Fall, Fires, Friends and Lattes

I woke up this morning to a beautiful fall morning. I was able to open my windows and turn the air conditioner off, something that we have not been able to do since the beginning of May. I took a moment to sit and reflect on everything going on in my life and realized how blessed that I am. I am recently married to the most amazing man every who strives to make me happy and loves me so very much. I have a wonderful family who after everything that we have been through from near death to divorces to new babies we are still happy and thriving. I also counted my blessings that I have my apartment and am not in danger from the wildfires.

On Sunday morning through today (Sept 6). There has been a raging fire in Bastrop Texas. The fire has taken over 500+ homes and burn at least 30,000 acres of land. There have also been other devastating fires around central Texas. I decided that this morning I have been sitting around to long and today was a great day to give back. I gathered clothes that I do not need or do not wear any longer as well as towels that we have around the apartment. I also purchased food and water supplies to be distributed to the fire fighters and people displaced by the fire. I am praying that we get the rain that we so very much need to help extinguish these fires. Thankfully my family and friends in the area of the fires are safe. There have been some small fires that were quickly extinguished today around Northwest Austin. As of now we are safe and sound.

Today was also a day of reconnecting to a part of myself that I felt had slipped away. The ambition and drive that I prided myself on has been hiding it seems since the beginning of summer. This was around the time that myself and my husband decided that the job that I was currently at was not worth the stress and the lack of respect that I was getting. For a brief amount of time I was unemployed, and then began to work part-time at a retail store. I won't put names on here. Working at this place is beginning to take a tole of my moral and self-worth. I had also began to loose ambition and drive to do anything better. For whatever reason today I woke up feeling like there was a purpose for me but not sure knowing what it is. I still may not know what it is but through an old friend I think I might have found something that I can put my heart into, and something that will do more than just get me a paycheck to pay back student loans.

This afternoon I had a meeting with an old college friend about a marketing business that she is in. Just her excitement and the passion she had about this business and for helping others ignited something in me to want to have that passion. I don't know where this might go if I get into this business but I am excited because for the first time in a long time I feel that I might be able to do something great, something that might make a difference in someone's day. I believe that I will be joining Jenny Childress on her FHTM team and began making a life that pays and rather than just paying to have a life.

So much has happened to me in the past few months and it seems that there is going to be so much more happening. I am going to try to keep up with the blog more since I have time. Thank you to those that are close to me and follow all of my ramblings.

A year gone

I looked at the calendar and realized many moons have gone by since I posted last. Here are some things that happened in the last year, I will slowly but surely write a blog about most of these separately.:

• Pop had his bee accident and is doing well since it.
• Got a job at a community mental health clinic.
• Moved into our first place
• Got married!!!!
• Life in general.

Life has been a blur the last 6 months or so for sure but so much has happened in the past year and so much is set to happen.

The first life changing event actually happened on August 31, 2010 a day after my last blog post. My grandfather (Pop) decided that he was going to go over to our 20 acres and shred with his tractor. This is something that he had not done in awhile. While he was over at the land he noticed a bee's nest. He parked the trailer and tried to get away from the nest but he fell down. He was down on the ground for nearly an hour before we found him. That day happened to be my last day at Sheib so I had asked to go home early, and being able to was the small miracle that allowed my uncle and I to find him. Pop was in the hospital for 7 days with over 1200 bee stings to his face. He was in recovery for several months at home. If you saw him today you would not even know that this event happened to him. We as a family still count our blessings with him, but he is truly our superman.

Many other events took place over the past year including getting my first job out of college, and eventually realizing that was not the perfect fit for me and quitting that job. I also in this time got married and more to come on that.

Things I love

A double dose of writing today...I feel like I should talk about the things I love.

1. Michael-my wonderful fiancé

2. Being engaged-wedding planning is so much fun I love all the pretty dresses and colors and the joy of knowing I will spend the rest of my life with my love.

3. Scotty-My little knuckle head dog

4. Family-I love everyone in my crazy bonkers family...they are what keeps me going at my worst times and makes me laugh at my best times.

5. My wedding colors-Vibrant colors orange and pink make me happy

6. Reality t.v-It is such a guilty pleasure

7. Organic food-It all just makes my tummy so happy

8. Sleep-something I am about to do

Until tomorrow world we will meet again :)

Green Juice, Kefir, Turkey Sanwhiches..and Antibiotics?

