While I still make my fair share of mistakes, I do love working at Bath and Body Works. I need to start making a wish list or else I will not know what to do with myself or how to budget inside that store! Especially during this sale. My work just smells too good and has too many wonderful things. What I like is it's something you can buy a ton of and it won't hurt you. I'm definitely better off buying a bunch of products from Bath and Body Works than from Starbucks or Moe's or something. :P I'm really working on focusing more there. I'm looking and can't wait for the shift where everything goes smoothly and I feel like I've done things right.

Honestly, I don't know how many people read this (or if anyone does...) and half the time I don't know what to write about. And I feel like I'm always writing about myself! I always get to this point where I like blogging and having a place to share my thoughts/heart/whatever, but I don't know if it's serving a purpose. I'm sure though, if I delete this, I'll just regret it and make another one :P

Yall know basically what's on my mind lately and taking part in my life...
Church and VBS teaching, Marcus, Lily, work. Everything's good :) I'm just enjoying the summer. Loving my God, loving my life and the people in it and the privileges I have. :)

Am I the only one who sometimes wishes my life could have background music? I sometimes even imagine that the song I'm listening to wherever I am is actually playing behind me in association with whatever I'm doing or however I'm feeling as if I were in a movie. Is that weird? I mean, I wish that when I succeed at something, a nice chariots-of-fire-esque ballad would begin playing to enhance the excitement. During hard times I wish songs that were uplifting to me would begin playing to illustrate my desire to look to God and or just to see good and be faithful...

...and is it crazy that I actually wonder if celebrities who watch their characters live against a soundtrack wish or even EXPECT that a song should start playing in association with whatever emotion their feeling or event they're experiencing?

It probably is. I mean, I think about it and pretend we (or at least I) live to music probably more often than is sane. :P Just shows you I can have some interesting thoughts. But anyway...


I'm starting to feel very uplifted by the fact that God is calling me to teach Kindergarten during VBS . This isn't what I volunteered for originally but somehow things happened in a way that guided my heart toward being the lead teacher for a good handful of Kindergartners that I hope I will succeed at teaching God's love to while simultaneously providing them with a good week of fun and excitement. I've been searching and searching for ways to serve, and I think this is the perfect, PERFECT answer for now. Next week will be a very enjoyable and uplifting week for me. :)


Oh, and another thing I can't help but share....
Our new little pup, Lily, is here and she is a little fluffy bundle of joy and she's growing like a weed! She is the perfect addition to our family even though Angel still has a special place in our hearts. She's been home for 10 days now and we love her to pieces. Check out this little cute patootie...

So today Marcus called me up asking if I wanted to go to lunch, so we decided to go to the wonderful Lavender Bistro which is kind of an Asian fusion restaurant. I got some delicious Panang curry (gotta love the Thai food!) and it had this HUGE broccoli floret in it and I couldn't cut through it with my fork cause it was kinda tough and I didn't want to put the entire thing in my mouth so I tried to delicately pick it up and bite into it so I only ate half and then ate the other half after. Well delicately turned into completely and terribly embarrassing because not only did I end up pulling the broccoli off my fork, but it also flew into my face and I got panang curry in one of my eyes and it burned so bad I almost cried emotionally in addition to involuntarily. It was terrible. Of course, when I told my parents this story my dad so nicely made it apparent that I succeeded at getting slapped in the face with broccoli which made it sound even sillier. Oy...

Other than that, lunch was delicious. :P

He's coming over and we're watching the American Idol finale. I don't watch the show as much as I used to but I've paid some attention to this season more towards the end than the beginning so this time I can actually root for someone. That being said, I'll be praying that KRIS ALLEN's dream comes true tonight!!!

Oh, how I love when things work out for the better. Just as we found out that the litter of puppies we were hoping to choose from didn't even exist (don't ask me how it was all misunderstood, I really can't explain) and the ones we were hoping to choose from didn't work out either, the breeder we were in contact with referred us to this other woman who has a litter of 5 week old puppies of which we are officially going to visit and choose from! In a nutshell, we will most likely be bringing home a cute little 8 week old golden retriever puppy in 2 WEEKS rather than anytime in between the beginning of July and end of August. I love the way the Lord takes care of us. I was so bummed about leaving Berry this past semester, but after I was home, things happened that I was so glad I was home for. Once I decided I was moving to Athens mid-August, I realized I probably wouldn't be able to help much or spend time with the puppy if we were to bring her home in August, and lo and behold, she's going to be here the entire summer! It brings me closer and closer with the belief that at least most everything happens for a reason! These next two weeks will go by so slow! I'm so excited. Pictures and video will most likely be found all over the place. ;)

Work is still a little nerve wrecking. I'm still making boo boo's but I'd like to think I'm improving. Almost everyone there is really nice, and I've already made a few friends through working there. Which reminds me... yesterday after lunch at Moe's, I was expecting to ride around with Marcus while he picked up work applications, which he did, but beforehand we suddenly were parked right in front of Bath and Body Works. I had no idea why he brought me there, and the only thought I had was maybe he just wanted to take me there so I could stop in and say hi to people. Apparently, the entire time after he asked me to go with him, he was planning on buying me a few items there in the scent of my choice. I know it's a materialistic one, but this is a perfect example of how sweet he is, and it reminds me of how lucky I am that we have such a strong relationship. :) He is my best friend always along with my boyfriend. I'm sorry for being a big cheese ball, but it was so sweet I just had to share. It's not like he gets that many shout outs on this thing. ;) but seriously, the Lord is wonderful for bringing us together so long ago. I promise, I'm done now. :P

Just a few more minutes until we leave to go select what will be our precious little addition! :) Until next time...

