long overdue
It's been a REALLY long time since I've last posted. Now granted I don't think anybody really reads this but if any of you do, I'm sorry!
So much has happened since January when I last posted. Mostly being the adjustment of being a college graduate; which hasn't been terrible. I miss my Messiah friends and some aspects of college life, but being done with school is way too nice to want to go back. The only thing I don't like about not being in school anymore is the fact that I miss learning. And I miss my choirs. Oh yeah, and being in college again would mean postponing loan payments. However, those payments would just increase with the more college I have to pay for. Since graduating in December I moved back home and proceeded to find a job. It has taken until now to be hired permanently by someone. I was just offered a job with Eagle Systems on Wed. They're a government contractor company and I will be an administrative support specialist. It's only a part time job, but they're paying me $18 an hour and they've said that they'll work me as much as possible and get me as close to 40 hours a week as possible. Which will be nice. It's better than what I'm getting now! Plus, with Eagle I have a great chance of being promoted and becoming full time! Since March I have been temping through a temp agency and I've had some interesting placements. I've gotten to meet some nice people and have gotten good experience in the administrative field. But as my job title says, it's only temporary. So, I'm very glad to have a permanent job now! Hopefully it won't be too long before I can get hired on full time with Eagle. I've also been teaching piano lessons since March to a 7 yr old. It's going well and I enjoy it most days (the ones where she wants to be there). It's good experience and I'm enjoying being able to teach someone else something I'm so passionate about. But it's definitely revealed that I made the right decision in switching my major. I enjoy teaching my one student, and I would take on more piano students, but there's no way that I'd want to teach an entire classroom of kids.
My summer has been fun. It's been packed with hanging out with friends, Collin, my family and anything else that I feel like doing. I've been to King's Dominion 4 times so far and will probably go back at least once more. I'm just making up for all the years I didn't go. =P I went to Women of Faith back in July and that was awesome! I really enjoyed my weekend and I learned so much from those ladies. We even got to stay in a 5-star hotel and it was beautiful!! It was just one night, but it was a lot of fun. It reminded me of the hotels that we saw in Vegas. =) I have definitely enjoyed my summer so far though. I hope that these last few weeks are filled with great and exciting things!
I've learned some pretty great things about myself and God and how He works in my life these past few months. I came to the conclusion that my mind is so loud and I don't get subtleties so whenever God is trying to teach me something or trying to show me an answer to my prayers or whatever it may be He's trying to show me, He usually has to end up smacking me in the face with it. haha I need to be still and quiet more often so I can easier hear His voice. But He has shown me and given me some pretty amazing things these past few months. I really am blessed and I thank Him constantly for all that He's done for me because I just can't get over how blessed I am. It hasn't been an easy couple months, there's been a lot of hardships, such as finding out my grandma has cancer (and she's not doing well), not having a permanent or steady job, financial trouble, conflicts with my family, and a break up (which a few months later was reversed). I've had some struggles and it's still not easy for me right now in all areas of my life, but I've really learned to rely on God and to trust Him even though it's so hard sometimes because I want control of my life and I want to know what's going to happen when. But these past few months I have definitely fallen more in love with God.
One great blessing in my life is my amazing boyfriend. Collin and I dated for about a month in February but broke up. Then back in May we started dating again and I've definitely been one happy girl. He's such a great guy and I couldn't have gotten any luckier. I love who I am because of him and how he makes me feel. And the weird thing is I just kinda shrugged it off whenever anyone would say "You'll find a guy when you least expect it." But it's so true! I wasn't expecting it at all. So this wonderful guy was a very unexpected but amazing blessing to my life. And believe me, he's one of those blessings that I can't thank God enough for.
Anyway, please pray for my grandmother. For those of you who don't know she was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer back in February. They determined it was over a lot of body, but they didn't know where it originated. And they said she would not survive this cancer but they would give her treatments to make the rest of her life bearable and to prolong her life as well. So they began a very aggressive bout of chemo and she was doing fine for a while, taking it well, but towards the end of her first batch of it she got REALLY sick. They finished that batch and took xrays and discovered that her cancer was decreasing but they still needed to continue with another batch of chemo to potentially get rid of the rest of it. However, she has been so sick because of the chemo this time around that she hasn't been able to get very much. She's had to get more fluids, shots and blood transfusions this time around than she has chemo. But she's not doing well. So I ask that you all will pray for her. Pray that God's will be done. Pray that her time left here on this earth will not be too miserable and that she'll be able to enjoy what time she has left. And pray for my family too; it's been really hard on all of us because we're all so close to her. And she's such an amazing woman, my role model in fact, and it's so hard to see her suffering.
