Because Sometimes Those Silly Cliches Are Really True...even for me!

I hope you are prepared for a WHOLE LOT of HAPPINESS! When is the last time I said that on this blog?! I will admit it has been awhile!

First order of business. School. School is going really, really well. Even though I am still little bummed that I switched my minor to Human Growth & Development that are two really major positive outcomes. The first is that it compliments my Psychology major a lot more that my first minor did and secondly, I can take every single course for my minor online! Hallelujah! I go to campus once a week and observe at an on site daycare for an hour. Some weeks have been difficult but the last couple have been just fine and (drum roll)....I even drove myself the last two times!! Whoo!  I will be signing up for Summer and Fall classes next week. I am taking two online courses this Summer and taking a leap of faith and choosing to take one course on campus for the Fall. I am nervous and very, very excited! 

Secondly, yes I am driving some!!! Seriously, it feels so nice to drive again. I feel like such a carefree teenager when I am able to drive. I even have a "car-tunes" playlist on my iPod just for the special occasions. I only go places close to home. (Like the pharmacy or to get a pedicure.) I am planning to go to the library this week or next. It is about 25 minutes away. I always drive when someone else is at home and has access to a car-just in case I get where I am going and get sick and can't make it back home. Always be prepared.

Okay, this is my biggest and most exciting news!! I am really nervous but so super excited at the same time. I have decided to go with my best friend Kim to Austin, TX, the first week of April. Kim, her roomate and their friend from church will be coming from Maryland during their spring break. They are coming through Alabama and I will ride the rest of the way with them. I am a little nervous because my mind likes to scream at me and remind me of all the horrible things that could go wrong so far from home but then there is another little voice that is like, "Hey, put on your big girl panties! You have been way too sick for way too long to give up an opportunity like this!" Even though the little voice scares me a litttle, I happen to agree with it and I am taking a huge leap of faith and I am going to Austin...like a regular, normal person!! I am so excited!!! 

Good News

"What is this?", you ask.

Well this would be the 

University of Alabama...where I will be returning in the Spring!! 

Woohoo!!

That is right, friends! I am registering for classes!
I won't be going to campus but I changed my minor and I will be able to take classes for my new minor online. I am really, really excited. This is a HUGE step. Maybe one day soon, I will be able to actually return to campus. 

I had to reapply for admission to the school because I have been out too long. I only have a month to get everything in order because I have to register in October. 
I  am hoping that everything will go quickly and smoothly. I am already a little anxious.

I just wanted to share my good news with everyone! 

Not a lot going on.

Hello everyone. It is freezing here in Alabama. We, Southerners don't know what to do with ourselves when it is this cold. Holly and I have been in bed, watching movies and listening to my iPod. (All bundled up, of course.)

There is not a lot new on the health front. Just waiting....and waiting...and waiting...

I haven't been out of the house in 2 weeks! ah! I have cabin fever! Tomorrow, I have a doctor's appointment and then Mom and I are going to try and run a couple of errands. I know I will be super tired when I get back home but I don't even care! I am just so excited to be getting dressed and seeing the world again! Ha!

Here is a photo that I took of Holly, last night. Isn't she cute? She is so fuzzy!

And just for the record this is my goal for the year of 2010...

It is to return to school. There are no words to describe how much I miss being in class. I just want to go back so badly! I think about it every single day. I hope that before the year is over, I am once again, a student at the University of Alabama! 

I wrap quite a deal of self-satisfaction and self-esteem in attending school. When I am in school, I feel a little less "different", a little less defeated. School represents that I am doing "good" on the health front and I feel in control. When I am not in school, it seems to take away from who I am as a successful and productive person. But I remember this verse,

"...God does not take away life, instead, He devises ways so that banished people will not remain estranged from him."

2 Samuel 14:14

I try to remember that when I am feeling down.

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