Chapter 2: Post College

Wow...it has been some time since I last updated my blog! So much has happened to me over the last year! I graduated college, moved back home, and got a real job! lol! Sometimes it has still not hit me that I am not in college anymore, but I am trying to embrace it and start planning for the next chapter in my life! I am now engaged to the guy I have been seeing for about 6 1/2 years! I could NOT be happier about it, I only wish I got to see him more often! Dylan and I will be married on July 31, 2010! Right now I am juggling working all the time and planning a wedding! I DEFINITELY do not have a 8-5 kind of a job, and I love it! I get to work with all kinds of people and plan events! I do not know what God has for my future, I have just decided to accept that and take this wonderful opportunity one day at a time!

I was also blessed with another nephew this year! His name is James Steven King, and he was born on September 11, 2009! It is the first baby from John and Angela, so that is very exciting! I do not know when I will get to meet him, but he is the most precious thing ever!

I guess that pretty much sums up my life right now! I am so excited to be back and home and see my parents and long-time friends more! (even though I feel like I don't ever have enough time in the day to see everyone!) I love getting to hang out with my parents, and coming home to someone who has cooked me dinner is the coolest feeling ever! I think I started to forget just how amazing they are, but everyday it just seems like they do ONE more thing that wows me! They are the most kind and giving people you could ever meet! My dad is the most hardworking, wonderful Christian man, and my mom is the most giving and honest person you will meet! (i think the honesty part comes from her Japanese side...her craziness too!) My brother, John, and I have come to the conclusion my whole family has mad cow! I think that explains our crazy behavior, which is actually unexplainable! However, I would not change it for anything! And if I could change one thing it would be I wish we could all spend more time together!

The graduation cold feet...

So, I am totally pumped b/c as of May 9, 2009, I will be a college grad!! And although I couldn't have wanted anything more, it's a little nerve wracking. However, I think I needa start focusing on the now...and getting to that point! b/c if I do so, that will be a victory of its own. I am currently making up for lost time, and taking 23 credit hours! OMG....what was I thinking? Oh yeah...I really needa get the heck up outta dodge, or Ada in my case, but what?! Also, I do not think I have had a semester this stressful!! Blah!! Oh well!!

So, what to do after graduation?
I am hoping to hear back from a civil service job I applied for at Tinker AFB, but that will not come until about August, at the earliest. If not, I think I am going to plan on furthering my educational career, and starting my masters at the WONDEROUS ECU!! yaay!! lol...but I have decided to life it up! I have handed my future plans over, and just started praying. This semester has been the most stressful, as I have pointed out, but I think this couldn't have been better for my spiritual relationship w/God. All of life's situations have just made me more sure that I need God in my life sooo much!! I have seen him work more miracles in my life this semester than I ever could have asked for!! Anywho, keep lifting me up and crossing your fingers!!...and maybe May 9th will be here in a flash!