Colorado, here I come!

So it's almost April already and that means the end of the semester is coming up fast and than summer vacation. I have found a summer job, which I am really excited about, I applied at a YMCA center in the Rockies (Estes Park) and I was hired. It's not exactly the job I want, but I can't complain, it's going to be an amazing experience and I am really excited! I will be there from June 1 - August 21. So I will keep in touch and should have more time for keeping my blog updated!

I hope everyone has a fabulous week!

Catching up...

It's been a long time since I have updated, I didn't realize how much time has actually past. I have been really busy with school and work and other things. In the past month and a half, a lot has happened!

The last time I wrote was middle of February and I was sick. I am starting to feeling a little better, still dealing with the headaches and stomaches, but they are getting better, as my stress level goes down so does the stomaches and headaches. I am learning different ways to deal with both of these. So February not much else happened.

Than March came.. and this year, definitely came went out roaring. I can't believe that we got snow this past weekend.. at least 3 inches.. crazy, but you would never be able to tell, it's all melted already.

Spring Break came and it was amazing. This year I participated in another mission trip, I had the opportunity along with 16 other women to go to Washington, Pennsylvania and work for Habitat for Humanity. The experience was quite an experience, we 'mudded' and sanded the drywall, it was very messy, but fun, learning a new skill is always fun for me. I don't know if I could do it for awhile though. So we left the Saturday March 14 and stayed in Toledo, Ohio for a night and then continued on our way to Pennsylvania, we ended up getting lost, but thanks to Ethel (my GPS, yes we named her), she got us there safe and sound. We stayed in a beautiful church the whole week on either the floor or air mattresses (most of us broke down and bought an air mattress while we were there). Friday (20) we took half a day to work on the house, it was also our last day and we spent the afternoon in Pittsburgh, which is a really pretty city, and we had dinner and than returned the church only to go to bed and get up the following morning at 4 am to be on the road at 5 am. We returned safe and sound to Fond du Lac at about 4:30 pm (Central time). I was so blessed to have had this experience, I learned about myself as a person and how God really does work in mysterious ways.

<-- Here are some pictures from the week

Top: Our entire group

Middle: Outside of the house (I think we are on Lunch)

Bottom: Dinner in Pittsburgh (I am sitting with our advisors)

So that is about it.. still trying to make decisions about school and everything.. so keep me in your prayers that God leads me in the right direction!

Valetines' Day

So I had to add this quickly, I had the most interesting Valentine's Day. I received the most gorgeous bouquet of flowers from my wonderful Mother. But I had to work most of the afternoon. Well my sorority sister Lisa and I decided that we were going to go and see a movie, but the one we wanted to see was in Oshkosh, well we go to Oshkosh get to the movie theatre and there is a huge line outside of the theatre, so we decided to see the later show. We get in line, get our tickets and went to eat, we ended up going to IHOP, which food was amazing.

After dinner, we went to see our movie, we decided Coraline and it was really good, a little creepier than I thought, but the animation and story line was really good, I recommend it to those who like the Tim Burton type movies. But it was a good night after that movie, we drive back and fall asleep to watching Sex and the City movie, so it was a good night overall, just a little out of the ordinary, because we were just bored and didn't want to sit home.

Also saw Gran Torino on Sunday.. highly recommended, best Clint Eastwood movie that I have ever seen.

sickness and other things..

So the week after my birthday really sucked, I started off the week on Sunday in between my shifts at work, I got back to house and started getting really sick, and I didn't know what it was, because I normally don't get that sick. Well on Monday I went to the school nurse and she told me to that she wanted me to go to the Urgent Care to have some lab work done, well my sorority sister Nicole was a complete sweetheart and took me. We get there and go in, took my temp and everything and did the lab work (which while the lab person was taking my blood, right before she stuck me with the needle, she cleaned my arm normal routin stuff when they take blood, but after she wiped my arm with the alcohol wipe, she got some on her glove, rubbed her eye and got alcohol in her eye, I was just a little scared), but everything came back okay.
Later that night, I was still having some dry heaving, even though the doctor prescribed me something for the nauseau, but it wasn't really helping, so another one of my sorority sisters Lisa took me to the Emergency Room. Again they gave me something for the nauseau, and sent me home.
Well Tuesday I wasn't really feeling any better and the headaches started. I called Mom and she had Christopher come and get me and I was home for a few days and even today I am still feeling a little off, but I think the sickness was a mixture of stress and possible food poisoning, but I will never know and I am still dealing with the headaches and the occasional nauseau, but I am trying to get myself back on a decent diet to see if that helps.

I also have been doing some soul searching and praying a lot asking God to show what to do at this point in my life, whether to stay at Marian or transfer to a different school. I am currently looking at Cardinal Stritch, but I really want to finish up my minor here at Marian, currently I have a Values-Based Leadership minor and I am really learning a lot about myself as a person and a leader. So I do decide to transfer it won't be till after next year. So please keep me in your prayers as I try and figure out what God has planned for me. I have also started going back to church when I can, I try and go Thursday evenings, which seem to be about the only time I can go, with my schedule, but since I have started going, I feel a part of me is no longer missing.

I hope everyone has a great week and that everyone stays healthy and I hope everyone had a good Valentine's Day, whether you spent with a loved one or with family and friends.

Birthday

So I finally turned the big 22.. it was a little scary, because I don't feel like I am really getting any older, but than I realized that I am getting older, but it's not necessarily a bad thing, but it's just God's way of giving me more life experience. I wasn't able to really do anything on my birthday, due to Sorority recruitment, so I started off my birthday with a meeting than I had work and than I did absolutely nothing. It was amazing!

^(Marie and I)

Friday was the last day of formal recruitment for us and after our Bid Day Ceremony, my sisters made me a cake and sang Happy Birthday to me, it was fun even though I don't like being sung to, and I told them that. But I was really happy, because I did get to celebrate with them, since I was not able to be home.





Well that Saturday is when I got to celebrate, my 'big sister' Jean kidnapped me for the afternoon and she took me to Oshkosh and we met up with my twin sister in the sorority, we went to lunch and she treated us to not only that but to Mani's and Pedi's. That night I had dinner with some of my amazing friends, my sorority sisters and my cousin Marie came for dinner and afterwards those of old enough went out and had some fun, nothing major, but it was fun to just get out and have some fun. My birthday wasn't anything special, but I did get to celebrate with friends and my sorority sisters.