Leavin' on a jet plane...

For the first time ever, I will be traveling alone. I'm going to NYC Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!! To visit my best friend Jessica!!!!!!!!!!! We are both extremely excited!!!!!! It's gonna be an awesome trip to visit her and have lots of fun with church and visiting other friends and shopping. :-)

So I have the NYC song from Annie in my head just the part that goes like this "NYC, just got here this morning, three bucks, two bags, one me..."

Last year at this time, for Easter, was the first official family thing I went to for Josh's family. This year I'm missing it cause I'm going to NYC, sad but it's okay. I do wish Josh were here to celebrate Jesus' resurrection. I know church at Antioch is gonna be awesome with Jessica.

I'm also kind of bummed that I'm missing church in Marysville, cause I actually like the songs for the Easter Cantata. Oh well, life happens.

When I get back from NYC I write all about it.

I can't wait. This time tomorrow I might be chillin' in Central Park with my bestie! :-)

Life

Life doesn't seem to get any easier...as you get older it just gets more complex...too much going on.

Well I've decided to go with the job at the Zoo working in the retail department. I know that I will have fun. I love the zoo and animals so maybe being around toys and stuff animals won't be bad. It may just be a little tiring. It's a decent commute to the zoo. I don't like driving much...I drive cause I have to.

I still work at the music store as a piano teacher once a week. I started teaching two new students today. It was good. So right now I'm teaching 4. It's a lot when I'm not use to it. I like it a lot though. It's definitely fun.

I'm thinking about my wedding a lot. I've started to get more stuff figured out and so it's all I'm thinking about...kind of making myself overwhelmed. It's 6 months away, or just about. I want it to be here faster. Mainly missing Josh a lot. I'm wishing he was home already. Hopefully time will start to fly by once I'm working more. It doesn't help that our 1 year anniversary for being together is coming up and we're miles apart. I miss him...especially being able to talk to him everyday...not easy to do when were in different countries. The wedding will come and it will be awesome!

Can't wait to be in NYC in like 18 days...so ready for an awesome time with my best friend. We are gonna have a blast. I miss her. Now I've been to NYC 2 times before this one but this time is going to be so different and better. I can do what I want on this trip. The last time I was there was a high school choir trip and I didn't really enjoy all of it. It was fun but stressful at the same time cause of the schedule we had to follow. So ready to just explore the city with my best friend. :-)

Opportunities and changing

So since choosing to move on, I've been actively searching for a new job...applying, getting interviewed, getting rejected...etc the whole deal.

Now I have an opportunity to work in a Christian environment, turning in application Friday. I also have the opportunity to work at the zoo, in the gift shop...we'll see how the job fair goes tonight. I have an interview with Macy's again, I apply at the store several times. I like working for them. I just don't always get too. The interview is on Monday, we'll see how it goes. I also applied several other places but haven't heard anything back. I'm going to do follow up with one place soon.
Ideally I'd like to work in retail again especially at a department store cause I can just transfer stores when I move hopefully. I don't care about the pay anymore I just need a job.

God will take care of me. I will hope in the Lord always.
God has been revealing quite a bit of stuff to me about things I need to work on. It's all about healing and moving on I guess. Life lessons aren't necessarily fun or easy. They are painful and hard. I can do it. I know promises that God has given and are wanting to give and bless His children with.

Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

I'm also learning to truly digest the scriptures that I read. Not just read them but really get into what it means and chew on it to know exactly how to apply it to my life.

Learning about "love" like 1 John, the whole book. Really trying to get it and live it out.
It's a slow process but small steps forward are better than taking steps backwards which was the road I was headed down. Not anymore though.

I love that the sun is starting to shine through the clouds and that the snow is melting. I'm so ready for spring and warm weather.

I hope God blesses you today!

Moving on...

I have chosen to move on.

I am hoping my life gets better. I'm making changes. I hope I find a new job.

God is good. Prayer is wonderful. Church is a daily blessing.

There are lots of things I don't understand. I may be young but I sometimes wish people would communicate better. That's a large part of some issues I have experienced. I also feel that since I don't look my age I'm not treated right. I'm not really enjoying the whole growing up thing at the moment. It's much more difficult than I expected, if I had expectations. I don't even know. I just gotta keep moving forward. There's always hope. The growing up "process"...why so challenging...guess I have to live it one day at a time.

