This past weekend I was able to get out of town and see some of my best friends and family. On Friday after work I headed down to Wingate to visit my friends from college. It was so great to see Jessica and Aarin. I had not seen Jessica in a year and I had not seen Aarin since my wedding!! It ended up being an all girls weekend and we had a blast. We watched movies, took the dogs to the lake, and ate lots of pizza! :) . Lela did so well on the trip, I was really surprised!
After Wingate I headed up to see Travis and Sara at Pfeiffer before coming home. It was so great to see them, I got to hear all of Trav's stories about being a police officer and Sara showed me the engagement pics they had done. They were so good! After visiting for awhile we went out to O'Charlies and then walked around Wal-Mart. Of course, while in Wal-Mart I couldn't resist buying Twilight! I did not leave Salisbury til almost 8 so I got home really late last night.
The bad part about all of this is that I did not get much sleep all weekend. I think the combination of stress, travelling, and lack of sleep really took a toll on me and I woke up sick this morning. I swear the people at work are going to kill me!!! I have negative hours and some one was supposed to sit with me today. I am really worried that they will not understand everything that has been going on right now and that some days I just wake up sick from the stress of it all and cannot face a stressful day at work. I feel like God has really been giving me the strength lately to stay with it, but it just keeps getting harder and harder. The job I have is so stressful, somedays I cannot even handle the thought of it. However, I cannot quit my job without having something else to move on to. I have been trying very hard to find something else, but no one has any openings right now. I am just trying to stick with it and am hoping I can find the strength to deal with the stress instead of letting it make me sick.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Prayer Request
We just found out today that my moms biopsy came back positive for breast cancer. We are not sure yet how bad it is or what the treatment will be in order to get rid of the cancer. I am not sure who all reads my blog, but if you are reading this I just ask that you please pray for my mom. She needs a lot of courage right now and also just pray that the cancer will be easily removed.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
a cat filled weekend
This past weekend I agreed to cat sit for one of my friends at work. I was a little apprehensive but everything turned out okay. The two cats (Persia and Nike) came over on Friday night and stayed til Monday night. I was worried that they would not like Lela or Callie, but they all got along okay. Persia mainly stayed hidden away in the office but Nike loved roaming around with my pets. The cool thing about Nike is that I found him on my apartment stairs last summer when he was about seven weeks old. He was tiny and a handful!! Now he is HUGE and loves to cuddle. I am so glad that my friend was able to take him and give him a nice home, he really turned into a beautiful cat.
But, not the whole weekend was filled with cats. I was able to go see my mom on Saturday and we had a fun shopping trip at the Sams Club in Rocky Mount. We had a good time and I finally got the chance to buy my mom lunch after twenty three years of her always buying it!! After I got home from Rocky Mount it was still pretty early so I printed off my 30% off Old Navy coupon and went shopping for summer clothes!! I was pretty excited about the coupon I got because the money you saved went to a charity of your choice. Not only did I get a good deal, but the 50.00 I saved went to"help the feed america" program!!! How cool is that!? I was able to get new shorts, new jeans, two new tank tops, two new dresses, a new sweater, and a new summery sweat shirt for $100.00...I was shocked!
Then Sunday rolled around and I actually made it to church this week, which was AWESOME! It was kind of funny that the new series is titled LOST and that has been my favorite TV show for the past three or four years. Of course, the team at Journey always find creative ways to tie themes in with great sermon series. It was great to see most of the members from small group too, since I knew I was going to miss them on wednesday.
On my way home from Church I decided to go to Costco since I really needed to get dog food for lela. Costco really has the best quality dog food for the lowest price. (Pretty much you get the quality of Science Diet for less than half the price). However, once I got to the check out counter I realized I did not know the pin number for my new debit card!! So, I had to leave my cart of stuff and come back home THEN had to drive back to costco and pay for my stuff. Needless to say I was pretty tired after all that....so I went home and took a nap for about four hours :)
But that is enough writing for tonight.. here are some more of the pictures from this weekend.
Lela and Nike actually got along!!!
But, After the weekend was over Callie and Lela were really tired too
But, not the whole weekend was filled with cats. I was able to go see my mom on Saturday and we had a fun shopping trip at the Sams Club in Rocky Mount. We had a good time and I finally got the chance to buy my mom lunch after twenty three years of her always buying it!! After I got home from Rocky Mount it was still pretty early so I printed off my 30% off Old Navy coupon and went shopping for summer clothes!! I was pretty excited about the coupon I got because the money you saved went to a charity of your choice. Not only did I get a good deal, but the 50.00 I saved went to"help the feed america" program!!! How cool is that!? I was able to get new shorts, new jeans, two new tank tops, two new dresses, a new sweater, and a new summery sweat shirt for $100.00...I was shocked!
