the new year

everyone keeps saying how bad 2009 was to them, and this year has definitely had its ups and downs don't get me wrong, but it is definitely ending on a good note.

on a more positive note...the list of things that i am thankful for this year (which is a lot longer than the list of bad things) would include...first graduating high school! im so glad to finally be out of that drama pit (with honors) and i would never go back even if they paid me! haha second, would be the amount of quality time that i got to spend with tiara this summer while we were at my fireworks store. she is truly the best friend anyone can have and im glad to know that she is always there for me and that we find time to hang out pretty much every time she is home from college so that we keep in touch and i know that out friendship will never weaken because we are practically sisters :) third would be my first semester of college is finally over, it went by pretty fast, but i somehow managed to make a 3.6 GPA so im super happy about that! i really cant believe i did that well, but im very happy that i did!!! also, my dad is finally stationed near home for the next couple of years so i will be able to regain the relationship we used to have when i was little and more oblivious to certain things. i have come to terms with the restrictions his job as a military man places on him and am stronger because of it. finally, my favorite subject...my boyfriend. there are times when i take a step back and look at my life and cant believe how happy one person has made me in just a few short months. in all reality it has only been about 2 months since we first started hanging out, but it feels like i have known him forever, and i can't believe that this whole thing started because of facebook. we both went to warren at the same time but we never really talked or knew each other, but somehow we started talking on FB and now we are where we are at today...so...thanks FB! :) i can honestly say taht i have never missed someone as bad as i missed him when he was away for a week in TN with his family for vacation...we still talked everyday but it just wasnt the same knowing in the back of my mind that if i wanted to i couldnt just go to his house and see him. i dont think i have ever felt this much for someone, but i like it and i know it can only get better! =)

so basically for all of the people who keep saying i can wait for 2009 to be over because it was the worst year of my life...just look back on it and think instead of all of the good things that have heppened to u this year and just be greatful that u get to see another year. (: so say instead...i hope 2010 is even better than 2009 because the best way to start off a new year is to start it off on a happy note. toodles and talk to u next year

how delightful

so i know it has been wayyyy too long since i have been on here; i have been kinda lazy with this aspect of my life (and just so busy with the other aspects). anywho, life is going delightfully well lately (in certain parts of my life anyway) and i am enjoying every minute of it. i have found one of the sweetest guys that i will probably ever meet, and he just seems to somehow keep getting sweeter. he always tries to cheer me up even when im having a really bad day and dont even feel like smiling...and somehow he succeeds. its wonderful how things can work out sometimes when you are just willing to take a chance on something :) all i have to say is wow! :))) also, i was able to sucessfully withdraw from the class that would have otherwise made my gpa drop dramatically, and im just going to retake it next semester. it is shocking how helpful the people at iupui actually can be when you need them to be haha

on the other hand, the only aspect of my life that is going pretty crappy is family stuff. not to say that my family life isnt going well because for the most part it is. i have been given so much freedom lately around home that it is greatly appreciated, and it really makes me feel like an actual adult for like the first time in my life. but the bad news is that my grandpa just told my mom yesterday that he has cancer again. he had it several years ago in his lungs, but luckily he got better and it went into remission. and we knew that he had cancer again and it was spread over a portion of his body, but we did not know the severity of it or that he actually has two types of cancer...blood cancer (which was detected a few weeks ago) and bone cancer (that he just found out about on thursday). the worst part is that the bone cancer was not detected until now and he has been informed that it is stage 4 bone cancer, which is not good at all. everyone is trying to be positive about the situation and just take the news as it comes. in situations like this positive outlooks are the best medicine, so thats what we are going for. i just hope that he can make it through this because he has always been a fighter, and even tho we were not really super close when i was a child (not as close as he and my older brother have always been) i still want to get the chance to know more about him, and for him to get the chance to be at my wedding and see my children...that is what i truly want the most! so prayers help tremendously. thanks