone. But also secretly if you could ever be a police officer, it would probably be the greatest thing ever... but you can't because you can't run, everything makes you cry and you are too nice.

12. You are super emotional for literally no reason at all. When you are happy you are "really, really, really happy" and when you are sad, you are "really sad." And sometimes you don't know what you are at all! But you think joy is the emotion you experience the most.

13. You are blessed beyond words. And you hope that you can be a blessing to those that you come into contact with. And also that you make people smile. And laugh. Because those are important.

The end.