Long time no update

My apologies everyone. I've been in a whole other world lately. The world known as North Carolina. It's been nice not having to do anything for a while. It's the first time I've been idle in quite a while. I'm ready to start doing stuff again. Good thing we're going to do the beach tomorrow. :D

Anyway, everything seems to be on task for me to start classes at Sinclair next week although not quite as originally planned. It's a long explanation, but I'm only taking 2 classes. Now I still need to work on finding some sort of job. I have to survive somehow. I can manage for about a month, but beyond that I HAVE to have a job.

The diet is going quite well. I don't have a number on how much I've lost, but I've gone down 2+ sizes. I'm guessing around 15-20 pounds, but it's hard telling. So yay! I've even managed to stick to it while being down here in NC. I was worried about that, but I've been surviving.

So yeah. Not a whole lot has been going on, which is a big reason why I haven't updated. OH! I can tell you of my adventures of flying down here. It sucked. First, I got to Port Columbus 3 hours before my flight left which means I got there at 3:30 AM. Yeah...so I go to the ticket counter for my airline to get my boarding pass and whatnot, it doesn't open until 4:45 am. So I just had to stand there for over an hour. Once that was over, everything was smooth sailing until I got to the next airport (Dulles in D.C.). I had 30 minutes to get to the other side of the airport (it's a very large airport) for my connecting flight. Well, I got there like 5 minutes before it was supposed to START boarding. 5 minutes later, I hear my name called over the PA to come to the gate door. I go through, get on the plane and everyone was already on there. They had already finished boarding the plane before they were even supposed to start. Anyway, we sat there for almost half an hour before we took off. Once we got in the air, I was drifting in and out of conciousness and hallucinating because I didn't go to sleep that night. I don't function well on no sleep. By the time we landed, I felt like I was going to die. I walked out and saw my dad and uncle and the only think I could say was, "I'm so tired." So we start down the road and I ask to stop at the first gas station we see so I can get some water. So I got some water and some tums. I took one tiny bite of a tum, then I start to spew. It sucked. I've discovered that when I don't sleep, I throw up. It's kinda weird. Maybe it's because I get so disoriented. After that I eventually passed out in the van on the way down to Fayetteville, but I made it here nonetheless.

I just thought I'd share that exciting adventure. So there it is. I'll probably try to update after I get back to Ohio. School starts for me on Wednesday. :P Bleh. I hope all is well out there.

Please keep Many Kids, Little Lucy, and their family in your prayers. I know I am. I hope all is well with everyone. I'm praying for y'all! Love ya!

God bless!

Pepto

Decisions Decisions

So it's kinda odd that things are happening so fast and it's not really in my control. The whole financial aid thing happening has completely thrown a curve ball at me and my plans. I had no control over the financial aid problem which leads me to believe that God has something else in store for me. What that is exactly, I don't really know. I've decided I'm just going to try different things until I find the right one. With that decision also comes the decision that I'm not going to live a normal life. I'm not going to be a 9-5 desk job kind of person. It's just not for me. So I'm most likely going to end up trying a bunch of stuff that people will think I'm crazy for now but they'll wish they had done it 50 years from now. I know that doesn't make sense, but it does to me because I know specifically what I'm talking about.

I've decided to keep my next attempt at my future quiet. I've only told a few people what I'm planning to do, but I will tell you that I have applied to Sinclair, and I'm planning on getting an Associate's Degree which I think will prove to be a lot more useful than my current Bachelor's Degree. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't trust y'all or anything, it's just that I know some of you will think I'm crazy and I don't want to let that sway me from doing it. Once I get underway on that path, if it's a good fit, then I'll be more apt to tell you what's going on.

I don't know what will come of this. I may end up quitting after one quarter and going to grad school for counseling. Or I may finish, start working, discover I hate it and try something else. I may be one of those people that's still trying to figure out what to do with my live at age 60, but as long as I live life to the fullest, and as long as I'm happy, and as long as I'm glorifying God, so what. There's no commandment that says 'thou shalt figure out what thou wants to do with life at age 22 and stay with it for the rest of thine life.'

In other news, the financial situation is finally relaxing. One of my loans went through already, and the other one should soon which will give me a pretty decent refund. YAY!!! I'm still spending time in the Word. Sometimes I have to force myself to do it, but it's better than not doing it at all. I'm reading Daniel right now. I just read the Lion's Den story last night. Good stuff. I'm also back on the South Beach Diet. At women's group on Sunday, Detergent said she wanted to get back into it, but she needed someone to do it with her to help keep her accountable. So I said I'd do it. I'm on day 3 and still doing fine. I have no idea if I've lost any weight or how much I've lost because I don't have scales, but who cares. I also fell down the stairs on Monday. That was great fun. I wish I could have seen myself hobbling around that day. Bianca says I probably just strained the tendons and muscles in my ankles and calves, but I'm already doing much better. I'm still walking with a little bit of a limp because it hurts to put all my weight on my left leg, but I should be fine within the next few days.

Btw, the internet at home isn't working for some reason. I can't really complain because we haven't exactly been paying for it. So the only time I get to check e-mail or journals is at work.

I hope all is well with everyone! I love y'all and I'm praying for ya!

God bless!

Pepto