As S and I were getting ready for some friends to come over last night (to watch the UFC fight), we had a brief discussion about our friends. Now, if you have read my blog you would have seen that most of my friends have never really been S's friends. however, I am usually friends with S's friends. Well, for almost 3 years S has talked about these friends from work and before we moved here I had only met 1 of them (and his family). Since moving here we have had almost monthly get togethers with all of the friends and theirs families (which have now become friends) and for the last couple of weekends we have done a weekly thing. I LOVE IT!!! I am such a social person anyways, and then to get to spend time with people that Shawn and I BOTH like is GREAT!!!
So, what brought me to this was a conversation that S and I had last night. He stated, "don't worry about (whatever it was) these are not just our friends but they are our close friends." what made that statement cool is that he never says that about friends...with the exception of a few that he still has contact with from high school....but you don't see them being invited over for parties and such...although one is fighting a war in another country, so I don't think he could make it anyways.
Then, while we were all siting there (I think the guys...or most of them...were in the kitchen or something) the comment got made that these are the people that have become like family. With the exception of Kim (S's sister) and her family *waving at Kim*, S has no other family that he is in contact with.
I think it is great to have friends that you feel comfortable with...people who don't really judge you, but aren't afraid to tell you what is up...only because they care.
Since moving we (S, I, and the kiddos) have made some really great friends...be it at work, through friends' families, or at school...it is GREAT having friends that you could also consider "family".
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Funk!!!!!!
It is really weird to look at the last post and then what I am fixing to write about in this post.
I have been in a slight funk the last few days or so...probably because my head is swimming with EVERYTHING going on/fixing to go on.
Classes started back for me this last week and I have NO CLUE how things are going because I am so confused at the lack of information the professors have provided...just have to get used to the new school I guess. I am taking 13 hours and most of my classes are in the afternoons after work with the exception of one that is online.
S's classes start back today. A's soccer has started back. Soon, C's gymnastics will start. Birthday party invites have started trickling in and ...I can already feel the headache coming on thinking about how busy we are all going to be this fall.
Then, there is the house in Franklin. It sold for $14,000. WTH?!?!?! I know, we have had to just come to terms that we are now in debt on a home that we no longer own....but wait...it gets better. so, we talk to the bank and they state, "We have the right to refuse the bid/offer"...but you said that you wanted it sold....now it is. We go in next week to talk to them to figure out what to do. Meanwhile, we contact the realtor to let them know what is going on and he states that he needs to contact the buyer because they have ALREADY started working on the house. The bank hasn't even been notified by the realtor about the sale and we haven't signed the Deed yet. Isn't there a closing process that we have to go through? IDK, maybe I am wrong.
On to my next topic, we went to the local fair the other night and had a BLAST. I LOVE to watch the kiddos having such a great time! But, I have a question. Why are there so many girls/women, who are heavier, that flaunt what they shouldn't be flaunting? And why don't I have that much confidence? I am smaller than them and wouldn't be caught DEAD wearing what they wear...or how they wear it. S says that it is because they have a lot of self-confidence, but are they just not seeing what I see...and if that is the case...what am I seeing (when I look in the mirror)? Is it my clothing? my thought processes? WHAT IS IT?
I don't know...these are just the many things running (circles) around in my head.
Have a great day!
I have been in a slight funk the last few days or so...probably because my head is swimming with EVERYTHING going on/fixing to go on.
Classes started back for me this last week and I have NO CLUE how things are going because I am so confused at the lack of information the professors have provided...just have to get used to the new school I guess. I am taking 13 hours and most of my classes are in the afternoons after work with the exception of one that is online.
S's classes start back today. A's soccer has started back. Soon, C's gymnastics will start. Birthday party invites have started trickling in and ...I can already feel the headache coming on thinking about how busy we are all going to be this fall.
Then, there is the house in Franklin. It sold for $14,000. WTH?!?!?! I know, we have had to just come to terms that we are now in debt on a home that we no longer own....but wait...it gets better. so, we talk to the bank and they state, "We have the right to refuse the bid/offer"...but you said that you wanted it sold....now it is. We go in next week to talk to them to figure out what to do. Meanwhile, we contact the realtor to let them know what is going on and he states that he needs to contact the buyer because they have ALREADY started working on the house. The bank hasn't even been notified by the realtor about the sale and we haven't signed the Deed yet. Isn't there a closing process that we have to go through? IDK, maybe I am wrong.
On to my next topic, we went to the local fair the other night and had a BLAST. I LOVE to watch the kiddos having such a great time! But, I have a question. Why are there so many girls/women, who are heavier, that flaunt what they shouldn't be flaunting? And why don't I have that much confidence? I am smaller than them and wouldn't be caught DEAD wearing what they wear...or how they wear it. S says that it is because they have a lot of self-confidence, but are they just not seeing what I see...and if that is the case...what am I seeing (when I look in the mirror)? Is it my clothing? my thought processes? WHAT IS IT?
