Welcoming the New Year

I don't know about everyone else, but I am seriously looking forward with great anticipation in starting a new year. This past year has been packed with too much excitement and disappointments. I have so many things that I'm blessed to be taking on in this new year.

First I will finally be able to pay all my bills by myself without depending on other people. I have decided instead of taking the full time 9am-6pm position that I was offered at one of the new casinos, I have chosen to stay at my current part time job (teaching sports to special needs children) and going back to coaching the novice swimmers on the team that I swam on when I was younger. This way I have a more fulfilling job and flexible hours to continue my second adventure which is school.

I love college but I have never been so excited to get back into the swing of school. First my financial aid came through so I will be able to go to school without worrying how to make my next tuition payment. Second, I have never really known what degree I was going to major in, but now I know and I have never been so sure what my calling in life is. I am going to school for a degree in recreation, once I get that I will become a recreation therapist and pursue continuing my education in Occupational therapy. Looking for grad schools has been very exciting. The majority of schools that I am looking into are back east, because they have the programs that specialize in Children with special needs. Since Courtney is planning to become a physical therapist, him and I are considering opening up practice together when we are both done.

The last thing I'm looking forward to is working on being a better me. I have had alot of struggles this past year that have mixed up my mind. So i have never been more motivated on really working on becoming the person that I've always wanted to be. so with one small goal at a time, I'm going to work on me.

Merry Christmas

I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas. Ours was wonderful. I spent it with my family (I couldn't imagine Christmas without them). Of course it wasn't as normal as every year. I struggled getting into the spirit of it all, but with all the shopping and cooking and forcing myself to listen to Christmas music (generally I can't get enough of it but this year it was a bit of a struggle to hear it), I eventually just decided to make it a really spiritual year and focus on the real meaning. That helped allot. Then Brice went and cut down the world's ugliest and most deadly Christmas tree. The Christmas tree is my favorite decoration with exception to my mom's fantastic nativity set. So as pathetic as that may sound that was another emotional issue I had to over come. I do want to say thank you Brice for the tree anyway. My family didn't celebrate on Christmas, Mom and Brice had to work, so we celebrated on Saturday. It didn't really feel like a normal Warren Christmas, but it was wonderful to be with my family.

So I got this awesome whimsical cake cook book....Thank you nephew, Mark. I intend on using it from now on for special occasions. WARNING...you all will be eating cake for your birthdays from now on. I also got some really nice clothes that I'm excited to wear on my return to school this semester. And I got a beautiful pashmina throw, that will come in handy at church, since it always seems to be only 32 degrees in that building.We had a delicious candle lit dinner and ice cream for desert (normally we have home made pies but mom ran out of time this year. that's OK though I love ice cream too). I love Christmas!