I love ..

1. Seeing my family (minus one brother) all dressed up

2. This dress. My favorite one yet!

3. My siblings (minus one brother)

What a fun night! Connecting with old relatives, meeting new relatives, dressing up. It couldn't get any better! :) And I got off work early today!!

On purpose

• I love that every moment, every breath, every step we take is already predestined.
• I love that God has placed certain people in my life during certain seasons for specific reasons.
• I love making new friends especially out of the blue.
• I love even more that we have an awesome Creator who knows what we need and when we need it. All of my daily steps have lead me up until now and just sitting and thinking and looking back tonight I don't think I would trade any of them. One trading of a day couple possibly impact my whole future and I wouldn't be who I am today or where I am today without the past.

This month I would love to run my first 5k, pull my big or small camera out of the bag and use it more, buy a new Bible, choose a book in the Bible and study it, lose 5 lbs, not complain as much, and be intentional in my relationships and actions.

For the first time EVER

For the first time ever .. in my life .. I ran/jogged two miles around the park without stopping!! Woo hoo!! I have run/jogged two miles with my coworker/friend, but I always have to stop. Tonight I didn't have to stop and I wanted to cry when I finished I was soooo excited!!

Reading this made my day!! http://www.mywesttexas.com/sports/article_05859a06-5985-584e-ac84-75ddcc0535c6.html#axzz1IBXCy9S2

"Have you ever watched rain fall on a lake? Each raindrop creates its own ripple.

When you combine the millions of raindrops and the millions of ripples that each singularly creates, you have a countless number of overlapping ripples that all have an effect on one another. The cool thing about this is that each raindrop ripple has an effect on the other ripples in the lake, even if it's just in a small way. This is how people operate on a daily basis. We are individual raindrops in a huge lake.

Of course each of us has our own ripple, but our lives are primarily made up of other peoples ripples crashing into our own. Many people like to think that our ripples crash randomly into each other without purpose or reason. Maybe that's true, but then again maybe it's not true at all. Perhaps I can help you decide. Maybe this story is the result of many ripples just coincidentally crashing into each other. Or maybe each ripple was ordered, measured, weighed, named, and timed perfectly to synchronize with the others to save a life."

That gave me goosebumps!

And this ..

"The easiest thing in the world to do is quit on something. Quitting takes zero effort. Quitting can even be justified with excuses and legitimate reasons at times. When someone quits at something they can even lie to themselves by saying that what they quit on wasn't that important. To those people with that mentality this is what I have to say. If it was important enough to start, it is important enough to finish. Don't quit. Hold on, cling to what is yours until your fingers cramp; and once your fingers cramp switch hands."

I need to apply to medical school and quit making excuses and feeling like its an impossible task.

101 Update

Pretty sad that on my 101 list was making my bed for a week straight. This is one of those things I started over and over again and two weeks ago I can say that I made my bed for a week straight! Now - it hasnt been made since then, but I completed the task!

I need ..

I'm in a funk and am not quite sure what I need. But I do know that I need to be studying for the MCAT, reading my Bible, folding the pile of laundry on my bed, working out more regularly (this week I have been off), and not eating as many sweets (again, this week I have been off).

I think I may just do some praise and worship and call it a night. I'm ever sooo glad that it is almost the weekend. And that I didn't kill over while running today.

To live you must first die

Everyone claims that they don't want to die, but the only thing that keeps them from dying they constantly push away.

Ooooh sucker punch straight to the gut. This is so true and so so so true in so many ways. My walk with Christ is a constantly growing think. I must constantly die to my flesh to live and that is a daily struggle.

Weight Loss Slump

Since I started Weight Watchers 6 weeks ago I have lost about 9 pounds and I have only lost the last two in about 3 of those weeks. It's like my body has hit a wall :/ I've been doing personal training too. Yuck! So my goal for the next 6 weeks is to lose another 10 lbs and drop a pant size. If I do that I will be about 5 lbs away from the weight I was when I moved back home last May.

My life is a lot more manageable when I set small goals for myself so that is what I am going to do.

• I want to be able to finish the 2 mile run with my friend from work without feeling like I am dying or yelling at her in my head.
• Lose 10 pounds.
• Drop a pant size.
• Workout 6 times in a week.
• Finish a 5K.
• Limit my sweet intake to one a week.
• A non weight related goal - balance my money and set a budget.