I don't know...these are just the many things running (circles) around in my head.
Have a great day!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Where have I been?
Working, working , working...and I love every minute of it!
My job (though not the one that I will eventually end up doing) makes me feel complete. I wake up every morning looking forward to going to work. How many people can say that? Yes, I know it is a new job, and once the new wears off...blah, blah, blah. If the "new wears off" and I don't like it then I an in the wrong profession. Nothing with this job is the same everyday...but yet it is. There are the same people at work (whom I LOVE). The same kiddos in the class (whom I LOVE). The same school (which I LOVE). And while the routine is getting in place and it will mostly be the same...every day is new. Just like with life.
I sit here and look at where my mind was a year ago. The place I lived, the friends I kept, the church I attended, the job I held...and it makes me sad and mad to think about it all. Yes, there are times I miss Franklin...it was cute little town and I did make some really great friends. There are times when I miss my old Church (we went back a couple of weeks ago). Again, some really great friends, and I miss my choir family :( . But, it seems like everything I listed up there while things make me happy, those things also make me mad.
I have now moved on to a new school (because I Graduated from one), I decided that I wasn't going to allow people in my life that are fake...I have experienced enough of that, I have a job that doesn't feel like a job and I work with people that I love and feel like I can call friends (yes, they are 100% themselves all the time and in turn makes me a better me because I am myself all the time...they see my flaws and all...it doesn't matter to them because they see their flaws too.) Found a church were I can be me and not feel like I have to conform to whatever it is that "church people" conform to. I love to be social, but I am a lot happier knowing that this small group of friends that I do have are real, and I would rather have them than a large group of fake friends any day.
I am just over all 100% better, happier, loving, different (in a good way) than I was a year ago. Who knew moving would make that happen. I think in our house, we are all happier here than we ever where in Franklin.
*NOW TO BRAG*
My Children are the smartest, best, wonderful, loving, children that you will ever meet...and today I am bragging about how smart they are. At the end of last year they took the State Achievement tests. Well, we got their scores back and they BLEW them out of the water! C scored higher than A, but his scores were high too so it doesn't matter (except if you are an 8 yr old holding it over you older brothers head). I am SOOOOOOO PROUD of them. They are so smart, and they really proved that to everyone with these tests.
*sitting back down now*
Have a GREAT day!
My job (though not the one that I will eventually end up doing) makes me feel complete. I wake up every morning looking forward to going to work. How many people can say that? Yes, I know it is a new job, and once the new wears off...blah, blah, blah. If the "new wears off" and I don't like it then I an in the wrong profession. Nothing with this job is the same everyday...but yet it is. There are the same people at work (whom I LOVE). The same kiddos in the class (whom I LOVE). The same school (which I LOVE). And while the routine is getting in place and it will mostly be the same...every day is new. Just like with life.
I sit here and look at where my mind was a year ago. The place I lived, the friends I kept, the church I attended, the job I held...and it makes me sad and mad to think about it all. Yes, there are times I miss Franklin...it was cute little town and I did make some really great friends. There are times when I miss my old Church (we went back a couple of weeks ago). Again, some really great friends, and I miss my choir family :( . But, it seems like everything I listed up there while things make me happy, those things also make me mad.
I have now moved on to a new school (because I Graduated from one), I decided that I wasn't going to allow people in my life that are fake...I have experienced enough of that, I have a job that doesn't feel like a job and I work with people that I love and feel like I can call friends (yes, they are 100% themselves all the time and in turn makes me a better me because I am myself all the time...they see my flaws and all...it doesn't matter to them because they see their flaws too.) Found a church were I can be me and not feel like I have to conform to whatever it is that "church people" conform to. I love to be social, but I am a lot happier knowing that this small group of friends that I do have are real, and I would rather have them than a large group of fake friends any day.
I am just over all 100% better, happier, loving, different (in a good way) than I was a year ago. Who knew moving would make that happen. I think in our house, we are all happier here than we ever where in Franklin.
*NOW TO BRAG*
My Children are the smartest, best, wonderful, loving, children that you will ever meet...and today I am bragging about how smart they are. At the end of last year they took the State Achievement tests. Well, we got their scores back and they BLEW them out of the water! C scored higher than A, but his scores were high too so it doesn't matter (except if you are an 8 yr old holding it over you older brothers head). I am SOOOOOOO PROUD of them. They are so smart, and they really proved that to everyone with these tests.
*sitting back down now*
Have a GREAT day!
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