Big Changes

Okay. I am terrible. My last post was all about how I was feeling so inspired, I need to blog more, etc...And here I am, MONTHS later. SO many months later! *Slaps hand*

Well, lets just say life has taken a few unexpected turns since my last post.

For example, I am now living back in my hometown. Yep, moved from T-Town and back to where it all started for me. It's a very surreal feeling, to say the least. It is a strange thing to move back in the home I lived in previously for many years. The only way I can describe it is the comfortableness of it is still there, but yet it feels so...foreign at the same time. 2 years away changes a lot, even if it doesn't seem that long of a time. There is a quote from the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It says: "It's a funny thing about comin' home. Looks the same, smells the same, feels the same. You'll realize what's changed is you" Could not be more true.

Of course, in addition to leaving Tulsa, I had to quit a job that I really loved and find myself missing often. Unfortunately it came to other reasons for me to leave other than my relocation, which really sucks. :( But life is life, and I firmly believe everything happens for a reason. May seem sort of confusing for those who don't know the situation, and for that I apologize. But it is one of the big changes and needed to be mentioned! So, what is my job now? I get to pick up a young girl from school on some days of the week, help her with her homework, then take her to gymnastics! :) So far I've really enjoyed it and getting to know her, and look forward to the rest of the school year!

New school with this relocation, also. Still feeling it out, but I think I'm gonna be happy with being a Bronco :) The only thing that stinks is the drive...

BUT:

My mom is wanting to sell this place I've called my home for 10 years. And move closer to her work. It makes complete sense, and will be an easier commute for me as well. Not to mention, the only thing that was keeping her in this town was me going to school and the activities I was involved in. So why not? I must admit though, I think I'm already having separation anxiety. :/ But, change is good. Change is good, change is good, change is good. :)

So, lets review:
-New location
-New job
-New school
-New future home

Phew! Although these are kind of big things, not one of them is a bad change, and I sincerely hope they aren't coming off as so. They are exciting! And come with many positive things! I do miss somethings though about living in Tulsa, and here are a few:
My family up there. I miss my niece so bad that I'm quite literally looking at the computer with very wet eyes. Also, my little hansom nephew. I got to see his entire first year of life, and I hate missing the growing up that he is continuing to do! Plus my great sister. And her crazy husband, my bro in law. Who would've thought I'd miss being made fun of by him?
I miss the "scene." Brookside, Cain's, Cherry St...but I can always visit all of these things, they are just a drive away :)

Positive things!!

For example, I am getting to spend quite a bit more time with my boyfriend/best friend. To say getting to see him so much more (when he's home from his job, of course) is great would be an understatement. Lets try maybe wonderful, fantastic, amazing...I could go on and on :) I know there are also gonna be changes in that department (at least, I hope!!) and I'm very excited to say the least!

Okay, okay...time to move on to very recent things going on.

I swam in the ocean last week!! For the first time ever! *Huge grins all around* I had the pleasure and great opportunity to go on vacation with Cameron and his family. Could he have a more awesome family? I'm serious. They are SO fun! And kind, and hilarious, and welcoming...Really, I love them. The plan was to go to the Outer Banks in North Carolina, stay in this wonderful beach house just a walk away from the ocean, for a full week. Well...a little hurricane named Earl made sure that didn't happen. (I have so much resentment against this little hurricane named Earl, that I'll prob subconsciously dislike any man I meet with the name "Earl." ...Sorry all you "Earls" out there, you've been warned.) So, we left the house on Wednesday and traveled up the east coast. We stopped in a cute little town called Harpers Ferry, spent the next day in Gettysburg (which was so cool, and we got to go to a supposed haunted house called the Jennie Wade House!), and the next at Cameron's sister's house in northern Penn. There we got to see her beautiful town and home and purchase yummy homemade foods made by the Amish locals. Even though the week wasn't anything like what we were expecting, it still turned out to be a wonderful time for everyone. I am so thankful I was invited to come along and it will be a trip I will not forget.

Well, I better wrap this up. I never intend for these posts to be so long, but they always have a way of getting that way ;) I WILL write again soon!

An update that is long overdue...

It has been a while since I last wrote a post on here. It has been on the forefront of my brain the last few weeks, and what inspired to me to update was actually this week's episode of Ugly Betty. Betty also has a blog, and it was mentioned a few times in the show that she had been neglecting it for about a month. This brought my own blog to mind, and I realized it has been over 2 months for me! So, here I am, sharing my random thoughts to those who choose to listen.

