Met You @ The Gorge 2016

Do you ever feel like you meet people for a reason? That sometimes when you meet certain people, they make a mark in your heart and you can't get them out? Sometimes I think that when I meet special people they make an impression on me that I will never forget. Sometimes I meet a person who is incredibly special and I will never forget them. They are forever imprinted on my heart.

I really love life. Lately I've been thinking about my soulmate. I know he will be lovely. He will love Jesus and promote Him in his daily life. He will love me for me, and not for my accomplishments or what I try to be. He will love Dave Matthews and we will spend Saturday mornings tangled in our sheets. He will know how to grill and be disciplined. He will know how to make me laugh on Tuesdays. He will be the Captain of our ship. He will love pizza. He is tall, and handsome. He is a manly man who knows how to do handy man kind of things. He can hang my pictures and build me shelves, but will also sing me pretty little diddys and tell me he loves me daily.

Is this too much to ask for a woman of 28? Kids are not a deal breaker to me. I am almost 30 and I'm okay with not ever having children.  Many people thing when I say this that I mean I don't want kids. Not completely correct. It's just that having kids isn't a deal breaker for me. I enjoy my time and my money. That isn't a crime. And when I find my soulmate, if we never have kids, it won't bother me. If we do, that will be cool too. I will enjoy everyday with him. We will enjoy traveling and eating breakfast at our favorite cafe, cooking dinner together, and watching movies on the couch.

I say all this because I recently met someone who is very special. He made me think about life and how amazing it will continue to be. This person has caused me to long for my soulmate. He is beautiful person, and sometimes you don't realize how beautiful people until you spend a little bit of time with them. Sometimes you can tell someone is wonderful why just being in there presence for a moment. Sometimes you can see it in their eyes. This man's eyes were incredible. People are so wonderful. They are all different and interesting and they all deserve a piece of our time. If we never take any time for anyone, we will not know life. I am so happy to have met this being who has made me think so much more about life and what it could be. This human has inspired me and made me look at the world, and life, with wonder. I owe it to him to live! :)

Alone and wine

Isn't life such a funny thing?  I am sitting here alone in my home, blasting 90's alternative radio station on pandora, drinking a glass of wine.  Not straight wine, but I like to mix my wine with Sprite... A spritzer you could say, I suppose. It's soft red. I'm not a fan of white wine, but red alone is just a little too bitter. However, when mixed with Sprite, it's delicious.  ANyway, I'm highly enjoying my evening alone.  I have 7 roommates, so being alone is quite rare.  But I'm am enjoying it.  I should be doing homework or studying or something, but I'm just choosing to relax. I think that's ok.  I straightened the living room and kitchen, and did the dishes. Only one plate and one fork which I dirtied. But I did them anyway...

I've been having a lot of things to say lately, and I always wish I had somewhere to write them when I did, so I decided to write at least one blog and put some stuff down.  I would like to start blogging often, but in reality, ....hold on, Under the Bridge just came on and I'm going to lay back and engage... Ok I'm back... As I was saying... in reality, I probably won't write many blogs, but there's always a chance right?

Well, to start off, much change has been happening in my life lately. Just over 2 years ago, I moved back to my home state.  It was a much thought about and prayed about decision, but I decided that it was the right thing to do.  I miss Oklahoma and my life there. I miss the people, my friends, my church, but it was just right for me to move home.  Within 2 months of moving home, I started nursing school. Something I had never really thought about doing, but once again, it just felt right.  Nursing school was tough. It was a strain on my brain, and I learned A LOT! It was a real culture shock for me because I had never previously been a part of the medical/health field. But I absolutely fell in love with it. I graduated with my LPN 50 weeks later, and have been working as an LPN for 11 months now. In May, my cousin Dani (also an LPN and one of my inspirations for becoming a nurse myself) and I began RN school. This RN program (and nursing school as a whole) has been one of the toughest things I have ever done in my life of almost 28 years. It has also been one of the most rewarding.  I did not go to nursing school for anyone else, but I went for myself. And that feels good. 

For the past 8 months, I have also been living with my cousins. This has been a stretch.  There are 8 of us in the house. 4 adults and 4 kids.  Dani has 3 kids and Becky has 1. Becky's son lives with us every other week.  Living with my cousins has been challenging at times, but it has been nothing less than awesome. Every one of us is different so there are many different dynamics and personalities, many similarities, and many different pet-peeves to get used to. But all in all, we all love each other and do our best to get along. I appreciate my cousins, because I know no matter what, they will love and support me. As they do now. And I them. In fact, I am closer with them than I am most of my siblings. I just love hem so much. So not only do Dani and I live together and go to school together, but we also work together! We are pretty much together most of the time. Sometimes we have our disagreements, and awkward misunderstandings, but for the most part we don't get sick of each other, we enjoy each other's company quite often. It's nice. Becky and I are a lot alike, so we get along really well. We enjoy a lot of the same tv shows, foods, and things to do, so her and I often cook together, watch tv together, and most recently have been hitting the gym together. There's not much we fight about either, so it makes for really enjoyable life.

Well, Becky just got home. I wanted to write so much more, but there's a different dynamic in the home now, so I don't feel it...

Until we meet again, 

Cheers.

Xoxo