So True...sooo true.

I can almost see it
That dream I am dreaming
But there's a voice inside my head saying"You'll never reach it"

Every step I'm taking
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking

But I gotta keep trying
Gotta keep my head held high

There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb

The struggles I'm facing
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down
But no, I'm not breaking

I may not know it
But these are the moments
thatI'm gonna remember most,
yeahJust gotta keep going

And I, I got to be strong
Just keep pushing on'

Cause there's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb, yeah!

There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Somebody's gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb, yeah!

Keep on moving,
keep climbing
Keep the faith,
babyIt's all about,
it's all about the climb
Keep the faith,
keep your faith.

--Miley Cyrus, "The Climb"


I couldn't have said it better myself, y'all.

Single at 25?! that's crazy! (not!)

Do you know--as a child/teen I always thought I'd be married by 25. Seriously. I just thought that would be the absolute oldest I'd be when I married. But honestly, I thought it would happen MUCH before then.

But I also thought that if I could just get Lance Bass to meet me once then he'd fall head over heels in love with me.

Turns out that wouldn't have worked anyway. hahah!

God has taught me in a very personal way that He has someone special for me...that he's being molded and fine-tuned specifically for me and I for him. So, it's not that I am afraid or even worried that I'll never have my day...but it's really funny to think about. It's funny to me that I just knew I'd rather die than be single at 25 (like that was sooooo old).

I also thought that I'd never be fat, then metabolism caught up with me.
I thought that Colorado was under 6 feet of snow all year-round.
I thought that the Everglades were the Alps.
I thought that if I stuck my key in the cigarette lighter in the car that it would heat up my key (let me tell you--i was wrong about that one! POW!)
I thought that Billy Ray Cyrus's mullet was just the cutest thing.
I thought that if I put my finger in the same hole we had just spent 30 minutes getting my finger out of, that this time it wouldn't get stuck.
I thought that flannel shirts over overalls was the cutest thing I could wear.
I thought that Mark Chestnut waved at me at a concert when I was like 11. I swore he did.
I thought that me and my siblings would never get along.
I thought I'd never grow into my teeth.
I thought that the worst thing that could ever happen to me was getting "pantsed" at soccer practice.
I thought that if I prayed hard enough then Cissy wouldn't die.
I thought that my problems stemmed from my small town in AL, and that if I just moved away then life would be different...better.
I thought that high school was the best time of my life.
I thought that college was the best time of my life.
I thought that Guy Williams was the man I was meant to be with, and that he was just born a few decades too early.

It's funny how things you're just sure of sometimes turn out to be CRAZY later.

You're everything I'd hoped for....You're everything I neeeeeeeed....

I have wanted to see T*he P*rop*osal ever since I saw the previews in the theater back in April. I remember each time I saw the trailor after that first time I laughed as though it was the first time! I have been so excited to see it, and I worried that because of my excitement and anticipation that I would be disappointed.

I went last night to see it...


I was NOT disappointed! It was SO good and sooooooo funny! I laughed so much.

I think it even moved up into my #1. favorite movie. Bumping T*he H*oliday and H*ann*ah Mon*tana back a few spots! It was so good.

And because I hope you'll enjoy it...here's the trailor. I hope you laugh as much as I did--and if you do think it's funny please consider going to see it--because (if it's possible) it's much funnier in totality. :)

Very Funny<--click here!

Groceries Galore!

Yesterday was the first time in 2 months I've had to go shopping for groceries. I remembered (rather quickly) why I don't like to go grocery shopping. This time wasn't SO bad because Jules had cooked a wonderful supper before we left and so we were full. Also, we had written out a list, that sort of comprised of foods that we can make several meals out of. :) It was a very productive trip, but we walked around a lot and the little incision where they did my muscle biopsy was getting really sore. To ice that cake, when we got back to the car we noticed that someone had hit Julie's side-view mirror and knocked it off! She was not very happy about it (as you can imagine.) Unfortunately for Jules, I had been bitten by the ticklebug and couldn't stop laughing about her mirror just hanging there by it's wires. I really thought it was funny. She REALLLY didn't.

So, today she'll be calling the insurance company to see if they'll fix it since someone hit it and didn't leave a note or anything! RUDE PEOPLE! Also, she's having a little trouble with her BRAND NEW cell phone, so during my lunch break we're going to take it back and see if they'll give her another one. I am going with her because she's not very assertive and I can be if the need arises, so just in case "Punk Kritty" will be on standby. :)

**Punk Kritty is my alter ego. The assertive, slightly irritated, and a little bit pushy side of me that comes out when people are being rude. Or when standing up for yourself or someone else is warranted. ***

ha. I really am a little weird.

There are people interviewing for a couple open positions in the clinic next door to mine. I feel so sorry for them!! I've had some really good interviews and a couple really bad interviews. I am just so thankful that I have a job and I don't have to interview right now. Interviews are so nerve-wrecking! You sit there, trying to seem casual and confident, and flip through an educational magazine that you care nothing about. Then they FINALLY call your name and you jump up as though you're names being called for a lottery prize! You follow the person into a room full of strangers just waiting to pick you apart. And those are the GOOD interviews! hahah! I'm just kidding. sort of.

