I know it's been awhile since I wrote, but school has been really demanding, in a good way.
Here we are another year... Life goes by so fast, I swear.
January: In January I applied to grad school for Exercise Science because I was honestly too scared to do anything else. I also went to a preschool interview and the lady wanted me to start the next day, but it didn't pay well. I was also pretty pumped that Barack Obama became president! Woot!
February: I got all my friends addicted to Spinning, which was totally awesome. Found out I was accepted to grad school for Exercise Science and started reading books about health so I would have a semi-clue what was going on. I pulled my ribcage muscles- which sucked, a lot. And I got my cartilage pierced while Michelle held my hand. Haha.
March: I got my job at the YMCA as an instructor and started to feel like things were finally falling in place with where I wanted to go in life. I celebrated my 24th birthday with all my friends and then got the stomach flu on my actual birthday. But my parents bought me a brand new bicycle. Yayyyy! And within like 4 days I read the entire Twilight series. Haha.
April: In April I found out I didn't get an assistantship to go to grad school, so I had to turn down the offer to go. It was really disappointing, but I started looking into other options. I felt really discouraged because everything was going so well and then something wrenched in my plans again, but now that I look back I think God was trying to show me I had more to offer to the world. I quickly decided I would get an associate degree as a Physical Therapist assistant. And then the PT that I shadowed really got me thinking as to I should go for full PT. And I really took a long time to think about it and decided that PTA would be selling myself short and I was going to pursue my original idea of being a physical therapist no matter how scary!
May: The very last episode (in my opinion because the new "spin-off" sucks) of Scrubs aired... I bawled my eyes out. Seriously, the best show ever. Shell and I went to NYC at the end of the month and had the time of our lives. Seriously, it was so much fun to be with your best friend in a huge city. Now, I need to go with Steph! :) I also got attached to a kitty at Erica's Aunt Diane's house.
June: I couldn't get into any classes at the local college for summer school, so I signed up for two online classes through two community colleges nearby. Developmental Psych and Prob and Stats. Erica's bridal shower also happened, which was very nice. A beautiful day. Still obsessed with the kitties at Aunt Diane's house, begging Jon and his mom to let me have one.
July: On July 4th I got to take Andi home with me and then to Jon's house. Yay for my kitty! Meeeooow! :) And I also got to go to Myrtle Beach with all the girls. It was sooooooo much fun to go on a vacation just us. It was great :) And I finished both of my online summer classes before I went! Thumbs up! :)
August: Erica and Evan got married on the 8th (which is also Steph's birthday!) and it was a really nice, cute wedding. Very much like them. Can't believe one of my besties is a Farmery now! Yay! Steph had her bridal shower and it was flipping awesome. I am not even lying. I am the best planner EVER! Haha. And at the end of the month I started back at school. Going for physical therapy was becoming a reality instead of just a dream. I was taking Biology 111, Chemistry 111 and Anatomy. And I got my old student worker job back! :)
September: We found out my dad was losing his job after 30+ years of having it. The building where he worked was being sold to be turned into college apartments. Panic mode started as my Dad searched for a job, but nothing was available. He went to a few interviews, but nothing worthwhile came from them. I started my battle of continuously feeling extremely guilty for having my parents take out a loan for me to go back to school. But, Adelle had her bridal shower, so that was nice.
October: Steph and Josh got married on the 10th and it was the best wedding ever. We had a blast, seriously. NASA blew up the moon and everyone thought it was going to be this huge awesome thing, and it wasn't. I was disappointed. And I had school work coming out of my NOSE.
November: Adelle and Tim got married on the 14th (Michelle's birthday) and it was nice. Jon and I got in a couple huge fights and I thought we might break up. But, I realized that I was wrong and we worked things out. Jon and I went to NYC for Thanksgiving. It was so much fun. We had such a nice time and it couldn't have come at a better time since we were having issues. We got to eat dinner with Emma on Thanksgiving and that was lots of fun. :)
December: I finished my first semester. A in anatomy, A in Chem 111 and a B (almost an A) in Bio 111. I was really proud of myself and felt super smart for the first time in my life. My dad transferred his work to a new garage and the transition is ok. He's making the same amount of money, but we have no benefits. My dad is without them completely, my mom is paying mine and we're trying to figure out how to afford hers. It's really stressful and makes things not happy around the household. Christmas was very small this year, but it was nice.
Overall, this year was a big year of change. I took a lot of steps to get headed in the right direction and I'm proud of myself. Hopefully 2010 proves to be a good year! Cheers!
