5% Never Felt So Good

Hello again my readers. I hope all of you have been doing well. It is late but I have been wanting to post since Monday night so I figured why not and I don't have to be up early tomorrow thank goodness. I have several things to share with you so let me begin.

First up is that to every ones shock and surprise I lost (drum roll please) a lb this week. That means I got to get my 5% sticker. It is a big star that says 5% on it. If you don't know by now I LOVE stickers and shiny things. So I was very excited to get it. After I recovered from my shock and almost falling over off the scale I kindly (ummm aka I was a little intense) pointed out to the guy who was weighing that I got my 5% sticker which he kindly gave me and congratulated me on. It is really funny it seems that every time I think that I have had an awful week and am going to finally gain something back I lose. Just the irony of life I suppose...and not having a very accurate scale in the house. My eating has been pretty go so far this week so hopefully I will be able to lose more. I did the Jillian Michaels video again tonight and was able to go a little be longer :)

Along my journey I have been taking I have been learning several life lessons. I wouldn't say that this one is something that I didn't already know but it was just a fun reminder from God. It seems that whenever I feel as if I am not doing a good job at something, in one of my oh I stink at everything type moods, or just stressed about life something good happens. I like to think of it as Gods way of encouraging us. These moments are there to pick you up and show you that you are a beautiful and wonderful creation and no matter you have a Heavenly Father that loves you. More specifically I was at work today and thinking about working while going back to school and sorta stressing about how I was going to make it all work and if I really am a good employee when my manager told me that I was the highest seller yesterday. It was completely unexpected and was the little be of encouragement and reassurance that I needed.

I am getting nervous about going back to school. I feel like this is part of the path that will get me to, what I feel and believe, my calling is of working with camps. I know I can do it. I don't doubt that. It is just going to be an adjustment. I have to go 16hrs of field work per week, still work, and go to my classes. It is gonna be nuts. I though that this would be an easier schedule than working all the time. I am not so sure about that now. I am also nervous that I am going to go through all this and then still won't be able to find a full time job when I get out. I am working hard on putting my worries and stress aside and trusting that this is all part of the plan for me. I know that the doors were open for me to go to school pretty easy and I trust that God will help see me through :) I always get nervous before starting new adventure especially new school years. I would drive my mom nuts when I was younger stressing about going back to school each year. Now I have learned to in my mind think of what the worst thing that could happen and then realize that even that isn't that bad. I am very excited to start this new adventure of grad school though!

Oh Oh Oh I have other exciting news! I starting writing my novel. I don't have much down yet but I at least got a couple little parts and some ideas written down in a composition book, a pink one of course. Also I started a dream journal that has been a trip let me tell you. I have dreamed about Jennifer Love Hewitt, the Duggar family, and my middle school gym. I have no ideas what that all mean...any suggestions? There was also lots of food and I was exercising in the gym. So I guess that means that I was hungry the one night and then the next night I thought that I should be working out. Who knows, dreams are so crazy! It is really hard to motivate yourself to roll over and write the dreams down when you can just go back to bed.

In other news. I watched In Her Shoes tonight with some friends and 17 again last night with Carrie. I loved 17 again and In Her Shoes was pretty good. I wouldn't say it was the best movie every but I thought I was going to hate it and I didn't. I have been watching a lot of movies lately. I would LOVE to be a movie critic.

Well it is getting late. I am going to go for now. I have off of Friday so I will try to post again sometime in the afternoon. I have my interview for my field practicum that morning. Wish me luck! These next few days try looking for those little encouraging moments. I am sure if you pay attention they are all around you!

~K