Well hello there!

Wow, it's been quite a long time since I've written in what was supposed to be a daily blog...whoops! It's already the middle of summer and my senior year...of COLLEGE...starts in less than two months! It's crazy that I have one year of my undergrad left and then one year for my Masters. I'm completely stunned that I'm finally at this point in my life. Like, I'm almost an adult. Let me process that for once second. 

(Cue screaming in head because me being an adult just cannot be possible right now)

I'm only 21, almost 22. Where did the time go?! I still remember middle school and high school like it was yesterday! How can it possibly be time to start my career and start thinking about where I'm going to live and possibly marriage on the horizon? I feel like my life went by so fast and I didn't see it happening. Not that I took it for granted, but I don't think I fully appreciated all the things that have happened to me. Maybe I'm feeling sentimental or nostalgic but I've been thinking a lot about my life and the events that have taken place and the people that God has placed in my life. I've realized something about all this and I've known it all along but this is the first time that it's really hit me like a ton of bricks: I am extremely blessed. I am 100% blown away by how much God has blessed me through the people He's placed in my life and just the things that have happened. Under normal circumstances I wouldn't think that I'd have this family that I have, or the amazing friends that I do, or be at the University of Florida. So many of these things can easily be taken for granted or be seen as unimportant in the grand scheme of things. But lately, I've come to find that the main reason I have any of these is because God had some reason for me to be in the Fuller family. He saw it important that I'm friends with the girls in Phi Lamb and the guys in Kappa Phi and BYX, and He saw that I needed a best friend like Danielle and Laura in my life. All these things are things that I wouldn't normally think about so much but lately, it's been consuming my thoughts. But why? It's not as if I'm not thanking God for these things. It's not as if I'm taking these things lightly so why am I thinking about it so much? I suppose this is something that I'll have to think about more. Even though I'll probably never know the full reason why God does these things, I want to figure out some of it. 

Well that's the somewhat of an update on my life since January. There is actually a lot more but it's super late and I'm super tired. Until next time! Toodle-oo lovelies! 

Things I'm realizing...

I'm realizing a whole bunch of things lately. First off, I have 5 semesters left of college. WHAAAA??? Crazy, I know. It seems like just yesterday I was graduating from high school. Ok not really but still. I can't believe that the years have flown by so fast. That means grown up life is going to start soon. I'm not sure I'm ok with that yet...or ready for it for that matter.

Anyways. I'm also realizing that God has a much better plan for me than I have for myself. I have always known this but I was sitting in my room writing in my journal that I'm giving to my future hubby and I realized that I will meet my future hubby if and when God wants me to. His timing is so much better than mine. It makes me so happy that my relationship with future boy will be so much better, so much more beautiful and we'll be so much more in love if I just wait. Wait for His reassurance that it's the right time. Wait for His plan to fall into place. It's such a simple concept but I feel like we all struggle with it so much. Just wait. Those two little words have such an impact on me. The first time I really though about it was over the summer and it just hit me like a ton of bricks. The simplicity of it almost makes it too foreign of an idea because it sounds almost too easy. But it's not. It's hard to wait for something you've been dreaming about your whole life. It's hard to put your trust and faith in someone you can't see. It's hard to trust that you will hopefully be married someday. You can't help but be anxious and impatient because even though its a simple concept, it still requires trust, faith, patience, and time. See that's the beauty of it, that when you do get to that point of just waiting and being patient; that's when it happens. That's when God sends amazing things your way. That's when His plan for you just easily and amazingly falls into place. This can happen in a moment or it can take days, months, years before it happens. But when it does, you'll be absolutely floored by how great it was to wait. It's chaos to go through all of this without knowing the ending outcome, but it's a beautiful chaos. And it's one I love going though.

I hope this has somehow enlightened you as it did for me. Toodle-oo lovelies!

Happy New Years! It's 2012.

Holy moly. It's 2012. That means I've almost been alive for 22 years. That's a lot of years. It also means that its a brand new year to start fresh. I don't know why but the start of a new year is always so promising to me. I always feel that this is the year that everything is going to work out. And I really hope 2012 is that for me cause 2011 did not treat this girl so well. It's been a year since I started this blog and I really want to do better at writing in it daily. It's been a year and I'm completely seizure free! You have no idea how good that feels!! Here is the run down of 2011:

January:

Had a seizure and got the worst news a 20 year old could get....no driving for 6 months! Found out I didn't get into UF...then a week later, found out I did get into UF's ProTeach program!!




February-April:

Continued to work hard at Santa Fe College....last semesterrrr!!!

April:

Graduated from Santa Fe College!

 May:

No summer classes!!! Yay!!!! Worked more at Sonshine Preschool!

June:

Continued to work...but then I got "let go"...really replaced. It was a messy situation..still a little bitter...

Went on vacay for 2 weeks! Talk about awesome!! Traveled to North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennesee!

(Just a few snapshots from my wonderful vacation!!)

July:

Started to work at the Florida Bookstore. On my feet for hours at a time...ouch! Bought my first pair of pumas though! Super comfy!!

