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