Another month....
It seems like the last half of 2006 is just zipping by me, lol. It was only Halloween like yesterday, I swear!
I have come to terms with everything that I wrote about in my last entry -- I've made my peace. I realized a lot of things about myself, and grew a little closer to my family in the process. And I had yet another opportunity to realize just how much Adam means to me. He was completely there for me through the whole ordeal, even if being there just meant listening to me vent.
I can't say that I'm glad Papaw died, but I am glad I got the opportunity to learn the things I did. I learned a great deal about forgiveness and what it truly means, and that is a lesson I'll carry for the rest of my life.
In other news, school is coming right along. I found out a bit of disappointing news, but it's not a major setback. I thought I would be able to start the occupational therapy program in the fall of '07, but apparently not. My advisor told me that the OT committee meets in March to gauge potential students for admittance in the program. Since I don't have all of my prereqs yet, they will select a student that has all of the credits completed. So I won't be able to start the program until fall of '08. I'm kind of bummed, but hey -- that's the price I pay for being dumb as a rock at 18 and not getting my prereqs out of the way then. I'm in no position to complain; I did this to myself. So I'm going to make the best of it.
I decided to just take English 102, developmental psychology, and intro to sociology this semester. Then in the fall, I'll take my anatomy and physiology 1 lab and lecture, and possibly an elective. Spring '08 I'll take a&p 2, and intro to occupational therapy... and I'll be ready to jump headfirst into the program!
This semester is ending up nicely -- my last day of class is Dec. 8. I had psychology class tonight and found out that I got a 126% on my last test. *happy wiggle* I'm done with all of my essays in English except for the last one, which is our final and has to be completed in class. And I'm doing okay in computers. I've got A's in all three classes, but man, I hate computers. It's not even the material that's difficult -- it's the way the professor teaches. Oh, well. He's nice enough and I'll be done with that class soon.
I don't think I mentioned this yet, but the first weekend of October Adam and I went up to Morehead for Eli and Sam's wedding. It was absolutely gorgeous in Morehead, and it was wonderful to see Eli and Sam again. And I finally got to introduce Eli and Adam, which rocked my socks. :) We got back into town that Saturday, and Sunday night Mina (our cat) had her kittens. Four of them, to be precise. They're all adorable, and now they're almost completely weaned. We've named all four of them, even though we'll be giving them away soon. There's Puck, the little solid grey fuzzball with the striped tail; Savvy, who is named after the Pirates of the Carribean saying because she was born with a pirate patch over one eye (lol); Mace, a little carbon-copy of Mina (dark and lighter grey striped), and Mindy, who is almost a photo negative of Mace (lighter grey with white stripes). With the exception of Puck, we saw all of them being born. It was interesting to say the least. And now they're walking around, and playing, and starting to eat solid kitty food. They're growing up so quickly! Max is really cute with them, too. They were trying to nurse on his belly the other day, and I thought he'd jump out of his skin! He'll just go up and lick them and nuzzle them... so Adam and I have dubbed him Uncle Max :)
I know this is already a huge entry, but the biggest news is yet to come. This is a very recent development in our lives -- as in yesterday recent. And I'm terribly excited about it.
We have a very real possibility of getting a house in Hanson *happy dance* Not buying, we'd still be renting, but the option to buy later on is very real as well. If you've read any of my journal at all you know that I love Hanson with all of my heart.. and Adam does too. We've talked before about moving out there, if ever the opportunity presented itself. It has now :) The house is four bedrooms. I thought that would be too much for us at first, but check it out. One bedroom for us, one room for Adam's Star Wars/guy room, one as a computer room/library for my homework and stuff, and one as a guest room for Savannah or Peyton (or Jayden later on) to sleep over. It's got a big garage out back, and a beautiful back deck, and built in shelves in the living room. Better yet, all the bills are included, so we'd only have one lump sum instead of twenty separate bills to keep track of. We're still discussing it, and deciding if that's really what we want to do... but if we do decide to go with it we plan on being moved in by the first of the year.
It's amazing how things work out. I've said that before, I know, but I'm perpetually stunned by it. The life I've always wanted is all around me. I live it every day now :) Adam and I carve pumpkins and give out candy for Halloween, we go to the movies, we sit on the glider outside and just listen to the rain fall. We have a blessedly simple, cozy life, and it couldn't possibly make me any happier :)
Well, okay. If it snowed tomorrow I could be happier, but I'm not going to push my luck :)
Goodnight!
