THANKFUL

November is such a great month to remember everything you are thankful for! The holiday season makes me really excited.  This is the first time in fifteen years that I have been somewhere that actually FEELS like Christmas is right around the corner :)  This excites me more than anything.  I am all over the Christmas music already and it seems normal because it's stinkin cold outside!! Towards the end of this week we are supposed to have a high in the low 40's! 

I must say that I have been quite the homesick kiddo lately though.  With the holidays coming up I realized that this is the first time EVER that I will not be with my parents and brother and sister on Christmas.  Needless to say I have shed a few tears already but I do have some pretty awesome family up here and Skype will make it easy to spend the day with everyone.  This is also the first time that I have had a job that requires any kind of work around the holidays.  It is busy and frustrating but I am so very thankful that I have a job.  Not everyone can say that.  I am also glad that the people I work for at Target thought that in the past 2 1/2 months that I have proven myself worthy of being a team trainer!!  My picture is on the wall and everything.  I know that no matter what job I have, I try to do my best and although I don't need to hear praise constantly, it's nice to know that people notice your hard work.  I am finally getting comfortable in a new place and new work and people are starting to see my real personality...  It's kind of funny going from a really quiet shy person to a goofy off the walls person.  Feels good to be myself again though. 


The one thing I am most looking forward to is my trip to Texas.  I can't really explain how much I have missed everyone and everything.  I am going to miss my hubby big time but I am so grateful that I got a full week off of work so that I can really enjoy my trip.  Things on my list that I REALLLLLY want to do besides the obvious hang out with my family and adorable nephews are:
1. get honey butter chicken biscuit from Whataburger.
2. drink any kind of awesome slush or drink from sonic.
3. go see some of the wonderful students and people I miss from the Baptist Academy
4. somehow see each and every one of my wonderful friends that I miss dearly
5. NOT STRESS!!! 

This blog is random but I haven't written in a while and honestly it's mostly because I haven't felt very happy but the wise words from Julian on One Tree Hill have helped me a lot lately. "Happiness is a mood not a destination."  I can choose to be happy, I am not going to sit around and wait until I get there.  So I am working on it, working on not being so stressed and trying very hard to understand and accept that growing up sometimes means moving away from the people you care about.  So hopefully more happy blogs soon!!