Exciting News!!!

So much stuff has been happening lately!!! I'm finally working on turning my life around!!!

First, I got the job!!! The daycare job that I was praying for. When I initially got wind of the position, I turned in an application, and called the daycare a few days after. The director told me she offered a different applicant the position, and was waiting to hear back as to whether or not she wanted it. So I graciously told her that if another position opens up soon, that I would love to interview. I sulked for about a week, when I got a call from the director. The preschool room aide was leaving the daycare, and she wanted me to come in and interview!!! The first interview went really well, and after a few days they called again asking me to come in for a second interview!!! I met with the regional director for my second interview on a tuesday, afterwards she told me that she would call me by friday and let me know if they were going to hire me. Well, friday came and went and I nervously waited all weekend long. Monday afternoon, the director called me and offered me the postion!!! We scheduled my training for wednesday, and I started working on Thursday!!! It's the perfect job for me. It's 40 hours a week, with possible overtime. The kids are great and I'm getting along really well with the staff!!!

Secondly, I have loved Katy Perry and her music for years!!! I fell in love with the song 'I kissed a girl' months and months before it ever aired on the radio. I used to play it for my friends and they all thought it was a stupid song. But once the radio started playing it, they loved it. Well, I went and saw her in concert. It was amazing!!! She played almost every song, and I had sooo much fun at her concert. I loved her outfits and her set design. I LOVE Katy Perry!!!!

Thirdly, I recently joined Weight Watcher and Lifetime Fitness, and I've been losing weight!!! Yay me!!! It's been really hard, but I'm learning to portion out my meals into appropriate sized portions, and I've been working my butt off at the gym. I've only lost 5 pounds, but it's always been crazy hard for me to lose weight.

Fourthly, Andy and I have started going to church every Sunday. We would go every now and again when the mood would strike us, and I always wanted to go every Sunday but we never did. But about a month ago, I introduced him to Substance Church, and we both fell in love. We've been going every sunday the last 2 months.

Fifthly, I took my Minnesota Cosmetology State Boards Examinations, and I PASSED!!! WOOHOO!!!! All I have to do now is send in my test results with my license money, and I'll get my cosmetology license!!!! yay!!! I'm hoping that I can get a weekend job in a salon somewhere, considering the daycare is only monday-friday!!!!

Lastly, in my previous post, I couldn't understand why Andy was always so uncomfortable talking about marriage. We would talk about our future but when I would mention 'the M word' he would kinda avoid the conversation. Well, I finally cracked his shell, and he told me that he doesn't want our relationship to end up like his parents relationship did. His parents dated for a very long time, but once they got married they started fighting all the time. He's afraid that if we get married that we'll fall apart like his parents did. I assured him that I love him, and I don't care if we're married or not, I'm always gonna love him. I want to have a 50th wedding anniversary with him. I told him that I'm in this relationship for the long haul.

Well, it's late, and I've got church in morning, so I'll say goodnight kiddies!!!

Sons of a monkey's uncle!!!

So all my friends, family, neighbors, classmates, coworkers and possible in-laws keep asking me when me and Andy are getting married. They're asking me. ME. I can't exactly propose to myself. Andy has to be the one to ask me, but no one ever asks him. They only ask me. I don't understand why they ask me. Whatever. I've tried talking to Andy about getting married, and he seems extremely unwilling to talk about it. I just wish that people would stop asking me when me and Andy are getting married.

New Job??

The last real job I had was a gas station attendent job about 2 years ago. It sucked whale balls. I would work at this gas station all by myself for 8 hours at a time. I didn't get any kind of break, not even a bathroom break cause there was no one else to watch the store or work the register. The manager of the store was a cheap bastard who would only have one person working at a time. I got shit pay for working 40 + hours per week. My old friend worked at the same gas station, she only worked 20 hours a week, but she made almost double what I made. I later found out that the boss liked her skinny ass and big tits. I was hanging with her one night and the boss started texting all kinds of nasty stuff to her cell phone. The texts in which he said "you're a bad influence on me" or "you make me want to cheat on my wife so bad" were very P.G. compared to the texts that he sent later. I only worked there about 5 months, cause I found out the boss's brother (who owned half the store) was using the station to sell his drugs and I quit. I'm still really bitter about that job.

