Busy life=No time

I had such high hopes that I was going to write new posts every day but then I realized that with school, working 10 hours minimum with Admissions, TRYING to plan a wedding, and trying to be a good fiance and keep up with family and friends that it is going to be a difficult task! 

So since I've had several things on my mind I will just get it all out now!

Last night, for the first time in a long time I finally felt caught up. So, after girls class (which was perfect and just what I needed) I finally did laundry which has been building up in my room (luckily I have a lot of things that I never get to wear) and I actually got to work out! I started P90X two days ago and even though I'm in pain and have trouble standing up after I sit down, it actually feels pretty good! I have realized that my days are so much better when I feel good and start the day off with reading my Bible. 

Last week, (I forget when) Jonathan and I went on a walk around Freed and decided to stop by and see Momma A and Poppa Pat. It was so good to see them and be able to sit and talk with them! After Momma A had to leave to go to dorm devo we stayed and talked to Poppa Pat and I am so glad that we did! It was awesome to hear his words of wisdom about life and to see his passion for youth. Just talking to him inspired me and reminded me how much I love kids. He kept saying how important it is to effect children when they are young because once they get older they already have their minds set on something that may or may not be right. After we left I started thinking about what I want to do in life and I couldn't stop thinking about the possibility of being a Child Life Specialist. For those of you that might not know what that is (the shortened version) is someone who works in the hospital and helps children understand what will happen in their surgery, comfort them, and try to help them not be afraid. I know that the job is something that will be emotionally draining but I can't help but think that it would be so rewarding to know that I helped a child feel at ease. I have decided that is something I would like to pursue. I am not sure that's what I will end up doing but it is something that I am looking into and would appreciate prayers for! 

Originality or Lack Thereof

Ok, so I realize that the title of my blog is completely unoriginal, but that is how I feel. When I was trying to think of a name for my blog everything that I thought of was extremely corny (ex. "Always the blog reader, never the writer") and this title just seemed to fit. I wanted to start a blog because I absolutely love reading other people's blogs. I love being able to get a glimpse of what their life is like. Most of all I love reading about the people that I love and how they have changed over the years. I love that they have the ability to look back and remember things. So, I decided that I wanted to have that too! I have never been able to keep a diary for more than a few weeks, so this should be a nice experiment. This is such an exciting time in my life and I just want it to be recorded. I want my kids (I can picture Jonathan reading this and doing his pretend freak out about having kids) to be able to read about what my life was like before them. I will try to keep the mushy gushy details of my life to a minimum but I am warning you that there will be at least one blog devoted to bragging on Jonathan and how incredible he is. Ok, so probably more than that but I will try and keep it to a level that will not make you want to vomit. I want to end this post with a picture of how I feel.... excited about life.