Child of God

I am a child of God.

And so are you.

Farewell Theodore

Remember Theodore?

Remember me complaining he wasn't eating?

Yup. He died.

Flushed him down the toilet today.

I'd say I was sad, but how much can you fall in love with a fish after two weeks?

However, I am a little concerned about what this means...

I know he died because he wasn't eating...at least I'm 99.9% sure that's the case. But still, if I can't keep a stinkin' betta fish alive for more than two weeks, how am I meant to keep my puppies alive when I finally get one? Or worse! What about my real babies?! Ooohhh this is not making me feel confident in my ability to be a mother...I guess it's a good thing I've got quite a few years before I have to worry about that!

 

In the meantime, farewell dear Theodore

The Life of Residence Life

I am in love with my job. Love it, love it, LOVE IT! In case you don't know, just to fill you in, I work as a Hall Manager for one of the residence halls on campus. This means I manage all the paperwork for the building, facilities, funding for events, all 200 residents, and my 6 Resident Assistants that I supervise. I absolutely adore working in Residence Life. These last three years that I have been blessed with the opportunity to do so have been some of THE most influential, life changing, and just plain FUN years of my life.

The job can be extremely time-consuming, but it's never bothered me because of how fun it is. My job is extremely social. Back when I was an RA, I got to plan tons of fun programs on a very nearly weekly basis. There was always something fun to attend, relationships and friendships to build, and memories to be made. For me, the social butterfly, it was the ideal job. And now, as a Hall Manager, it is still very much a perfect job for me. I still get to be very social with 200 girls every day. I get to attend these awesome events and programs (and be a part of planning and executing these events) and I'm still making incredible friendships. It's almost even more awesome this year because as a Hall Manager, I have a higher profile so more people know me, which means I in turn get to meet more people, build more relationships, and meet more friends than I did as an RA.

It really is awesome. Except that lately I am really missing having a social life outside of my job. Yes, the job is incredibly fun and rewarding and social, but I miss my old friends. The job is sorta like a mandatory socialization. Which, I mean even when it's kinda mandatory, it's still really fun, but I have a lot of rules. I have curfews, and meetings, and other obligations that take away from my ability to interract with my friends I have outside of Residence Life. I miss out on fun social events like parties, birthdays, movie nights, and get togethers. My job trumps other things in my life too, like church activities.

But as consuming as the job can be, it is the most rewarding thing I have ever done in my life. It is so rewarding to watch a community of girls come together, to be a part of building relationships that will last for years and years. It is so rewarding to put on a successful, fun event. I love this job! I am really going to savor my last semester of this amazing work!

Meet Theodore!

Meet Theodore!

I adopted Theo just last weekend, Saturday to be exact! He's my new baby - and my very first betta I've ever had! I was feeling very motherly for quite awhile and decided I needed to do something about it. I needed a pet. Now, of course my first choice would be a puppy, but because I live in a residence hall, that's a big fat no-no. Sad day. Because otherwise I woulda gotten me one of these cutie patooties...

How can you not fall in love with those adorable eyes?!?! GAH!! Cavalier King Charles Spaniels - those are my dream puppies. I will own one someday...just not today, I guess.

So anywho, I got Theodore to soothe my motherly cravings that were taking over. Well, he's gorgeous and everything, but he can't fetch, he can't cuddle, I can't pet or play with him, basically he's really not curing my motherly feelings. Oh well. I do still love him. Although I'm pretty sure he's going to die soon...he won't eat. Well, if he does it's always when I'm not looking and very miniscule amounts because the food is always floating at the top of his water. I really hope he starts eating because it will be devastating it my very first fishie dies right away just because he's stubborn and won't eat.

But in the mean time, I love him very much.

Mark Your Calenders!

I got one of the best emails today...Thomas received his release date!! And the day he's coming back home is...drum roll please...

JUNE 9!!!

That's right ladies and gents, a month earlier than I had anticipated! Check out the newest donut of misery:

Oh yes, I have now dubbed it: Donut of Excitement! I mean come on: I'm down to 4 and a half months, I can count the months on one hand, only 141 days left out of 701...I think I've reached the point of no return, the moment when all I can be is happy! All those teary nights? So long! I only have 4 months left! It was GLORIOUS to watch that donut zip from 23% to only 20% when I typed in his new date. Simply glorious. A whole month gone, just like that. *snap* Disappear!

Well, hopefully I can carry this mentality for the rest of the mission. Hopefully I can stay giddy and excited instead of getting those awful sad spurts. Because right now, I'm feeling on top of the world...and I don't ever want it to go away.