So in the last two years that I've been unemployed, I've done as many babysitting/childcare jobs that I could, trying to get some money. Well, I was on craigslist the other day looking for work in my area, and I found a posting from a daycare. They're looking for a toddler room aide, and it's in the community center which is only 5 minutes from my house. I really hope that I get this daycare job, I love kids and I know that I would have fun working with them everyday!!! I know my parents and Andy would also love for me to get this job. Because it is a daycare, I would have saturdays and sundays off, so if I get this job, I'm going to look for a salon job that I can do over the weekendand once I get my license. This way I'll work 2 jobs, make more money, and be able to move out faster!!!

Anyways. I've got stuff I have to get done before tonight. Going to a friend's house to finish watching season 1 of Sons of Anarchy!!

Later Kiddies.

My bestie!!!

My best friend for the last 8 years is named Lindsey Dolle. When everything with our old friend Ashley went down, we stuck together like siamese twins. I could not have ever asked for a better friend. And even today, I'm still crazy thankful to have her in my life.

PEEVED!

I am a cancer survivor. There I said it. I was diagnosed at the age of 5 with ovarian cancer. After all the operations, doctors and hospital visits, I came home a different girl. The cancer changed my life in so many ways. I had to grow up a lot faster than other kids. I watched from my living room window as my brother and my friends played outside in the sunshine, while I had to stay inside and rest. It also took my ability to have kids, something I've always wanted in life. Growing up, people would ask me what I wanted to be when I got older and I always said a mother. The cancer took my body, it took my spirit, it took my childhood, it took my kids, and a whole lot more.

All my life I've had moments where I've thought "Why me?" or "What would my life be like if I hadn't had the cancer" My best friend Dolle told me about 5 years ago "God doesn't put anything in your life that he thinks you can't handle" From that point on, I've worked hard to turn all the bad, negative emotions into good positive emotions! I got involved with the Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Association, and the Young Survivors Network, and I recently found out that Relay for Life was having a fundraiser at my old high school!!! I was very excited to be able to help raise money for cancer research. I was told that the event would take place June 25th at my old high school. So I got ready and drove over, only to find out that the Relay for Life event happened last night, June 24th. I was so angry and annoyed that I cried most of the way home. So I'm extremely peeved that I missed the event. Ever since I started working to have a positive outlook on life, I've gone to every cancer support event I could. So I'm just really upset that I missed this one.

However, The MOCA ovarian cancer walk is coming up in September, and I'm quite looking forward to that!!!

Hopefully I'll be able to raise lots of money for the MOCA walk. If anyone out there whats to donate money to help find a cure, please just leave a message on my blog.

Well, that's all for now kiddies!!

LONG TIME

It's been a very long time since my last post, and a lot of stuff has happened. Firstly, I graduated from Regency Beauty. I'm waiting to take my state boards, and then I'll be a licensed cosmo, and I can go out and get a job in the cosmo world!!! YAY!!! Me and Andy are still together, 2 and a half years and going strong. He makes me feel like I'm 6 years old again. Andy just makes me feel like a kid with the world at our feet and it's ours to conquer. I've just started a new beauty blog, and I'm going to keep this one blog strictly about my personal life. But, it's 3 am in the morning, and I'm going to bed!!!

Nightie Night Kiddies!!!!

Hello Kitty Lunch Box!!!

I start Regency in the morning!!! For those of you who don't know, Regency is a beauty school! I'll be learning about cutting and dying hair, I'll be learning about nail artistry, make-up, and spa/facial treatments! I've got a brand new Hello Kitty Lunch Box, and a fresh notebook!!! I'm going back to school, and I'm actually excited about it! I'm nervous about a few things, mostly making friends and keeping up with all the school work. (Wow, don't I sound like a total middle school nerd)

Well, I'm off to bed. Orientation is at 9 am, but I want to get there about 8:45. I gotta wake up about 7ish. So I'm going to sleep. Night Kiddies!!!