More Goings-on

The last few weeks of summer have been filled with spending time with friends and playing more than anything. i have so much to do to get ready for classes in a few weeks i don't know where to begin. i figured that i needed to do somethings for myself though. i am now an independent consultant for Arbonne. It's a health and wellness company and we have products for skin care, hair care, aromatherapy, weight loss, etc. i really love all of the products because they are all natural and they really do what they say they will do. i doubt that i will go crazy selling this stuff for prizes and all, but it would be nice to earn some extra money and get discounts on stuff i need.

i'm also trying to get back in the habit of working out again...at least going for a run or something. i bought the nike/ipod workout thingy to help me get motivated...it hasn't happened yet though.

i'm also trying to spend more time praying and will hopefully find a church to start going to soon. i'm reading " " by , right now and it talks about how you lose the love and passion in religion. Even by being devoted and going to church and participating in service it can become robotic and the meaning is gone. i feel like that's where i've been for the past few years. My faith has never waivered, but i forgot how great it feels to love what you're doing and who you are.

Right now i'm just very thankful that i have great friends around me and my life is going somewhere rather than standing still.

ch-ch-ch-changes

So i've finished moving into my new place...but still have to put things away. i'm loving my new place though. It's bigger and there's a bigger yard for my dog so that's good.

Last weekend i went to New Orleans with a bunch of friends and had a blast! We went shopping on Magazine St. and partied all weekend. My liver still hates me. It was so good to hang out with old friends and catch up on good times.

That's all i have to say about that...

We are mysterious creatures, aren't we?

i went to the movies last night with my little sis and we saw "Evening". Basically a mother is on her deathbed and her two daughters are with her and she begins dreaming and saying things that make no sense to her daughters. She's remembering a weekend that changed her life forever. The writer Susan Minot hoped that‚ "anyone following the woman's story would think about what's important in their own lives, what they cared about the most, and how they would want to live their own lives moving forward."

i think that any woman who sees the movie will thing about all the relationships in her life (with her mother, friends, the love of her life, etc.) and what they mean to her. It seems to be doing that for me, but i always seem to do that with movies. It is a beautifuly story of love, life, and friendship and i definitely want to read the book now. We are such mysterious creatures...

Fresh Start

"Growing up Southern is a privilege. It's more than where you're born, it's an idea, a state of mind that seems imparted at birth. It's more than loving gumbo, iced tea, pralines, baseball, bibles, and country music. It's being devoted to screen porches, magnolias, bottled barq's, crawfish boils with your friends, mardi gras, jazzfest, bars that don't close and each other. It's walking slow and always smiling. It's good manners, good eating and good drinking. We don't become Southern, we're born that way."



So i'm getting bored with facebook and myspace. i like using it to keep in touch with friends near and far, but i'm ready for something new.



i've been working on a lot of changes lately...new townhouse, going back to school so i can start a new profession, new car (this means lots of new bills too), and most importantly i've left behind all of my almost/maybe/kinda/sorta/on-again/off-again relationships. At first i was a little scared because i thought i had found the guy i wanted to be with for the rest of my life. Now i realize that what i wanted and what i need were not the same. i allowed myself to let go and found out i really am ok, and let's face it better off, now that i'm not going to let myself be treated like that. i enabled a lot of what happened in the relationship, or what i see now as a lack there of.



enough of that...



i'm hoping that i can blog more (once i really learn how to use this thing...)and let facebook and college-life go a little more and continue to move on from that point in my life. it's weird how you stop and think one day and it's like "i'm done, i'm moving on, and i'm growing up". It's really exciting and i'm glad that everything is falling into place for me.



So enough about me...



In the past few months i have started reconnecting with old friends that i have missed dearly!

i went to Mary Catherine's wedding in Tupelo and i am thrilled that she will be living close by in Yazoo. Hopefully now we will get to see each other more. Also Sam emailed about possibly taking a trip with the girls out of the country next year. i am already looking forward to it so much i really don't care where we go! We are also going down to the N.O. next weekend to shop and celebrate Shannon's birthday (again). i know we will have a blast doin' it big together again.



i'm sure i'll write more later...