A Whole Lotta Happy

So my New Year has really started of well! January is always a time for new beginnings and hopefully the end of old bad habits! Well, I wanted to be starting school this January, but that didn't happen and I was definitely frustrated because I was beginning to think I was about to be a bum for the rest of my life! But I knew I had to trust the Lord and everything would work out the way he wanted! So here's a little about how my 2012 has been going! Happy #1 I coach a travel volleyball team here in Durham and they are so much fun to travel with and be around! They are actually pretty good too! We have won a couple tournaments and come in the top 3 of another couple! It's definitely fun watching them grow and get better!

Happy #2 My freshman year of college I met a girl I was going to grow to love and be best friends with. Courtney is a hoot and one of my dearest friends. One of the first things I ever learned about her was that she got engaged in high school, and so many people thought she was so crazy for doing this, and I will be the first to admit I thought she was little silly myself! But when you know Courtney and meet her fiance Drew you know it's real! They are perfect for each other and they make me so happy. Well anyways that was 4 year ago, and Court called the other night and the first thing she asked me was "How do you feel about being in a wedding in January??" My chin hit the ground! They had finally set a date and it was happening! And most of all she wanted me to share the whole experience with her (along with 3 other awesome friends of mine!) I am so excited for her and Drew and I wish them the best! They melt my heart and I can't wait for next January to celebrate all this! We are all definitely growing up, I can't believe I'm at the age now where my friends are getting engaged and even better getting married! It happens so fast!! Well I love you Court and Drew and I can't wait to plan and get all these awesome wedding ideas out!! Happy #3 As most of you know, my sister is preggers again, and I can't tell you enough how much joy little Micah has brought to my life. She is amazing and beautiful and I don't know how this next little baby can be any better than Micah is. But I am soo excited to be an aunt again!! I love Facetiming with Micah and Lorean and David and watching her wave at me and blow kisses and just literally grow up before my eyes! It's amazing! But this next one is about to be so much fun! Lorean and David have told us and put up a video about the sex of the baby! It's a boy! The first boy on our side of the family and I don't think we could be any more excited! BBBUUUUTTT my dad doesn't want to know what it is! He wants to be surprised! That's how he wanted it last time with Micah bean, but it got out! So this time we are definitely trying to keep it a secret until June when Lorean is due!!!

I mean seriously?? HOW CUTE IS SHE???? Happy #4 This one is probably one of the most relieving happy's of the year! I went to school 4 years ago thinking I wanted to be a teacher and I had every intention of doing it! I did it for 2 years and I slowly came to the conclusion that it just wasn't for me! But once I realized that I was like well what the heck am I supposed to do now?? I made a hard choice to leave the school I was at and try to figure out this whole thing of life! (still haven't figured that out and i don't plan to any time soon!) I decided I would look into nursing schools and something of that nature. Both of my parents are in the medical field and its totally fascinates me so why not? I can stand the site of blood and I understand a little bit of what my parents talk about when they are talking "work". I looked into nursing school here in Durham and had to take a test to even apply. I took the test and did well on one part but not so well on the other; I had to study my butt off because I had only one more chance to pass. I took the test and was anxious for 2 weeks while I waited for the results. We got them back and a weight was lifted when I passed!! God had answered a prayer and we were thrilled! Next step was apply, essay, references, and transcripts. Took me a while to get the ball rolling, but I finally wrote a heart felt essay tried to get awesome references, applied and then had to anxiously wait again. I got a text from dad that said "theres a letter here for from nursing school, can I open it?" of course I didn't want him to! So I ripped it open once I got home, and it wasn't exactly what I thought. It was a background check. So once again I had to fill this out, and send it back and play the waiting game again. Good thing I don't have anything to be checked on my background, except a few (3 to be exact) traffic/speeding tickets. I waited another anxious 2 weeks and almost called school to find out the process and when I might hear back. We checked the mail this past Friday and there it was, a letter from my choice of school. This was it. Either I got in or I didn't. Well, I open it and this is it:

I got in!!!! I was more than thrilled!! My prayers were answered, and I can feel my life changing little by little. But the best part is is that its changing the way God wants it to be going and I can thank people all day long for pushing me (especially my parents and Tyler) and for people supporting me and writing references and everything, but at the end of the day all my glory goes to God. So God, Thanks! =) Ahhhh its been a thrilling month so far. I know nursing school is going to probably be the hardest 2 years of my life, but I am so extremely ready to start this awesome new chapter of my life!!! I start in May and I am totally okay with being a bum until then! =) Prayers and thoughts are definitely coveted by me right now!! Until next time!