A day in the life : July 2013

I woke up this morning (Yes. It is 10:32 and I DID just wake up at 10:00 and I AM completely okay with that) feeling inspired to revisit this thing. You know.. to kick back.. and stay a while. I have been thinking about returning and blogging for a few days now but have been REALLY caught up in my busy life (aka.. I've been entirely too lazy to go get Tim's computer.. sit down.. type this out.. the works.. What a REALLY interesting life I lead)

Also, Just a little side note, I will not be grammatically correct in my posts.. I refuse. I write as I think... which is really random. So if being grammatically correct bothers you.. you will probably want to exit this blog right now because I can guarantee you will get annoyed!

Anywho...lately.. one thing that has really been on my mind are friends.. or lack there of. My question to you all is WHY is it SO hard to find real friends later in life?? It's like the older you get the less likely you are to find good friends. I only bring this up because I have really been struggling with the fact that I feel like I haven't been able to connect with a friend on a level deeper than "hey, let's hang out once a month" since my freshman year of college.. which was 5 years ago.. what?! I know.. I know I'm whining but I really don't get it. Also, I see old friends grow and change.. old friends that I thought would always be friends.. but they grow and change without me and away from me. Its crazy to think back five or six years ago to the friends I thought would always be there and see how far we've grown apart.. wow!! Although, we aren't close anymore.. I still think about them regularly and embrace all the memories that were made.. some of the best memories of my life.

Okay.. now that I got that off my chest.. ill go ahead and end my ramblings for now.

B.

I haven't written in this thing in years.. or at least over a year but I have been thinking about writing a lot lately. I always feel weird writing though. I. Don't. Know. Why. A lot has happened since my last post. Let me update all you lovelies on my life and all of its happenings. I'm going to try to post lots of pictures on here as well. SO go ahead and prepare yourself for picture OVERLOAD =)

Work

Well, In May of 2012, I graduated nursing school. I became the nurse I always dreamed to be.. a labor and delivery nurse. It is very fulfilling and EXHAUSTING all at the same time. Did I mention it was exhausting? haha Whoever said (if anyone ever said) that being a labor and delivery nurse was not actually a "real nurse" TOTALLY has never been a labor and delivery nurse. It definitely isn't about sitting around rockin babies all day, but I digress. I am absolutely in love with what I do and the patients that I encounter on a daily basis. God has allowed me to interact with some of the most precious and interesting people I have ever met. It is a beautiful thing to me to be able to play such a big role in the lives of people... I mean to be able to help bring a life into the world.. their life that they created together. WOW. What makes it all the more special is when I have patients that even months later bring their precious babies back up to the hospital for me to see! It definitely humbles me to know that even months later some of my patients think so highly of their experience that they bring their babies back to visit. God is so good!

Cruise

Recently, we went on a cruise to the Caribbean. This year we went to Mahogany Bay, Belize, and Cozumel. We also went on a cruise last year but went to Progresso and Cozumel. Both were amazing, and I feel so blessed that we got the opportunity to travel. I know that many don't have that opportunity due to financial constraints or personal issues so I definitely don't take the chances we are given lightly. We embrace our time together and soak up all the precious memories. This time around I got to swim with the dolphins, swim with sea turtles, ride fourwheelers on the beach, learn about the culture of the different islands, eat king crab straight out of the ocean, swim deep into the ocean, play with little ocean fish that let me touch them as they swam by, be hassled by the natives into by meaningless things, and plenty of other things.. but MOST IMPORTANTLY do all of this with my honey. He lights up my life in so many ways (even though we get on each others nerves more than enough ;)) Anywho, here are some pictures from our trip!

Oil Cleansing Method

Moving on to different happenings, recently I have begun experimenting with my skin. Now I know you all are probably thinking.. okay of all the things you could experiment with WHY in the world would you wanna experiment with your skin? Well to answer your burning question, experimenting with my skin is DEFINITELY not at the top of my list. I have recently ( within the last 6 months) gotten off my previous form of acne fighting superhero medicine because it gave me the WORST neck pain and migraines this side of Texas. They were awful and unbearable at times. So I decided to nip that problem in the butt and my neck pain and migraines instantly went away.. awesome right? Not so much.. I mean yes, I got rid of my monsters.. but then I was blessed abundantly with many many more monsters called pimples shortly after. So I continued my normal face cleansing method for a few months after getting off my medication only to find that my pimples were steadily increasing. I know anyone reading this is gonna be like for real? she just wasted like 5 minutes of my life talking about pimples.. LOL.. but I promise I am going to get to why I am writing this. Okay, so after my original acne fighting plan fell through, I turned to some natural forms of acne fighting.. I made this concoction of a sugar scrub which seemed to be working slightly.. but not quite good enough for my standards so NOW I am trying a method called the oil cleansing method. Basically, you clean your face with certain oils which cleans out your pores ridding them of oil, dirt, and anything else that can get into those little holes on a daily basis. I know you guys are thinking.. whattttt is she nuts? why would you put oil on your face to get rid of oil.. well apparently oil counteracts oil. So this method says. Skeptical? So I am.. but I have nothing to lose at the moment SO.. I am trying it. I will post a couple before pictures and hopefully a month or two down the road be able to post after pictures that actually so results. Here they are!

*disclaimer-Ive got a little makeup on in these pictures

Okay.. At this point I feel like I have rambled entirely more than anyone wants to hear in their whole lifetime.. So I will end this post and I hope to write more later.. ya know.. to get back into the whole making writing this into a habit thing.. but before I go I've got to post a few more pictures!