Really into a song by Josh Groban right now. The song is called "You are loved (don't give up)" Here are the lyrics:

 Don't give up

It's just the weight of the world
When your heart's heavy
I...I will lift it for you

Don't give up
Because you want to be heard
If silence keeps you
I...I will break it for you

Everybody wants to be understood
Well I can hear you
Everybody wants to be loved
Don't give up
Because you are loved

Don't give up
It's just the hurt that you hide
When you're lost inside
I...I will be there to find you

Don't give up
Because you want to burn bright
If darkness blinds you
I...I will shine to guide you

Everybody wants to be understood
Well I can hear you
Everybody wants to be loved
Don't give up
Because you are loved

You are loved
Don't give up
It's just the weight of the world
Don't give up
Every one needs to be heard
You are loved

a hard week...its not even over

BLAH
Seriously considering change.
I'm not happy where I'm at.
Can I be married already. Seriously. It's like 219 days away...come faster, PLEASE!
Work is hard and I want to get out.

Please pray for me. I'm praying for direction on what I should do.
I think it's time to make some decisions.

On a good note, last night I started writing a new song. It was nice to do, since it's been awhile. I'll post it when I'm done. Eventually I'd actually like to put my lyrics to music. That will take some time and help from my friends I think. Music makes me happy.

Thank you Jesus for putting lots of amazing friends in my life.

The joy of getting older and life

So I turned 24. It's still kind of strange. I don't know but it just feels like a weird number. I sure don't look like I'm in my twenty's. People always think I'm still in high school and here I am with a college degree. I had an enjoyable birthday. I got to hangout with a few friends and we played the Wii. It was nice. My fiance is always reminding me that I do better with less people. He's right. I only had 3 friends come over to hangout for my birthday and it was the perfect amount. I sure did wish I was able to spend time with my fiance but alas that will have to wait. So glad he'll be home in a couple of months.

Valentine's day, was more of a day to celebrate Chinese New Year, which just happened to fall on the same day. It's the year of the tiger too.
I never liked having my birthday so close to a holiday either and this year it just felt like to many holiday's in one. My birthday, Valentine's day, and Chinese New Year is too much.

I am thoroughly enjoying my new build-a-bear from my fiance. It's a panda. I love stuffed animals so it's the perfect gift for now. The perfect gift is him as my husband which isn't too far away. Still counting down the days...224 I think. I just want it to come already.

I have several countdowns going right now. It's kind of funny. I have one in my head for when I get to go to NYC to visit my best friend in April, one for when my fiance comes home, and one for my wedding day.

So we're expecting more snow and I'm not so cheerful about it. I love snow but I'm so ready for spring now. I want it to be warm already.

God is so good. I'm learning a lot. Growing in many areas of character. I was so happy at church today. I was just full of joy. It was nice. I felt all silly being so happy.

I'm hoping for an awesome week ahead. It's only a 4 day week so it should be pretty nice.

Getting a break

SNOW!
There's so much of it.
I think God did it on purpose. The snow storm allowed me to leave work early on Friday. That was nice. It was a tiring day and a tiring week. I almost didn't get a lunch on Friday. Well, I pretty much didn't get a lunch cause I left right after I ate something quick from the staff dining room. I had to help out with my student during my lunch which is my student's lunch period.

Skyping Josh has been wonderful. We've been skyping Friday night and Saturday morning. It's so much fun. I miss him.

Saturday was a very productive and relaxing day because I was snowed in. Working on my wedding stuff is coming along. I was not liking it a few weeks ago, cause I just didn't care and mostly cause I was missing Josh. Now I'm fine and I'm getting back into. I got to pick up my bridesmaids' dresses last weekend and they look awesome!! I'm so excited!! I think I got myself pretty organized yesterday with all my wedding stuff.
So being stuck in the house all day long yesterday made the day seem so long. It was weird.

Today was nice. Church was very nice. There was a guest speaker, a pastor from another church. He preached on Genesis 40:14 focusing on the word "when." The point he was emphasizing was that even though Joseph went through all these difficult situations, Joseph still believed that God had a plan and purpose for his life and we must think in that matter also. It was nice to hear and learn about. It made me remember Jeremiah 29:11 and also the scripture about "faith as small as a mustard seed can move mountains. The pastor also spoke about we only need a little spark to ignite our Faith in God. It does not need to be anything large. The sermon was a nice refresher.

I hope this coming week goes by quickly.