The Bakery

Well I just finished my first day at my new job. It wasn't too bad...but it was no SPP. 1) I like being at a job where I know what I'm doing. I'm so comfortable with my job at SPP and training at a new job is really no fun at all. 2) The people at the bakery are nice but they don't compare to my family at the pharmacy. I miss you guys! I wish all of you could come to Arizona..and bring the pharmacy with you! I'm tired and exhausted. I'm now doing everything from being a barista to scooping ice cream, with everything in between. It's extremely overwhelming. But I'm just thankful to have a job along with some pretty good tips that roll in. Well I just wanted to let you guys know that no job will ever compare to you! I miss you and I love you!

Forever and Always

An Old Quaker Saying

"What am I to do? I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good work, therefore, any kindness, or any service I can render to any soul of man or animal, let me do it now. Let me not neglect or defer it, for I shall not pass this way again."
-An Old Quaker Saying

This is how I want to live my life. I want to give everything I have right now because this is the only chance I have to give it. It's easy to get lost in the routine of our day to day lives and forget what living is really about. We quickly find ourself worrying about what's going to be for dinner that night or how we will get every kid to their birthday party and forget that we are lucky to have dinner and birthday parties to go to and that it's better to just embrace them. We lose the moment we are living because we are worried about the next. Before we know it these moments become fewer and far between and we sit there wishing we could get them back. Let's live in every moment, because we only pass through this life once.

Forever and Always

Streams in the Desert

A good friend of mine gave me a book before I left for school. This book is full daily inspirational readings. The entry for today, July 28, had a poem in it that I really enjoyed. It says this:

"The flowers live by the tears that fall
From the sad face of the skies;
And life would have no joys at all,
Were there no watery eyes.
Love thou they sorry: grief shall bring
Its own excuse in after years;
The rainbow!-see how fair a thing
God hat built up from tears."

-Henry S. Sutton

Forever and Always

Fishing and Shooting

A wise man once told me that the two greatest hobbies were fishing and shooting. I now know exactly what he was talking about. Fishing I have always loved, but the shooting just came into my life this afternoon. I went out for my first shooting sesh and am officially hooked. Who knew blowing stuff up with a gun could be so exciting! It was an incredible adrenaline rush and I can't wait to do it again! I was also told that I was a natural and had a great shot, so I feel even more inspired to take up this new found hobby. Plus, it's something I can do with my dad and also with Trey. It was a very exciting day! Unfortunately my only pictures are on my phone, which is still old school, so I can't post any. I'm sure there will be more to come though!

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And now I wait.

Well I'm at a very weird place in my life right now. I'm in between my summer job in Alaska and finding a job in Arizona and starting school. I'm house sitting so I'm also not moved into my own place so I feel kind of lost. I've also struggled a lot with being torn between my two worlds, Alaska and Arizona, and I now find myself torn between three. I now have someone in Florida that I really miss and wish was here in Arizona with me. So now I sit here torn between three worlds, without a job and not in my own place. It's kind of driving me crazy. I'm not really sure what to do with myself at this point and it's going to make me lose my mind. I just hope that I can start working this next week because if not I really will go insane. I'm hoping this next semester is going to be good. I think it is but I really don't know what my life has in store right now! It's going to be great I'm just ready to get started with it but instead I'm playing the waiting game. Just waiting for the next stage in my life to get going. So here I sit, watching Friends and waiting for a text message from someone special.

Forever and Always

Thank God he's a country boy!

Well I made it back from Florida yesterday and am hanging out in Phoenix for a couple days with my family before heading back up to Flag. Florida was one of the craziest weeks of my life because of a boy named Trey Cooper. I have never met anyone like Trey. He treated me with so much love and respect that it completely blew my mind. Never has anyone told me the things he told me. He saw in me things that I've always wished someone would notice. He's a little rough around the edges, and a complete dork, but we had an amazing time together. The first day he picked me up from the airport he took me to 4 different beaches. I could tell right away that he liked me and I fought it as hard as I could. He took me out to a sushi buffet and his fortune read "you will have a great adventure today" and then I showed him mine. It said, "Trust him, but keep your eyes open." I'm not one to believe a little piece of paper that came out of a cookie, but it did seem pretty fitting. But I still didn't know what I felt about this guy yet and wanted to be careful. The next day though I couldn't fight it anymore. I gave in and we started to develop feelings for each other. We were together the whole trip and it didn't take until about the second or third day for him to kiss me. We took long walks on the beach at night, sat and talked while watching the tide roll in, and I experienced romance that just doesn't exist anymore. After the Josh Turner concert we walked back through the amusement park and since there were so many people we dodged off to the side to wait. We ended up finding a lake with lights strung all across the side and John Mayer was coming out of a random speaker so we stayed and danced there with the music. It was incredible. He didn't pressure me physically (which was new to me) and completely respected everything about me. He told me I was beautiful more times than I can even count, and made me feel like I was amazing and important. I'm still trying to take in everything. Words really can't even express what I experienced last week. I don't even know what it was. It still overwhelms me to try and put together my feelings and emotions. And then, just like that, it was gone. I had to leave and now it feels like a dream. I feel like I'm texting a boy that doesn't really exist. But what can we do? He lives in Florida and loves it. I'm just starting the nursing program in Arizona. Plus, it would be completely insane for either of us to move after just a week of knowing each other. I'm just blown away by this boy. I feel lucky to at least have experienced that for a week, even if that's all it ends up being. He promised me we'll see each other again so at this point we're just kind of taking things as they come.

Forever and Always

This is just the beginning

I'm very excited to be starting this! I know it's going to take some time to get everything figured out but it's going to be great. I'm sitting in the Seattle airport right now, on my way to embark on some pretty exciting adventures! This is going to be my new facebook here pretty soon so I'll get some pictures posted and updates coming as they happen. I have a feeling it's going to be a very exciting year and I want you all to be a part of it. Can't wait to get going!

Forever and Always