I have come to terms with everything that I wrote about in my last entry -- I've made my peace. I realized a lot of things about myself, and grew a little closer to my family in the process. And I had yet another opportunity to realize just how much Adam means to me. He was completely there for me through the whole ordeal, even if being there just meant listening to me vent.
I can't say that I'm glad Papaw died, but I am glad I got the opportunity to learn the things I did. I learned a great deal about forgiveness and what it truly means, and that is a lesson I'll carry for the rest of my life.
In other news, school is coming right along. I found out a bit of disappointing news, but it's not a major setback. I thought I would be able to start the occupational therapy program in the fall of '07, but apparently not. My advisor told me that the OT committee meets in March to gauge potential students for admittance in the program. Since I don't have all of my prereqs yet, they will select a student that has all of the credits completed. So I won't be able to start the program until fall of '08. I'm kind of bummed, but hey -- that's the price I pay for being dumb as a rock at 18 and not getting my prereqs out of the way then. I'm in no position to complain; I did this to myself. So I'm going to make the best of it.
I decided to just take English 102, developmental psychology, and intro to sociology this semester. Then in the fall, I'll take my anatomy and physiology 1 lab and lecture, and possibly an elective. Spring '08 I'll take a&p 2, and intro to occupational therapy... and I'll be ready to jump headfirst into the program!
This semester is ending up nicely -- my last day of class is Dec. 8. I had psychology class tonight and found out that I got a 126% on my last test. *happy wiggle* I'm done with all of my essays in English except for the last one, which is our final and has to be completed in class. And I'm doing okay in computers. I've got A's in all three classes, but man, I hate computers. It's not even the material that's difficult -- it's the way the professor teaches. Oh, well. He's nice enough and I'll be done with that class soon.
I don't think I mentioned this yet, but the first weekend of October Adam and I went up to Morehead for Eli and Sam's wedding. It was absolutely gorgeous in Morehead, and it was wonderful to see Eli and Sam again. And I finally got to introduce Eli and Adam, which rocked my socks. :) We got back into town that Saturday, and Sunday night Mina (our cat) had her kittens. Four of them, to be precise. They're all adorable, and now they're almost completely weaned. We've named all four of them, even though we'll be giving them away soon. There's Puck, the little solid grey fuzzball with the striped tail; Savvy, who is named after the Pirates of the Carribean saying because she was born with a pirate patch over one eye (lol); Mace, a little carbon-copy of Mina (dark and lighter grey striped), and Mindy, who is almost a photo negative of Mace (lighter grey with white stripes). With the exception of Puck, we saw all of them being born. It was interesting to say the least. And now they're walking around, and playing, and starting to eat solid kitty food. They're growing up so quickly! Max is really cute with them, too. They were trying to nurse on his belly the other day, and I thought he'd jump out of his skin! He'll just go up and lick them and nuzzle them... so Adam and I have dubbed him Uncle Max :)
I know this is already a huge entry, but the biggest news is yet to come. This is a very recent development in our lives -- as in yesterday recent. And I'm terribly excited about it.
We have a very real possibility of getting a house in Hanson *happy dance* Not buying, we'd still be renting, but the option to buy later on is very real as well. If you've read any of my journal at all you know that I love Hanson with all of my heart.. and Adam does too. We've talked before about moving out there, if ever the opportunity presented itself. It has now :) The house is four bedrooms. I thought that would be too much for us at first, but check it out. One bedroom for us, one room for Adam's Star Wars/guy room, one as a computer room/library for my homework and stuff, and one as a guest room for Savannah or Peyton (or Jayden later on) to sleep over. It's got a big garage out back, and a beautiful back deck, and built in shelves in the living room. Better yet, all the bills are included, so we'd only have one lump sum instead of twenty separate bills to keep track of. We're still discussing it, and deciding if that's really what we want to do... but if we do decide to go with it we plan on being moved in by the first of the year.
It's amazing how things work out. I've said that before, I know, but I'm perpetually stunned by it. The life I've always wanted is all around me. I live it every day now :) Adam and I carve pumpkins and give out candy for Halloween, we go to the movies, we sit on the glider outside and just listen to the rain fall. We have a blessedly simple, cozy life, and it couldn't possibly make me any happier :)
Well, okay. If it snowed tomorrow I could be happier, but I'm not going to push my luck :)
Goodnight!