My life in the last two months has been awesome. Next week I am enrolling in a new school to finish my bachelors, which couldn't be more exciting. I look forward to being done, and finally being in my very own classroom teaching little ones. :) Its still semi-far in the future, but every day it becomes even closer and easier for me to imagine. I also participated in a photo shoot for a new friend, Sky Cheshure. It was a BLAST!!! I enjoyed every minute of it, and it was so fun doing it with her. I love her attitude and phrases, not to mention she made doing something I have no experience in whatsoever totally comfortable. One not-so-awesome thing that has happened though is my little 5 year old niece has broken her arm. The poor thing was just walking along the side walk, and tripped over her feet! Left her with a fracture above her elbow. Her name is Grace...seems suiting, right? ;) She'll be in a cast for about a month, and I think she's most excited about the fact that she and her friends can write and draw on it.

Also, I have recently moved forward in a relationship of mine. We have been best friends for a long time, and about a month ago it was decided that we would take our friendship to the next level. I could not be any happier. It is a strange thing, dating your best friend...but not strange ina bad way. I am surprised every day by how natural and simply right it feels. He is so great, I am loving every second of it, and I look forward to what the future may hold. :)

Well, I should probably wrap this up. I have homework I should be doing, and should also be going to bed soon- I've got yoga in the morning! (That is another thing I have recently started. I am loving it so far!) For those of you who may read this, I thank you. :) G'night!

Pictures?

My dream camera!!!!! Nikon D90..

One of these days, I will visit the London Eye

I think dead trees are one of the most beautiful things made by God.

Seems like forever ago...thankful for those years.
(Thanks for the pic, Kristin :) )

Miss these guys!!

Oh how I wish I could be back here again!!

An oldie, but had such a great time on that trip...

Isn't he so handsome??????

So, I have been itching to update this again. And throughout my day I will have ideas that come to mind to talk about, but as soon as I log in to write about them, I go blank. I guess you could call that writers block, but luckily I am just trying to come up with a new blog post that probably averages about 3 readers. ;) I can't imagine trying to write a actual book or song (Kudos to you, Ty!! :) ).

Since yet again I have come up with nothing to talk about, this will be a photo blog post. Posted are random pictures I just went through and found on my computer quickly. Hope you enjoyed them! Next blog will be better, promise. :)

Let's Give This A Whirl..

Approximately 42 minutes ago, I posted on my Twitter account that I may start a blog. 42 minutes ago, that was just a random thought. Now, it has turned into to an action. Will I share this blog with the world? I have yet to decide. But if you are reading this, then obviously I have.

What to talk about on my first ever blog entry? Certainly it needs to be something inspiring. But, nothing quite inspiring comes when you simply want or ask it too, right? So this blog, along with many in the future I presume, will be a simple and boring unleashing of words of whatever might be on my mind at the moment.

What is on my mind? Well, it is actually a movie I just went to see: "Leap Year." This movie was your standard chick flick. Starting with a meet-cute, (Thank you "The Holiday" for providing me with that term) the falling in love throughout the main part of the movie, a little bit of drama at the end, and then (*drum roll, please....*) the big kiss that fixes everything and they live together happily ever after. Seeing my fair share of non-lasting relationships (only a handful of my own, and two handfuls and then some of my mothers), one would think I am not a fan of these kind of movies. But oooh no, quite the opposite. I LOVE chick flicks. Am I skeptical of love, count on getting my heartbroken a few more times in life, and will wait until I am 90 years old to have my dream wedding to my Prince Charming if it takes me THAT long to find him? Yes, of course. But these chick flicks give me a thrill and hope that I may have a story like that too, soonish, and that love WILL prevail in the end.

In the movie, the two main characters stumble upon an Irish wedding. During the reception, the bride gives a speech to her new husband. It went something like this (going off of memory here, so this will not be exact): "May you never steal, lie, or cheat. But if you steal, I hope you will steal my sorrows. If you lie, I hope you will lie with me every night for the rest of my life. And if you shall cheat, I pray that you cheat death." Wow. I LIVE for quotes like that. So romantic! That is what I like to call a "heart grabbing quote." If you're a girl, I guarantee you you have had one of these in your life. You may not recall it immediately, but I bet you've had one. Its when something grabs your heart strings so hard, that your hand involuntarily flies to your heart. Anyway, these happen for me often and I am thankful that after the many heartbreaks I've seen and the one or two I've endured myself, that my heart strings still enjoy the occasional pull.

The end of my first ever blog. :)