* Pretty Little Endeavors

I didn't completely forget about posting.. I had at least 5 drafts that were almost done. I just let life get in the way a little. Life has been great. I unexpectedly was given the opportunity to graduate this summer. It was a major surprise.  For over a year, I've known that I needed to complete two internships in order to complete my associate's degree. I felt like there was no way I'd have time for two internships anytime soon. Once I realized that I already have an associate's degree in Applied Science (not my field), I felt that there was no point to wait around, taking random classes while waiting for two internship before moving onto my bachelor's degree. I decided I wanted to change my degree level to a bachelor's degree. When I went to talk to an academic advisor, she contacted the director of my program. The director of my program was more than willing to help me out so that I could get one of my internships. Last week, I had an interview and t...

I did plan on posting this previous week and the week before.. however, I've been so incredibly exhausted and busy. I guess that's a great way of putting, welcome to mom life! To be completely honest, I'm so happy with where I'm at in life right now. Yes, there are things that are difficult to deal with and I know some of those things will always be hard. For a while I wished that I could go back well over a year ago and made a different decision. I don't wish that now because I've grown so much and gained things I could never give up. My strength, my motivation and my happiness is at an all time high. It feels amazing. In other news...  I finally got a kitten! She's such a sassy girl, but she can be the most loving thing at times! When she wakes up and I'm next to her or when I pick her up, she grabs my cheeks and kisses me.  The bottom left photo is a result of a playful kitty that needs her nails trimmed. If you foll...

Anytime I've been single in the past, I enjoyed going on dates and getting to know someone. I mentioned recently that I went on a date after people kept suggesting that I should. I'm not looking to jump into a relationship or anything like that, but I figured one date is harmless. Wrong.  I had someone not understanding why I couldn't hang out any time I was free. Someone that wanted me to call multiple times a day. Someone telling me that it was wrong that I still was on good terms with my ex (my ex I dated for 3 years, not the recent one). I was questioned almost daily about why I still had pictures with that same ex. It turned into me having to put my phone on silent all day and night long while receiving 5-20 missed calls in a day and on average 3 voicemails. Then I realized he was trying to talk to my ex's girlfriend. It was more than weird. So after not understanding why I didn't want to talk anymore, he went on about how he has a million girls that wa...

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas! I absolutely did! Other than being sick. Yes.. we had to wear ugly Christmas sweaters at work. This was taken after work. Excuse my hot mess look.  I was nervous about Christmas this year. It was the first Christmas in almost for ever that I didn't have a significant other. That makes me sound like a serial dater, just keep in mind that many of those years were spent with the same person. I really enjoyed having a polish Christmas Eve and spending Christmas at the casino. I was completely spoiled this year and received so many gifts that I was more than grateful for. Lately, everyone keeps giving me crap that I haven't gone on dates. I'm not really into that whole dating thing right now. I feel like I've really enjoyed doing things on my own time and not having to answer to someone. So I decided to go on a date. It was actually really nice. He picked me up, we headed out his way. He took me to his yatc...

I have some awesome followers that have reached out to me lately. It shocked me that people that started reading years ago stuck through me going MIA multiple times. Not only did some of these people stick around, they shared so much love and support regarding my recent posts. Some of the e-mails or messages I've received have been hard to respond to, but also gave me a lot to think about. One e-mail asked all the questions everyone combined has asked. I asked if I could use the e-mail for a blog post. I felt like it would be a good way to clear the air about what I'm comfortable able sharing. So this is part of the e-mail. I wish that I had responded in a way that would allow me to just screenshot it. However, I appreciate people being open with me and in return I'll be open in order to help someone in a situation they're in. I'm responding publicly, because maybe this will clear a few things up.. Were there signs that I ignored? Yes and no. That's har...

I miss doing confession posts. Mostly because it's basically venting about random things. So here we go.  I confess.... --I have one week left of classes and I'm stressing myself out about getting a 4.0 this quarter.. even though I know I'll probably get it. --I am obsessed with my essential oil diffusers. I've gone through far too many bottles of my favorite essential oils, but it's completely worth it. --Although I love my essential oils and binaural beats.. I am not a crazy holistic believer.  --It might be finals week and I strained my calf muscle.. However, in the past 7 days I haven't done too bad on my steps. --I waited on a group of people Thursday night and the one man told me he is able to sense specific health problems people have. He expressed his concern that something is wrong with my gallbladder. After revisiting Google Medical School, just to be safe, I came to the conclusion that he was completely wrong. --I have experienced tw...

I've had such wonderful feedback from my last post. After a few people e-mailed me, I realized I can't allow the negative people from my past to keep taking from me. I'm almost positive that I won't be deleting my blog. If anything else comes up, or if I continue to see traffic coming from the cities that those people live in.. I will make this blog private. Simple as that. I forced myself to step out of my current comfort zone this weekend. I'm so grateful that I did! I went to the Lions game and had some adventures downtown.  Lions game and Jimmy Howard. Total win.  I got to see a sneak peak of the auto show, got to go into the venue I saw Corey Taylor at when it was empty and a band was doing a sound check and so many other random things. It was a lot of fun. I absolutely needed a day like that.  I'm really looking forward to blogging more and I'm really praying that I won't have to make this private. I'll be sure to keep you upda...