The worst interview I ever had was before I got this job. I was trying to get a job doing office supply/purchasing and although I didn't have any experience they thought that I was teachable and wanted me to come in for an interview. I answered all the questions and was very nice and polite and I thought things were going really well. Somewhere along the way the woman interviewing me decided that I was not right for the job...so she interrupted one of my answers to a question she had JUST asked and tells me that she's not going to be hiring me. That I'm a nice girl but just not right for the job. And because I was caught completely off guard I started tearing up. I was embarrassed and just wanted to leave, but OH NO! She had other plans. She proceeded to tell me every little area that I was not qualified and goes on and on about how I'm so nice and she's just sure I'll get a job somewhere! Thanks a lot, lady! I was totally humiliated!

Interviewing is really hard anyway, and here they make it even harder. The doctor next door (not the one I work for, thankfully) asks you weird questions that catch you off guard in an interview. How would you like to be sitting there, confident and prepared, and get asked, "Do you love your mom and dad?" or, "Do you think women can be as good a doctor as men?" SERIOUSLY??? those aren't interview questions. And he might even ask where you live, so that he knows how far away you are and he might not hire you just because you live more than 10 miles from work and traffic or whatever might cause you to be late.

I didn't have to interview with him, because I don't work for him. But my roommate did and I feel so sorry for the little chaps sitting in the waiting room right now thinking that this is the opportunity they've been waiting for.

Is it wrong to slip them a note that reads, "RUN AWAY!!!" :) hhaha. just kidding.


sort of.

Hi. Remember me?

Hey Y'all! I'm so sorry I've been so absent! I hope each of you are doing well! I've missed you, but life has just caught up with me and it took me a while to get on top of things. I'm finally getting back into my routine!

So, yesterday was my final day of my weight loss study. In total I lost 27 pounds. YAY! Here's a picture so you can see the before and after. If you have Facebook then you've already seen this, but just in case. :)

Anyway, I feel pretty good about the progress, and I hope to continue my weight loss journey. The truth is that I'm having a hard time reminding myself that I CAN do this. That I've BEEN doing it and I can KEEP doing it. Just because the study is gone. That's the factor that's trying to trip me up. But I'm going to do it. Watch and see...

And stay tuned...I won't disappear again! :)

it's raining...it's pouring...

I wish I was snoring!!!! I am so sleepy today!! And it's so rainy outside. I love rainy days, and they really are few and far between here. The only downfall is they make it hard(er) to get out of bed in the mornings. It's just so dark and cozy because its rainy and it sounds nice...oh how much I'd give to go back home and crawl into bed!! :)

Anyway, Yesterday was the last day of the "diet phase" of my study. Now I move on to the "maintenance phase" where I cannot gain or lose more than 2 pounds from my weight on the 31st. So, in total since I started I have lost 26.6 pounds. I am really really pleased with that amount!! :) And once I'm done with this study I'm going to try to start another one where I'm getting paid to exercise! :)

I also want to say that I LOVE the H*anna*h M*ontan*a movie. :) I know. That makes me approximately 13 years old.

And I saw the new movie with Matthew McConaughey and I HATED his character for the first 40 minutes or so. I was so mad. Julie kept saying, "it's just a movie...calm down." but i couldn't because I was FUMING!! But, once the character's story started to affect him, he changed and I didn't hate him anymore. :) That's good...because I'm pretty sure there's no use in hating an unreal, non-existent character in a movie.

Also, my friend Jennifer just got engaged, and her fiancee used MY idea to propose!! :) isn't that just lovely. I can come up with great proposals for other people. lovely. :) I'm just kidding...I know my day will come.

Well, I had better get back to work. It's taken me several hours to write this tiny, mediocre post about nothing, because people keep walking by and I have to minimize quickly! ha! See ya!

Oh, man! What a lot to report...

Well, lets see...I supposed I'll just go in Chronological order...

The trip to the beach was so wonderful! It was just the relaxation I needed. I got to see good friends and had a really good time. I literally spend almost ALL my time laying on the beach reading and napping in the sun! There really truly is NOTHING better than that!

Here are some beach pictures! (Heather, I forgot to show them to the kiddies when I was there, so you'll have to show them! I think if you click on the pictures they'll show up bigger. And yes, there are beaches in AL. The southernmost part of AL is these two little "feet" and those feet form the border between florida and AL and lie on the Gulf Coast. Gulf Shores/Orange Beach is my favorite place to take a vacation!! :)

Here's one more of me and Jules on the beach. Notice we're both covered up...we didn't want to get sunburn on top of sunburn!
Then I went to see my family and that was just wonderful! I got to spend lots of time with everyone and I was sad to go. I got some good pictures of Sarah, and I took the BEST picture with connor, but it was actually on film instead of digital. Anyway, here's one of the ones I took of Sarah:
She's too cute! :)

Then I came back to work and was swamped and swamped!!

But now I'm caught up and I'm getting back into the routine of things. And friday was my 2-year upgrade on my cell phone, and this is the phone I got. It's fancy and I've never had a fancy phone before!

yay! So, anyway. I missed y'all and I plan to spend lots and lots of time on Friday catching up on reading your blogs! :) Hope you're all doing well!!