2 faces + 1 body= the ugly truth

*** This post was originally written almost 2 years ago***

For a long time have struggled with myself...any one who knows me knows this. Well, recently, I think I figured out why. Maybe it isn't me...it is everyone else. Maybe not EVERYONE...but people that I let get to me. Those that really don't matter. I have come to realize that there are a lot of people that fall under the category of this post. TWO-FACED. Yes, we can all be that way at times. But, I think there are a lot of people that way a lot of the time. It is very frustrating. Why be that way? What is the purpose? What is to gain? Why do I see it but ignore it? Well...I am done with it. I am always the nice person, never stepping on anyone's toes...always trying to create peace and never wanting there to be drama. DONE...DONE! Not that I want Drama, but my goodness, people need to get over themselves!

Here is my new edit***

Women cause so much DRAMA! I am over it and done. Unfortunately, this drama has cause a loss of some really good friendships. But, it has also led to stronger bods between others. I do not regret anything I have said or done, but I regret that it has caused pain. I am who I am... I love who I love... and really do cherish or have cherished those in my life even if they do not feel the same way...

It all just sucks.

Laura from Piece of Cake is like my blogger idol. She touches on every area of her life in her blog and I respect and love her so much. When I grow up, I want to be like her! :)

A quick hello...and a year in review

Well...as you can see (by my last post) I have been working and going to school. School is officially over for the semester and starts back in a little over a week...WOOHOOO!?! This next year (yes, I said year) will be the most difficult of my school career. I will be going to school for a full year and a half if you count next spring. Then I will graduate with a dual endorsement (Special Ed k-12 and Elementary Ed k-6 with a minor in Psychology). I will then start my Masters in Behavioral Sciences and Therapies. (Hopefully) I am planning on taking about 24 hours this summer as to hopefully get as much done as possible while I am off of work. Enough with school for now.

We had a great Christmas as did the kiddos. They got everything they wanted, which to be honest wasn't a whole lot. We are now ready for the new year to start.

As for the year in review:

We have had a pretty good year.

• We have a house that we love.
• I have a job that I love.
• With the exception of my CVS (which is being better controlled by meds) we are all in good health.
• We have great family and friends.
• We are moving right along with school.
• We have a lot to be thankful for!

Moving into the next year I hope that all of these continue to remain.

I am pondering many things and hopefully, when I get them all together in this little brain of mine, I will have the time to post them.

Happy New Year!

Friends and Family

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".