The Rangers Win the Pennant!!!

I have been a Texas Rangers baseball fan for as long as I can remember.  I went to my first game when I was about 11 years old but had been a fan for much longer.  The only time I parted from them was for a few years after Nolan Ryan retired which saddened me so much I picked a different favorite team.  It did not last long...and during that time, I sitll went to Rangers games when I could.  I have always dreamed of them making it to the World Series.  Last night, they defeated the evil Yankees to represent the American League in the WORLD SERIES!!  I am so excited and am in disbelieve.  I think the Rangers making it to the World Series is symbolic of my year over all.  Different things in my life that I have always hoped for have happened in 2010.  I feel like it is still just the beginning of great things to come.  I know it may sound strange to compare the Rangers making it to the World Series to finding the love of my life but they are both big things in my life.  Both are things I wondered if they would ever actually happen.  No matter how crazy my life has been lately, it is still one of the best times of my life!!!  I cannot wait to see what the future holds!!

Time...what's that?

So the last month or so since I last wrote in here has been absolutely CRAZY nuts!! I know that the start of school is always a busy time but I feel like this has been worse than normal.  I have felt at times like a new teacher and many times feel like I am barely staying afloat.  I will start to see a light and then more stuff is piled on.  I have decided that I am going to work on prioritizing the work things that are most important and make sure those get done.  After that, I will do what I can but I will not be taking the stresses home with me and if I don't get to something, life will go on.  I feel that is important to my sanity.  Also, I feel like the place that I was at in my spiritual walk 3 months ago is not where I am now and I want to be there.  That is a much higher priority in my life than a job.  I know that my job is important and teaching kids is a really big deal...but...God and my journey with him is much more important.  God has done so many amazing things in my life that I have to give him what I feel like he deserves.  I also fully believe that God has a particular purpose for my life...some of that purpose may involve the students that I teach.  If I let the stresses of the day get me down, I can't fulfill that purpose or any other purpose God has for me.  I am praying for the ability to handle my stress and serve my purpose as I grow closer in my walk with Him!!

1 week + A Monday Down

School has now been in session for 1 week and 1 day.  It has already been a rollar coaster ride.  A couple of bad days followed by a couple of good ones and then a bad one and then a good one.  I have a feeling this is going to be the rollar coaster year.  I am hoping to get my control down and have a great class.  We will see.  On top of it being a roller coaster ride, I am missing my man up in Fayetteville.  I can't wait until Friday and my first trip up there to see him!!  Plus, a Razorback football game...my 1st one to go to in Fayetteville.  I went to one in Little Rock while I was in college.  I am so excited!!  I must also say for the world to see that I have the most amazing boyfriend.  I still cannot believe that God has blessed me with such an awesome guy!!  :)

Summer 2010: OVER

Summer 2010 officially ends tomorrow.  Unlike last summer, I am not completely ready for this summer to be over.  It has been one of the best summers of my life.  I worked half of it and then spent the other half going on vacation, visiting friends and family and spending time with my amazing boyfriend.  I have truly realized this summer how blessed that I truly am.  God has been so good to me and sometimes I feel truly undeserving of it all.  I don't want him to take it all away though because it is wonderful.  As this summer ends, I am greatly anticipating the next year and what all God still has in store for me.  It is pretty amazing to think of the possibilities!! 

Summer is drawing to an end!

It has been a little while since I last posted and so much has happened. My initial frustrations with my friend are still there but I am having to put that aside and leave it in God's hands. I am at one of the happiest points in my life right now and can't let things get that down. God has brought an amazing guy into my life, and I am so excited to see where this path takes he and I. I don't even know if I can tell the story on here and do it complete justice. Jarrod and I begin emailing and texting back in April and then went on our first date in June. It has been a pretty exciting journey so far and one that I am pretty sure, God has a hand in. Only time will tell what the future holds for us but I am super excited to find out.

This summer as a whole has been great. I worked the month of June so I stayed around here and then made up for last summer being stuck at my parents house and working all of June during the month of July. I visited lots of friends that I had not seen in a long time. While visiting friends, I was finally able to meet their sweet children...from 4 years old down to newborns. It was great. I took my first trip out of the country to visit Cozumel, Mexico with my parents and brother Phillip. It was awesome. I spent time with my wonderful new boyfriend getting to know him better and just spend good quality time with him. I am very pleased with how this summer went. I feel that all the good things can be attributed right back to God. I am so excited to see what the next year will bring. (It's funny, as a teacher, the year goes from August to July rather than January to December.)

Confused...and Frustrated...AGAIN :)

I am still so confused in my life. Almost everything in my life is going really well and that makes me extremely happy. God is so good it blows me away. The potential for even better things feels like it is just at the tip of my fingers. I can't wait to see what the future holds and where He takes me. I know if I rely on Him and follow his guiding, great things will come. But with great things coming, other things have to change. That is the part that is so confusing and frustrating right now. I want so bad to be completely and totally happy...to do that, I have to hurt a great friend. I don't want to and I really wish there was a way around it but I have yet to find that way. I don't want to cause hurt...I can't stand hurting people, but I also don't want to stop my life from moving forward. I just wish I had more answers...I know without a shadow of a doubt that I have to trust God and that his will is going to win out. It's just so hard sometimes. You gotta love when God is teaching you a lesson. :) I kind of feel like this blog entry is pretty vague but I don't feel like the things going on in my mind and in my heart are quite ready to be broadcast, even on a blog no one reads. :) Sorry non-existent readers....maybe later!! :)

Happy Father's Day

Today I am thankful for my Daddy. We don't always get along the best but I really do think he is a pretty awesome man and I am blessed to be able to call him Daddy. I know that most of the time, the reason we do struggle to get along, is that we are too much alike. I see a lot of him in myself! I see a lot of my mother in me but I also see a lot of my dad. I am very glad that he set the example of a Christian father here on Earth and that I have that example of my heavenly father. I know that he worked hard to make sure that us kids had the things that we needed as well as extras. I am very thankful for that. I am not sure I always let him know I feel as far as that goes. Love you Daddy and I hope your Father's Day was fantastic!!