Then Sunday rolled around and I actually made it to church this week, which was AWESOME! It was kind of funny that the new series is titled LOST and that has been my favorite TV show for the past three or four years. Of course, the team at Journey always find creative ways to tie themes in with great sermon series. It was great to see most of the members from small group too, since I knew I was going to miss them on wednesday.
On my way home from Church I decided to go to Costco since I really needed to get dog food for lela. Costco really has the best quality dog food for the lowest price. (Pretty much you get the quality of Science Diet for less than half the price). However, once I got to the check out counter I realized I did not know the pin number for my new debit card!! So, I had to leave my cart of stuff and come back home THEN had to drive back to costco and pay for my stuff. Needless to say I was pretty tired after all that....so I went home and took a nap for about four hours :)
But that is enough writing for tonight.. here are some more of the pictures from this weekend.
Lela and Nike actually got along!!!
But, After the weekend was over Callie and Lela were really tired too
Saturday, March 7, 2009
The travelling man
So, Jake leaves for California tonight! I am excited for him because I know he has been getting tired of the base in Mississippi so it will be a good change for him. We are just both a little nervous right now until we find out if he will have phone service out there. I really enjoy talking to him every night and it is the one thing that keeps me going in this crazy life without him. But, no fears because, as of Monday, it is only about 30days before Jake returns to NC!! YAY!
The only bad thing about this is that I do not know the exact days he will have off so I do not know what days to ask off at work. My work is so aggravating sometimes. I am afraid I am going to have to ask off for my five days vacation so I can actually SEE Jake while he is home. With our vacation hours AND sick hours combined together into one lump, it is really hard to ever take a break without going MAJORLY into the negative...(and then they dock your pay). Sometimes I feel like I might as well quit and save myself the hassle of ever being positive on PTO time again.
...here i would just like to pause for a minute and say that I really do hate my job.
But, there are some interesting and happier things going on as well. As soon as my lease is up in June/July I am going to move back to Durham with Jakes mom for awhile!! I am excited about this because I will have someone around who is missing the same guy I am missing and who can really relate to how I feel. I cannot say how depressing it is to come home and sit in this lonely apartment all night by myself. It really tends to make me cry a lot. I know this sounds disturbing, but Jake is always so happy and full of life that when he is gone the apartment is wayyy to quiet and subdued. I will miss a lot of things about Raleigh though. First of all I will miss the shopping and how close everything is to my apartment!! I will also miss the dog park that lela loves. But, after talking to Jake and my parents I am determined not to miss out on everything! I love the friends that I have started to make at the church and small group from Journey. So, if any of you guys are reading this I fully intended to make the drive up here (after all its only about 30min...or less if I speed a little)!! I have visited other places in Durham and they don't hold a candle to you guys :).... but I might have to switch over to the afternoon service since I do like to sleep in now and then. :-]
So, now that all the new news is out there I will go to bed. and OH MY. Daylight savings just kicked in so instead of 2am it is now 3am.....haha. okay then.
The only bad thing about this is that I do not know the exact days he will have off so I do not know what days to ask off at work. My work is so aggravating sometimes. I am afraid I am going to have to ask off for my five days vacation so I can actually SEE Jake while he is home. With our vacation hours AND sick hours combined together into one lump, it is really hard to ever take a break without going MAJORLY into the negative...(and then they dock your pay). Sometimes I feel like I might as well quit and save myself the hassle of ever being positive on PTO time again.
...here i would just like to pause for a minute and say that I really do hate my job.
But, there are some interesting and happier things going on as well. As soon as my lease is up in June/July I am going to move back to Durham with Jakes mom for awhile!! I am excited about this because I will have someone around who is missing the same guy I am missing and who can really relate to how I feel. I cannot say how depressing it is to come home and sit in this lonely apartment all night by myself. It really tends to make me cry a lot. I know this sounds disturbing, but Jake is always so happy and full of life that when he is gone the apartment is wayyy to quiet and subdued. I will miss a lot of things about Raleigh though. First of all I will miss the shopping and how close everything is to my apartment!! I will also miss the dog park that lela loves. But, after talking to Jake and my parents I am determined not to miss out on everything! I love the friends that I have started to make at the church and small group from Journey. So, if any of you guys are reading this I fully intended to make the drive up here (after all its only about 30min...or less if I speed a little)!! I have visited other places in Durham and they don't hold a candle to you guys :).... but I might have to switch over to the afternoon service since I do like to sleep in now and then. :-]
So, now that all the new news is out there I will go to bed. and OH MY. Daylight savings just kicked in so instead of 2am it is now 3am.....haha. okay then.
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