Catching up...

I don't think anyone reads this and I think I'm ok with that. I'm not a consistent blogger so I don't know that it matters anyway. Life is different from my last post. I am LOVING my job! I have the best kids who bring constant joy to my day and my coworkers are amazing. I can't say that my job is perfect, but I think it's as close as possible! I'm hoping to move at the end of the summer because I live too far away from church, grocery stores, shopping and friends. I have to find somewhere soon because I won't be here for much of my summer. I'm going to move in with Jason and Carmen so I can take care of my niece, Ella Jane. She is adorable, don't you think?



I'm very excited to get to love on her and watch her grow! Babies are amazing! One day I hope to have one of my own but who knows when.



I will miss some things here but they'll be waiting for me when I get back! I found a church I love and am being challenged by the messages of truth. It's a place where they preach the Word and push you to be a better Christian and hopefully I'll meet some friends soon. That's kind of a struggle for me- I don't seem to meet many people and make many friends. It is frustrating at times but I know it is all in God's hands right now. He's def been teaching me and stretching me past where I thought I could go but I still need a lot of work.



I've been running- c25k again! I'm on week 7 which is running 25 minutes every day!!! Whoa! Never thought I would make it this far. I have the best running partner and last week we got fitted for shoes at Luke's Locker. They watched us walk and run barefoot then tried on lots of shoes. Mine are awesome!


You can't really tell from the picture but they lace diagonally from the big toe to the ankle instead of straight down the middle. It is great and keeps my heel from rubbing against the inside of my shoe! Unfortunately, I may have to postpone the rest of my training. I have a shin splint and today it got to the point where I couldn't even finish my run. I got through 13 minutes (yikes- bad number) and had to stop. I was halfway finished. I'm calling the doctor on Monday. I have to call her anyway to let her know about my ankles. I've been in quite a few times since the beginning of the year. I have some crazy swelling in my ankles and they can't figure out why. They've taken lots of blood and tested me for lots of different things but can't seem to figure out why my body isn't working quite right. I'm on some medicine right now for it and it seems to help but not always. I'm not sure if this is a permanent fix or not but I'll do pretty much anything to not have swollen ankles. Contrary to popular belief, I do actually want to find a man and I don't think that any guy would find that sexy.

Anyway, I'm off to bed now. It's the end of spring break and tomorrow will be busy with church, making lesson plans and first grade play stuff and finishing cleaning my apartment. Then Monday it's back to work for about 10 weeks! Wow- crazy! This year has flown by!