Dog Park

Yesterday my little family made our first trip to the dog park. Bella and Chanel don't get out much, and they aren't very social, so I figured it would be a good experience for them to be around other dogs. They didn't exactly play, but I still think they had fun. We found out last week at Clay's first softball game of the season that we can bring them along to the field, so I'm sure there will be more pictures of my babies to come this summer.

Bella

Bella making a new friend

Chanel- She is so pretty!

We brought our own water. Clay thinks they need to drink bottled water like we do....

Hello Freedom....er, I mean Summer

I had my last final of the semester today in Sociology. Maybe now I can go back to a normal person's day. Lately my schedule has went something like this: wake up at 6am, go to class, run errands, Fall back asleep around noon, wake up at 4pm when Clay comes home, go to bed around 3 or 4 am.

My Goals for the Summer

• paint my kitchen
• knit whenever possible
• do some of the craft projects that I have been saving for a rainy day
• Paint the garage door and surrounding trim
• have a garage sale
• continue meeting with my trainer 2x/week, and go to the gym at least 5 days/week
• try new recipes
• take Raven swimming
• Lose 30 lbs.

Long Time, No Blog

I haven't written a blog in several months. Lots of reasons that I don't care to go in to. I don't know if I'm ready to share the daily details of my life with everyone, or if anyone even cares. It's not supposed to be about other people though it's supposed to be therapeutic writing.

I've honestly been struggling lately in many aspects of my life. It feels like my past and my future have been at war with one another so much so that I haven't been living in the now. I've been thinking about my past often lately, the good and the bad, the people, the mistakes, the hurts, the loves. There have been some re-occurring characters in the story of my life. What would I change? You know the saying, "Everything happens for a reason", it's kinda true.

I had a crush on Kyle...---I agreed to be home-schooled just so I could see him every day...---I ended up gaining my first best friend, Joshua.

My first love, Derrick...--- Went to college at NSU to be close to him...--- Suffered my first broken heart...--- Survived due to the great friends I had made while living there! (Brooke, Beth, Leslie Kay, Sarah)

Dated an older man, Jeremy....--- Breakupw/ him led to reunion with 1st love...---Disagreement led to breakup with best friend, Brooke--- Got my heart broken, again...--- Learned that it wasn't meant to be, and grew up.

Moved to OKC to go to grad school,--- was all alone, sad, didn't know anyone---Met my HUSBAND! And reunited with Brooke.

I wouldn't have gotten any of the end results without the hurts that came along the way. I wouldn't change any of the hurts, or the people that caused them. They molded me into who I am today.