Thats What I'm Doin These Days...

Well its February 2^nd already and I cannot believe it! Seems like time is flying. I guess I am so busy that sometimes I feel like I don't have time to think! The holidays were great. We went back to the Midwest and saw our families – I got the two best Christmas presents ever! This being one of them:

We named him Apollo and he is the greatest dog ever!

Also, I recently found out that my dad was accepted to go on the transplant list. Luckily he is the only one for his blood type and the doctors believe that a donor will come up within 30 days! As nerve-wracking as it is, I'm so I ecstatic! Soooo every day that goes by, I wait for a phone call from my parents to tell me to head to the airport...

Other than that I have started a new job at a law firm. I really, really enjoy it. There for awhile I was having a hard time adjusting but I definitely prefer it to working in a psychiatric hospital. Don't get me wrong, I MISS the excitement of working at the hospital, but I'm pretty sure I'm happy with only working there occasionally. It gets to be too much when you're there for 50 hours a week. One definitely starts to wonder if she is going crazy herself.

I'm so excited for spring/summer! The Hangout Music Festival released their lineup yesterday and needless to say it is pretty damn stellar! SOOOOO stoked for Widespread Panic and Umphrey's McGee!!! I have seen Umphreys a few times and loved every second of every show. Even better, the lineup is so awesome that I've got some friends talking about coming down.

My new years resolution? Lose weight/lifestyle change! I was doing really well there for awhile. I'm too cheap to get a gym membership but I did pay $55 for a Jillian Michael's membership and I tell you what her circuits definitely hurt! I was eating really well and working out regularly until last week. Then I went to Bootcamp with a girl from work and hurt my ankle – not sure how but I was having trouble walking and going up and down stairs for a few days. I haven't worked out for a week and I've been eating like crap. It doesn't help that things are tight til I get my tax refund/next paycheck – NEXT WEEK! Grrrr...I cannot even go buy groceries so we have to make do with whats in the fridge unless my Princes decides he wants to go to the store and pick something up.

Oh yeah, and since I will have to stay here to fulfill my contract with AmeriCorps, I have had a recent fear of becoming homeless. Since I have a fairly small budget and don't know anyone looking for a roommate, I got brave and got on Craigslist! Last weekend I went and looked at my first place. I was so impressed that I haven't even looked anywhere else. The price is definitely reasonable – includes a private beach and I can have my dog there. Too good to be true. So this week I'm working on getting a financial reference from a previous landlord – which shouldn't be too difficult. Then, I will be using half of my tax money to make a deposit. Woohoo!!! Can't wait!!

Oh and my Bible verse of that day from Google – so perfect for me these day:

2 Corinthians 12:9-10 "But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."