Memorial Day

I know this is a few days late, but I just wanted to say thank you to all those who currently serve our Country and to those men and women who have given their lives fighting for our freedoms. Every day I am grateful for those who serve our Country. God Bless America!

Bridesmaid!

I thought I would share the beautiful dress that I am going to wear as a bridesmaid in Meriam and Henry's wedding. I am very excited about it. We will be adding straps made out of the same material and I will hopefully get a lot of sun soon so I am not too bright white, but other than the small details I am very excited to walk down their aisle and help share their special day!

Unemployed

So, I am now officially unemployed. I mentioned in a post a yesterday that I recently had back fusion surgery, and unfortunately I am not in a place physically where I am able to go back. My job consists of a 2 hour commute, 8-9 hours of standing/walking, and then 2 more hours of commuting. It's just too much. I had a job interview earlier this week and have a second interview with them on Monday and I'm hoping and praying (and accepting in good thoughts and prayers) that it works out and I get hired. The job is about 4 blocks from my home, is a desk job, is weekdays only and 9-5. I so badly need/want this job and hope it works out. The thought of being unemployed for even a few days makes me very uneasy, but the thought of having to go back and tackle the physical aspects of my security job was giving me anxiety and making me sick to my stomach. So it was after much thought, prayer and discussion that I am taking this risk.

Wish me luck!

My cute little "adopted" nephew

This is Camden. He is my best friends little boy...aka...my adopted nephew. And he loves his auntie Kayla! (I'm not even being that biased!) He is so cute and seriously makes everything seem better. For some reason, problems don't seem so bad when you're hanging out with him. I'm so grateful for Chelsea and Mike letting me be a part of his life!

Back to blogging

I know I haven't blogged in awhile. I really have no excuse other than my laptop is too old to run at a decent speed and I lose patience easily. :) However I'm back and have intentions to keep better up to date on here. I have also made this public again. I had reasons for making it private at one time but those reasons are old and so public it is. And one last note, I am going to try to change the way I blog. I have been inspired by a coworkers blog and I am going to try to see if I can immitate it just a little but still make it my style. And on that note, here is what I've been up to: Surgery I had back fusion surgery in Feb and I am still recovering from it even though I am feeling alot better than I was before. It's been a tough couple of months and I have some very rough days, but I am getting better and stronger every day. Shower: Meriam (my cousin) is getting married in June and with the help of my sister and mom we threw her an awesome shower. There were a few mishaps...like the downpour of rain for 3 hours during what was supposed to be the outdoor shower, but we moved it inside and it was fine. She had a lot of guests and got a lot of great things that she had registered for. I am going to miss her! She is currently my next door neighbor, and even though she'll only be moving to PG it still seems so far away when I think of it. Shopping: I have had a good time going shopping lately. I'm not a big shopper. I hate the time it takes to look at like 20 things when I know I'm going to try on like 10 of them and only get 2 of them. I may be the only girl ever who has hated shopping, but I do. However, I have gotten some cute things lately. I have been on disability leave from work since Feb 5. For the first month (waiting for surgery to happen) I was pretty much stuck laying in bed and therefore I just wore my pagamas alot. But once I had surgery and could get out more I realized that I pretty much had no clothes to wear. When you wear a uniform every day of the week and church clothes on the weekend, there isn't much need for a wardrobe. So after wearing the same clothes over and over for a couple of weeks I decided to do a little shopping. It's been fun to actually have cute clothes and be able to wear them! :) Well, that's all for now. I have pictures to share but those will come in a future post. Thanks for anyone who still reads this! :)