What a day...two days ago I started a be-cleansed a week long full body cleanse that I got from GNC. The first two days I have had to drink a body purifier juice with water...and boy have I drank plenty of water. I feel that I have been peeing all day long. The first day went well and so has the second, I am just worried that the cleanse won't work as well because I have a sinus infection. My throat had been hurting for a few days but I wasn't to concerned until I could not swallow and there was nasty stuff in my nose. Anyway went to the doctor and now I am on an antibiotic for 5 days, something I don't like doing is immediately take an antibiotic but I need to get better fast since I start the new job on Thursday. Day 2 of the body cleanse went well I had water and waffles for breakfast, and a sandwich, fruit and cheese crackers for lunch. As a snack I had toast with mozzarella and pasta sauce. I felt fine with all of those things it wasn't until dinner and I was craving chick-fil-a that I began having a problem...I had a DUH moment because greasy fast food and body purifying mixtures do not mix.

To help with the uneasy tummy feeling I downed a glass of kefir, my new best friend...a lovely yogurty drink full of probiotics and now I feel better. Tomorrow will be day 3 of the cleanse and I will vow to not eat anything bad....even if it is cake (tomorrow will be my last day at Sheib so might be there :). My menu tomorrow looks very healthy and full of fruit and veggies.

Breakfast: Waffles, tea, water

Snack: Cliff bar, water, water ,water

Lunch: Sandwich, small soup, apple sauce

Snack: Fruit, cheese crackers, tea

Dinner: not sure yet???

Drink water all day long.

WooHoo

So much to update on. First of all I survived summer school, and a reminder to myself I am never going to be doing that again. Second I graduated from Texas State with both my degrees. I also got the job that I had applied for, and let me tell you applying for jobs in a job within itself, not something I want to do again. I put in my notice at Sheib and will be off to Texas Integral Care before I know it...which is 3 days away. Finally the best news of all is that I got engaged. Michael asked me to be his wife on August 15, 2010, we have tentatively set a date of May 21, 2011. So now I am planning a wedding.

With wedding planning comes the fear of having to find a wedding dress, and lets just say I am not super happy with the way I look right now but I am working on that. So I guess in a matter of a week I graduated, got engaged and got the job that I wanted. I feel like I am a grown-up which is something fun to be...sometimes. As far as plans for the wedding we have gotten part of the bridal party set, and the colors which are going to be orange and pink, as well as the venue. We are going to get married in the church that my parents were married in. It is going to mean so much to me to not only get married where my parents did but by the pastor that married my parents. I'm super excited.

Back in the game...

So it has been a long few weeks and trying also. I was doing exceptionally well with training switching days off between running and cross training with weights. However almost 2 weeks ago I sprained my knee, specifically the ACL, MDL, and meniscus. I was completely off my feet for several days. I did do Relay for life but on crutches it was hard. Once I finally got over my stuborness and went to the doctor I was put on no more than 2 hours of being on my knee for a week. This meant no work, and staying in bed all day. Not very fun, and also not easy to eat well. Needless to say I didn't eat very well last week and working out was pretty much out of the question other than the physical therapy I had to go through. So this brings us to today.



Yesterday I was FINALLY released back to work for full duty and I could walk fairly well without my brace. So now that I have been released for work I have to slowly get back into training, I am going start with yoga tonight. Hopefully by the middle of June I will be able to get back into training again. I have come to terms with the fact that I will run with a light brace on which won't be that bad, thinking about it that is probably what I should have been doing. So now that I am back in the game I am making a statement that I will start working out as much as I can and am going to eat better. Feb. 21, 2011 will be here before I know it.

Milestone accomplishment

Today was an amazing day for me. I was able to run without stopping half of a mile. To most that won't sound so amazing but for considering about 5 weeks ago I couldn't even run for 30 seconds without getting winded this is an accomplishment. This week was my week to get back into everything and I have a feeling if I keep pushing myself and keep on my training I will be able to run the 5K in no time, I am training for the Austin Half Marathon Feb.20,2011. I plan to be able to run or jog as much of that as I can so we will see. Today was a major milestone in my short running time. If anyone has advice or areas on how to help me improve or just wants to train with me just let me know you can reach me on email and facebook.

Tonight is off to sleep and tommorow I am going to attempt to go even further on the track or outside depending on how warm it is. Have a wonderful early early morning everyone.