resolution #1, get back into blogging

i can't believe it's a new year.  i remember at the end of 2009 i said 2010 will be my year, and it was.

2009 was not a good year for me. i worked at dead end jobs because i couldn't get into the teaching field for a long time. when i finally did find a teaching job it was the worst experience anyone could have. i also experienced the most painful betrayal that no one should ever have to go through. it was just a rough, stressful, and lonely year. 

but then 2010, you came along. i got a job at a great new school and although that fell through another great school came and picked me up. relationships were mended. most importantly i met and fell in love with my future husband. completely unexpected but he was exactly what i needed. 

all along, through the good and bad, i just trusted in God and his plan for my life and like always he showed up and showed off in my life. 

i am so looking forward to what God has in store for me in 2011. my life will be completely changing this year and a whole new chapter will begin in my life and it's exciting, scary, beautiful, wonderful, unnerving, and all these crazy emotions in one. but it's so nice to know that i'll have this amazingly wonderful man by my side to get through the rest of the years of my life.

here's to 2011...

on your mark

you now how one of my new year's resolution was to run a half marathon, well i'm going to be forced to try this out a lot sooner than i would like.

you see back in october i registered for the disney princess half marathon on march 6th. and it seemed like a great idea because i had been running all summer and i could do 4 miles easily and for me thats huge. this girl (me) hated running with a passion. i couldn't run down my block without needing a break. but when i lived in chicago for a few months my aunt inspired me and turned me into a lover of running. anyway it seemed like a good idea and i had all this time to train so it would be cake come march. well my birthday rolled around and so did the holidays and i did some traveling and my running was put on hold. but it was ok because i had a training schedule that started the first week of december. well december comes and i decide to do something that puts my running on hold for even longer. at this point i try and find out if i can get out of the marathon and get my money back but alas it is non-refundable, non-transferable.

so here we are today, i haven't ran in over 2 months and i have to be ready for a half marathon in 2 months. so today i decided to do a light run, mind you i'm not supposed to be exercising or working out but i figured jogging 1 mile wouldn't hurt just so i can see where i am. and where i am is kind of scary, i finished my mile without stopping but there was a lot of heavy breathing going on. there's a big part of me that is nervous as heck and thinking i won't be able to do this but there's a little part telling me maybe i can pull this off.

if you finish the marathon in a certain amount of time you get a disney princess medal and you all know how much i want that! so keep your fingers crossed for me!

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2009

2009 see-ya! not sad to see you go. i had some ups but definitely some bigger downs.

i've experienced the biggest betrayal of my life but i finally got started with my career.  you win some, you lose some.

2010 i welcome you with open arms. i look forward to new beginnings i hope you will bring.

personally i like new years resolutions so here are some of mine

1. trust in God completely and stay positive

2. get a job at a good public school

3. have a more healthy and active lifestyle

4. complete a half marathon

i hope you all have a wonderful and safe new years eve tonight. i wish you much love and happiness in 2010!

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