Why I love WOSC

I was thinking last night about my job. I was thinking about whether or not this is the place I fit. I kept coming back to the friendships I have made here. This is a place where I don't just have colleagues, I have dear friends. I have people that really care about me. I have people that go through the same challenges and joys I go through during the day. I have people that will fly many miles to come and see me and my best friend get married. I have people that understand my job and make me feel appreciated and give me the feeling that I did something that was for a purpose. I have people that get up everyday with the same work goal as me - to make WOSC the best there is. These people I thank God for, they are the reason that I feel like I fit here. They have touched my heart!

This is Katie, Mary and I when we all worked for IT!

This is April, Terri, Pam and Vicki in Vegas for our wedding!

This is a group that we grabbed together to take some silly pictures with Terri on her last day so that we could laugh instead of crying!

This is my group of friends at Vegas for our wedding. They even wore wedding crew shirts so that when we all flew there together that we had a bond! I love those shirts - they meant sooooooo much!
This is April and Anita on the first day of my WINDS Job. They had decorated my office in pink and princess stuff so that I would feel special - and of course because they are ornery!
This is me with Terri. She was the best boss ever for over a year, and in that process became a wonderful and treasured friend. She is missed daily.
There have been others out here that just haven't gotten their picture snapped yet! We have some that have moved on - like JD, we miss you! - and some that haven't came into our lives yet. I love this place and it is because of you guys - thank you for being such wonderful friends!!! You mean so much to me!!!

Done!

Wow life has been crazy! More so because of work. I just completed my first Course Schedule. Yay! It is one of those things that I will have to frame because of the amount of time and work that was put into it. I will be honest - knowing that I always have that coming at some point each semester makes me want to search for a new job! HA!
Terri's last day was Friday. It was a hard day. The party on Thursday went very well. I was so impressed with the amount of love and respect our campus showed her. I think it really showed how much love and respect she had shown others in her years here. It is still hard not having her out here - kind of like a security blanket, but I know it will be ok.
We finally decided on a vacation destination. We are going to go to......DISNEY WORLD! I have always dreamed of going - My princess castle is there ya know - So we are going to go for it! We found a week that we can both slip away from work and school so we are going to go ahead and book it as soon as we have an evening off together! It will be nice having something to look forward to - a light at the end of the tunnel! Other than our Vegas wedding adventure - this will be our first big trip together married!
Tomorrow Emma turns 1. I may have to post birthday pictures! I can't believe it has been a year since those puppies were born! It was such an amazing experience to be part of. They fit in the palm of your hand and now my big lug of a dog is a horse!!!!
Ok well that is all my rambling for now!

Therapy?

I have decided that blogging has become my therapy! I have learned through my Master's program that everyone needs therapy! It is so important that you can't even become a counselor until you have had counseling and taken care of your issues. The other day I posted 25 random things. Even though I know what I wrote, I always go back and read my post a few days later because I am weird like that. So reading my list I decided how ridiculous it is to have a shirt fetish. Who has that? So this morning I got a shirt out of my other closet that I have never worn. It is brand new. I bought it about 6 months ago. I put it on. I got anal. It just is to low cut and to off the neck. But I wanted to push through it. So I put on a necklace and guess what, THAT DID THE TRICK! Now I can feel something against my neck and I am OK. It is still too low cut, but I have made it almost all day in it! I know, it is a weird thing to be excited about, but this has been a 10 year process for me. So keep blogging everyone and go back and read them later, who knows what kind of therapy it will bring to you!

Memories

I found this old video and it made me laugh. It is stupid and silly but it is my lovely husband when we first started dating. awww memories!

Poem from the past

In my 25 random things I touched on the fact that I like to write. Usually songs or poems. I was cleaning up an old e-mail address and came across a letter from a stanger saying she liked my poems. I had forgotten that I had posted them on a website in high school. So I went to that sight and got to read some old poems. I thought it would be fun to share one with you guys. This was written my senior year. At the time we were going through lots of stuff with my dad. You can tell that by the emotion. You can tell I was still a very immature write. But I love that this poem can bring me back and I can feel the exact emotion I felt at the time I wrote it. I was so scared of letting the world know that I was hurting and struggling as you can tell.

Cry
A picture is worth a thousand words
and tear is worth no less
it express all your inner thoughts
when words can't say it best.

With that tiny little drop
comes your heart so pure
it's our way of letting go
what makes us insecure

As it flows it strieks your face
it makes your eyes so red
it reminds you that your still alive
when you think your dead.

It lets all of your emotions out
not only when your sad
the greatest feeling in the world
is crying cause your glad.

Tears are real but can be fake
don't let your emotions lie
be real with others and yourself
and never hesitate to cry.

Fireproof

If you have not watched Fireproof I highly recommend you go rent it and watch it. The acting isn't the greatest of course since it isn't a big budget film, but the message and story line is amazing. Also when you do that, go and buy the book called the Love Dare, it is what the movie is about. Justin and I have been reading the Love Dare together and it is amazing. Then when you put it with the movie, it is powerful. It is a movie and book about marriage and I promise it is worth the 2 hours it takes to watch it!