Alright, I believe that's enough of an update. Maybe it won't be as long until my next update this time!
lata love
So much has happened since January when I last posted. Mostly being the adjustment of being a college graduate; which hasn't been terrible. I miss my Messiah friends and some aspects of college life, but being done with school is way too nice to want to go back. The only thing I don't like about not being in school anymore is the fact that I miss learning. And I miss my choirs. Oh yeah, and being in college again would mean postponing loan payments. However, those payments would just increase with the more college I have to pay for. Since graduating in December I moved back home and proceeded to find a job. It has taken until now to be hired permanently by someone. I was just offered a job with Eagle Systems on Wed. They're a government contractor company and I will be an administrative support specialist. It's only a part time job, but they're paying me $18 an hour and they've said that they'll work me as much as possible and get me as close to 40 hours a week as possible. Which will be nice. It's better than what I'm getting now! Plus, with Eagle I have a great chance of being promoted and becoming full time! Since March I have been temping through a temp agency and I've had some interesting placements. I've gotten to meet some nice people and have gotten good experience in the administrative field. But as my job title says, it's only temporary. So, I'm very glad to have a permanent job now! Hopefully it won't be too long before I can get hired on full time with Eagle. I've also been teaching piano lessons since March to a 7 yr old. It's going well and I enjoy it most days (the ones where she wants to be there). It's good experience and I'm enjoying being able to teach someone else something I'm so passionate about. But it's definitely revealed that I made the right decision in switching my major. I enjoy teaching my one student, and I would take on more piano students, but there's no way that I'd want to teach an entire classroom of kids.
My summer has been fun. It's been packed with hanging out with friends, Collin, my family and anything else that I feel like doing. I've been to King's Dominion 4 times so far and will probably go back at least once more. I'm just making up for all the years I didn't go. =P I went to Women of Faith back in July and that was awesome! I really enjoyed my weekend and I learned so much from those ladies. We even got to stay in a 5-star hotel and it was beautiful!! It was just one night, but it was a lot of fun. It reminded me of the hotels that we saw in Vegas. =) I have definitely enjoyed my summer so far though. I hope that these last few weeks are filled with great and exciting things!
I've learned some pretty great things about myself and God and how He works in my life these past few months. I came to the conclusion that my mind is so loud and I don't get subtleties so whenever God is trying to teach me something or trying to show me an answer to my prayers or whatever it may be He's trying to show me, He usually has to end up smacking me in the face with it. haha I need to be still and quiet more often so I can easier hear His voice. But He has shown me and given me some pretty amazing things these past few months. I really am blessed and I thank Him constantly for all that He's done for me because I just can't get over how blessed I am. It hasn't been an easy couple months, there's been a lot of hardships, such as finding out my grandma has cancer (and she's not doing well), not having a permanent or steady job, financial trouble, conflicts with my family, and a break up (which a few months later was reversed). I've had some struggles and it's still not easy for me right now in all areas of my life, but I've really learned to rely on God and to trust Him even though it's so hard sometimes because I want control of my life and I want to know what's going to happen when. But these past few months I have definitely fallen more in love with God.
One great blessing in my life is my amazing boyfriend. Collin and I dated for about a month in February but broke up. Then back in May we started dating again and I've definitely been one happy girl. He's such a great guy and I couldn't have gotten any luckier. I love who I am because of him and how he makes me feel. And the weird thing is I just kinda shrugged it off whenever anyone would say "You'll find a guy when you least expect it." But it's so true! I wasn't expecting it at all. So this wonderful guy was a very unexpected but amazing blessing to my life. And believe me, he's one of those blessings that I can't thank God enough for.
Anyway, please pray for my grandmother. For those of you who don't know she was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer back in February. They determined it was over a lot of body, but they didn't know where it originated. And they said she would not survive this cancer but they would give her treatments to make the rest of her life bearable and to prolong her life as well. So they began a very aggressive bout of chemo and she was doing fine for a while, taking it well, but towards the end of her first batch of it she got REALLY sick. They finished that batch and took xrays and discovered that her cancer was decreasing but they still needed to continue with another batch of chemo to potentially get rid of the rest of it. However, she has been so sick because of the chemo this time around that she hasn't been able to get very much. She's had to get more fluids, shots and blood transfusions this time around than she has chemo. But she's not doing well. So I ask that you all will pray for her. Pray that God's will be done. Pray that her time left here on this earth will not be too miserable and that she'll be able to enjoy what time she has left. And pray for my family too; it's been really hard on all of us because we're all so close to her. And she's such an amazing woman, my role model in fact, and it's so hard to see her suffering.
Alright, I believe that's enough of an update. Maybe it won't be as long until my next update this time!
lata love