Biggest news ever....: SEIZURE FREE!!!! Allowed to drive again!!! Best news of the summer!!!!! :))))

August:

This girl turned 21!! Uh-oh!! ;)



(Notice the shot glass ;)...Don't worry...it was never used...;)

I joined Sigma Phi Lambda!



My beautiful pledge sisters! <3


The best friends a girl could have :)


My future big!!! :)

Oh, I also started UF!! Super funnn!!! :)

September:

Got initiated into Sigma Phi Lambda! :)

I also got my big!! Love her soo much!

Reveal!


Love her!

I also got extremely close to these girls..love them so much!

Seriously. love them!

November:

Nothing exciting really happened...except my honorary niece turned 1!! :) I, unfortunately, don't have pictures of her actually but I have a picture from that day with my best frannn!

Could. not. live. without. her!

December:

Finished my first semester at UF! Whoo hoo!! (Also got A's and B's..no big deal...)

Kappa Phi Christmas Party!


This girl is muh besttiee! :)


Yeah. We're awkward. Oh well.

Semi-Formal!



Last but not least... Initiation!!!

Paddle reveal!!

 


Officially in Sigma Phi Lambda!!! :))))

So that's a recap of my year. A lot happened, both good and bad. I'm really excited for 2012. I can't wait to see what God has in plan for me!

2012, BRING IT ON!! :)

Toodle-oo lovelies! :)

Finals Finals Finals....

Wow, so its been a very very long time since I wrote in this blog. Sorry that I have been MIA for the last several weeks or months, school has been 100% crazy!!! I have been so swamped between school and Phi Lamb that I have barely had time for myself. All I've done is go to class, do homework, study, have somewhat of  a social life, and sometimes sleep. Like seriously, thats it. I've been crazy. I'm talking crazy eyes crazy. 24/7. But luckily the semester is over!! I had my last class today and all that's left is a few projects and some finals and then I'm done with my first semester at UF!!!! Whew, it went by way to fast. But I feel like I grew a lot and learned a lot and I'm excited for the rest of my time here! But I just wanted to update (kinda) that I'm at least alive and breathing. Once all my finals are done, I will sit down and actually do a post that really lets you know what's been going on in my life lately...promise!! I'm currently in Library West studying my life away so I'm going to get back to that so I can get some sleep tonight! Toodle-oo lovelies!

Discovery...

I made my first discovery today. I'm allergic to Covergirl Naturalluxe mousse mascara. Lucky me. I bought it on Thursday and I wore it Friday. It felt really light and I didn't realize I had mascara on. But then Friday night, my eyes were all itchy and not feelin so hot and then all yesterday my eyes were obnoxiously itchy. So then this morning, I woke up with almost swollen shut eyelids. Like seriously, puffy to the max. I should have taken a picture of what they looked like when I woke up. I looked like I was on drugs. For real. It was awful. I ran into my sister's room and woke her up and said, "Look at my eyes!!!" and she thought I had pink eye. But rest assured, I do not. After working at a daycare for 3 years, I know what pink eye looks like and what I have my friends is not pink eye. Anywhoo. I missed my church service because I had an ice pack on my eyes trying to make the puffiness go away. But I made it to Sunday School looking like a puffy eyed weirdo. But it's ok. Hopefully my eyes will be better tomorrow. If not, I'm gonna go see a dermatologist. I'm also going to Target and get a refund on that crap cause we all know that mascara is kinda pricey. I want my 7 bucks back. So right now I'm wearing my glasses (which I should wear all the time, but I don't) so that they cover up the puffy eyes. Haha, it's a genius idea, I know. Here's a picture of me with the ice pack on, it's quite amusing...haha

I feel like I look like a superhero of sorts. Even though I looked like a complete weirdo, my eyes were feeling goooodddd! Unfortunately, I can't be wearing that to movie night tonight. Darn. I'll have to endure the pain I guess. I hope ya'll had a lovely weekend! Movie night beckons so I must go. Toodle-oo lovelies!

As of late...

As of late, I'm...

1. Never up this late

2. Always tired

3. My feet are aching and so sore

4. My back hurts

5. Somewhat on the grouchy side

But still incredibly happy. Know why? I got a new job and while it's extremely tiring and busy, I absolutely love it! The people I work with are hilarious and we have such a good time. But today was the best day since I've started working there because my feet didn't hurt once today! Which if you'd been there last week, whew, let me just tell you I was a mess. I could barely walk when I got home. It was awful. But I got some new shoes that really relieve the pain in mah feet so I was feeling good today! 

I went back to Sonshine today to visit my kids and let's just say, I got a little teary-eyed when I walked in the door. All their jaws dropped and they all ran up to me yelling "Emmy Emmy Emmy!" and giving me giant hugs. I haven't been there for 8 weeks and they have changed so much! They are saying complete sentences and carrying conversations, it's amazing. I had a couple of them come up to me and say how much they missed me. My heart totally melted. Even though I love my new job, I still think of my kids every day and miss them terribly! It was nice to go visit though and I think I'll go visit them again soon! But I'm gonna head to bed since I have work in the morning...blahhhh. Only 4 more days till the weekend! Haha, toodle-oo lovelies!

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