the five senses

i have never realized how important my senses are until i lost two of them for a week (im still working on regaining them). i got the flu last weekend and went to the doctor. she said i didnt have anything too serious but i would be sick for a good week. and i was. i am finally feeling almost healthy. and while i was sick i couldnt taste or smell anything!! it was terrible... i even got the spiciest (is that a word?) chicken at Panda Express and could barely taste it. awesome. even Dr. Pepper was gross. so it made me realize that life really sucks without taste or smell. and last night (while trying to fall asleep after watching Harry Potter 7 from the first row and having a constant ringing in my ears) i thought how suckish it would be if i couldnt see, hear, or touch anything either. so... heres a little rant/ thought process...

taste

i love food. LOVE. and not being able to taste my food was horrible. these are things that are crap when you cant taste them: Dr. Pepper, soup, toast, oatmeal, skittles, Subway, Panda, sloppy joes, and gum. yeah.

towards the middle of the week i started freaking out because i thought i would loose my taste and i wondered how crappy it would be if i lost all my taste. forever! soooo scary. but i didnt. no worries.

it would be so horrible. i love food, i love gum, i love kissing. it would be so terrible.

sight

oh my gosh the world is beautiful. being blind would be horrible. people who are blind probably just see colors and auras and that wouldnt be so bad... but still. that would be so tough for me and i am so grateful i can see the wonderful and colorful world that i live in.

also the eyes are "windows to the soul", right? how crappy if you're blind. i LOVE eyes. they are my favorite feature on men... and women i guess haha. i cannot begin to say how much i love eyes. i think they are extremely fascinating. i could watch someones eyes all day. i love them.

hearing

ok, so eventually i will probably loose my hearing due to old age. yes is true. but for now i cannot imagine a world without it. wayyyyy to weird. first of all, i love music. i recently watched August Rush and they talk about music in such a cool way. like you can always hear music. that the world revolves around music.

my world does.

when im hurting, i have songs to listen to.

when i am crazy twitterpated with a boy, i have songs to listen to.

when i have a crappy day, i have songs to listen to! music is probably the biggest factor in the emotions that i feel and the things i think about. theres a quote that says: "sometimes i wish you'd pay more attention to my favorite songs, because the lyrics sing words that i'm too scared to say"

and its so true. there are so many times when i want to just burst out is song haha because the lyrics but my thoughts into words. awesome.

 

smell

i have the BEST sense of smell. it is my favorite out of the five senses. there are so many smells that i relate to and have a memory for. every memory i have is usually brought up by smell. good smells, bad smells, sometimes smells that really dont exist to everyone else. its great.

here is some of my most favorite smells:

1.boys and cologne. not just boys, and not just cologne. but together? they are fantastic.

2. my mommas perfume and lotion. everytime i smell it i want to cry. i love my mom and miss her every day.

3. the smell of roast in the oven, on a sunday afternoon. ohmygosh. favorite smell ever. when i am married, my family WILL smell that smell.

touch

 last, but not least, touch. wow. i love touching. one time i put my finger on a softball pitching machine (because im stupid) and it burned off my nerves at the tip of my finger and for a month or so i couldnt feel anything. it was funny. but how terrible would that be to not be able to touch things your whole life?

seriously it makes me so sad. good thing i can feel things (ha).

something that i really am having a hard time with... is the lack of touch. its so hard when you want to touch or hold someone and you cant. its even harder when they are a foot away. constantly having the urge to reach out and hold someones hand or simply touch their arm, is so hard.

theres a book about the five languages of love, and one of them is physical touch.

i think that is my language of love.

i could NOT live without this sense.

so, there you have it. the five senses from erins point of view. i think about stupid things all the time. and last night when i was thinking about this i realized that now i have a blog. so i can rant about the stupid things i think about :) i love it. this will help me stay sane.

the title is coming

if life were easy, it wouldnt be hard. and hard is good.

joy=salvation

im one day closer to my eternal companion

peace, love, and blessings