Working Girl

Finally! After 2 or 3 summers of things getting in the way or not getting called, I'm finally employed by somewhere other than Berry College or a neighbor who needs a sitter. Today was technically my second day at bath and body works, but it was my first day really working and not watching a video about what bath and body works and working there is all about. I don't know if it's just a first day facade or not, but I think I'm going to really enjoy it. I'm fully prepared to endure frustration every now and then, as all jobs come with their fair share of frustrations, but I honestly thing God picked the perfect job for me. I thought I was going to be all over the place like a chicken with its head cut off, but honestly, it was not hard to approach customers, it wasn't hard making transactions, and...well...I can't say it was easy answering all the customers' questions, but I'm sure that takes a little bit of time. I really do think I'm going to enjoy this job this summer, and hopefully once I moved to Athens, I'll be able to transfer to the one there. Speaking of living in Athens, it's also an exciting time because I officially signed the lease last weekend, so come August, I will be living in Athens with my bff and living 15 minutes away from Marcus. I'm really looking forward to getting to know my other roommates,getting moved in,decorating and such as ;) As is everyone, I'm sure, when they move into their first apartment. I mean, I was even like that moving into my first dorm room, so...

Still waiting super impatiently for puppy. It won't be to the middle to end of the summer till she (we know we want a girl) comes home which is frustrating out the wazoo, but that only means it'll be longer before she grows into a big'un. ;)

I'm going to continue listenin' to Hairspray. :D Have a good weekend yall! <3

I don't think I've ever been more worried, nervous, undecided, and excited in my life.

I'm actually considering signing a lease for an apartment even though I haven't received my acceptance letter from Gainesville State yet. If I wait for my acceptance letter, I'll lose my spot in signing the lease. I also have a job interview on Wednesday which would greatly help with my rent. I fit all of the qualifications for Gainesville State and don't see why I wouldn't get in. I have no idea if this would be a huge mistake if I sign or not, but I really just want to take the risk. I would really really really love to live in Athens with one of my roommates being my life-long best friend and to finally catch up at school and bring my GPA up, and I would love to be a sales associate at Bath and Body Works. I can just see all of these puzzle pieces joining together, but signing this lease before either one of these things is concrete (regardless of the fact they are EXTREMELY likely) makes me just a tad bit nervous. I've gone back and forth on whether this is the right time to make this decision or if I should wait another year and just live at home and see where I am... Both choices are risks for many different reasons. My question is which one do I take?

If you have any kind of advice on this situation please feel free to share.

I can't honestly tell you what my favorite part of Easter weekend was. Baking Chelsea's purple and green gumball machine ( that rhymes :) )birthday cake in the supposedly dangerous weather Friday night, skating at Sparkles for Chelsea's birthday in 90's clothing Saturday afternoon, egging our boyfriends' family's front yard with easter eggs between midnight and 1:00 AM Saturday night, Easter service Sunday morning, or taking a nice sunny drive down to Macon by myself to see family and watch all my little cousins hunt eggs. It was probably one of the most enjoyable Easters I've had. Aside from all those times that my best friend Amanda and her family always joined us and we always had that wonderful Stouffer's Macaronni an Cheese. Mmmm. Random memory. I DO miss Easter egg hunts I will say. I think one Easter when we're grown up and getting our kids together to hunt Easter eggs, we should conduct an Easter egg hunt for the adults too :P

Anyway, so the egging the yard process. Every year our boyfriends' family eggs front yards by covering the yard in plastic easter eggs with candy inside. We thought about how they do at least 3 houses every year, and yet, no one has ever tried to egg THEIR yard. So, Chelsea and I took on the liberty of putting that plan into action, and after many a fright that we might have just completely messed things up, the whole prank was actually a success. I could have sworn at certain times that we/I had just blew it and they knew we were up to something, but sure enough, they had no idea :) We were super excited.

It was seriously one of the most entertaining and eventful weekends I've had in a while.I wish I could go back and do it all over again.

Last night though was SUPER nice. Sam and I went to IHOP for coffee after not having seen each other for maybe like...a year and a half. The most comforting thing was even though we hadn't seen each other for that long and hadn't talked as much as we liked in between, we could still talk for hours about pretty much everything. I love that type of friend, that even after not being around each other for a long time and not talking much, nothing changes at all, really. So nice, so wonderful.

This week I really need to get more job applications in and get on my Gainesville application so I can get school back on track. I've HATED being out of school. Then, hopefully on Friday, I can spend some time with Marcus and then spend the night with Amanda up in Athens. Gah. Have you ever thought about just how much we all adore and thrive on friendship? I'm super thankful for every single friend I have. It's highly likely that that includes you :)