I don't wanna be just another face you see...

I only waited almost two months this time! I know I say this alot, but I really enjoy going back and reading posts from the past. My previous post really gave me the motivation I needed to move on with school and life for the next semester. I start the last semester of my junior year tomorrow. I can't believe I am one year and four months away from being a NURSE. I feel so accomplished. I am going to get a little sentimental now: I really couldn't have made it this far without the unconditional love and support of my dear family and friends. My parents have been able to give me so much and push me so hard that I really am proud of what I have accomplished in my life. To them: I know alot of times I seem ungrateful for the things that I have, but I never will take for granted the love and support I have received over my (almost) 23 years. I really don't know what I would do without any of you. As for my friends, many have stepped and stepped out, but I know you would be there for me any second I needed. To my friends from high school, to the state friends/ZTA girls, to my family of nursing friends. I couldn't have done it without any of you. Every one of you keep sane and I love you all dearly. As some of you know, I lost a dear friend this weekend. It has really taken a toll on how I live my life. The person and I weren't extremely close, but he was a person dear to my heart. Please keep his family in your prayers. Life is so short. I am learning to express my feelings when I can, because sometimes we may not have much time. Sometimes it seems like we have a lifetime to let people know we care, but in reality, many times lives get cut short for various reasons. We have to follow our hearts and trust God's will. He knows what is best for us. I have finally picked back up the pace with my working out. I have a more convenient gym membership so I am able to go more often. It seems to be working well. I have also started making my own recipes to sample. I really enjoy this. That's pretty much it. Song: Saturday Girl, Ingram Hill. You know you love me, GG

Maybe God just kinda likes Cowboys and Angels...

Well, It's been four months since I blogged last. Surprised? Again, looking back, I see how different my life is from the last time I blogged until now. It's amazing how much someone's life can change in four months. As far as an update on my life, my main focus right now is summer school. Never knew how much the "Real World" was going to suck, but I'm definitely getting a nice taste of it right now. I have ONE month left of summer school before I am off to a 3 week vacation. CAN. NOT. WAIT. I have 4 semesters left of school. I'm starting to get giddy about graduation. Next December I will have RN, BSN behind my name! Just got to push through until December and it will all be downhill from there. Clinicals are super exciting. I've learned so much about what being a nurse is really like. It's exciting. There really is never a dull moment. I LOVE IT. Thinking back to when I started college, almost 4 years ago, I would have never thought this is where I would be. It's amazing how God takes you on a journey, placing you exactly where he wants you to be. He brings people in your life when you are at your very lowest and pulls you back up again. I thank him everyday for the things he has done and the people he has brought into my life. I ended a friendship with a good friend this week. I never knew how hard it would be to go through ending something like this, but it really has been rough on me. However, I don't feel like If I am putting in 100% to be a good friend to you, and you're giving me 10%, that I can deal with it. I don't have time to allow someone who doesn't want to give me their full friendship to take up my time. I am mentally and emotionally drained from this semester. I never thought I could learn to live on 5 hours of sleep every night. You learn something new everyday, right? I miss some days when I actually had a social life, got to sleep at least 9 hours every night, and actually had time to myself. I know I have to keep moving. This is only a season, as Ms. Anderson would say. As far as a love life, I'm just trying to take it easy. I know that if God can bring me all the way from my decision to become a pharmacist at MSU to 4 semesters away from being a NURSE, He is going to bring the perfect person into my life. Simple as that. I know that He has a perfect plan, and I'm just going to sit back and watch it unfold. My weight loss was going very nicely for a while. I have gotten so busy with school that working out got put on the back burner. It's time to drag it back out. I feel so much better when I am working out. Serious dieting starts this week. Promise. This is alot of info for me to go back and look at in about a month when I will get on here next, but I love to see where my life is and where it has been. Song for today: Cowboys and Angels, Dustin Lynch. LOVE it. You know you love me, GG

Blessed.

I realized tonight how long its been since I've posted my last blog. Once again, I go back and read all the things I have thought and said, and see how far I have come since the last time I posted. It is such a blessing.

I am constantly reminded how blessed I am. Looking back, I thought my life was so hard, and wondered why things happened to me, but in the end, I know it has made me the person I am today. I can't say I'm completely proud of me, but that is only because I know I have to keep on trucking on the journey to bettering myself.

Like the last post, school is ridiculous- and just when I thought it was bad last semester, I see how different everything is this semester. Ten times harder. LOVE my life. Making it though, and doing rather well for myself.

I have decided to get my body back to the way it was last year around this time. I can't stand to feel tired all the time. I am going to get back to my 5 day workout weeks and healthy food. It is going to be a struggle, but I am tired of being overweight. It is time to finally do something for me. I deserve this. I will be keeping everyone updated on the progress, hopefully a weekly blog.

Talked to an old friend last night for my birthday. It was super exciting, but made me miss this person so much. It's like another part of you is missing. Eventually, everything will fall into place.

Song of the day: One Day You Will, Lady A.- seems fitting.

You know you love me,
GG