New Year, New Beginnings, New Life?

Wow, so this is long overdue wouldn't you say? Well first off I hope that the Christmas holiday and the New Year was great for you.

I know I had a blast over the break with going to Chattanooga,TN and watching ASU bring home a National Championship again. 2 yrs in a row...is next season the 3peat? Well break was a blast minus the whole surgery I had on my back. Yea def not fun having to lay on your stomach or side or stand for two weeks untill you could sit again. I had surgery on my lower back to have a hereditary cyst removed and my doctor wouldn't let me sit for two weeks b/c it would pull on the stitches and that just wouldn't be good. So anyhow that took place a week before christmas, but it's all good didn't effect my christmas any. I had a great time, esp right after my surgery. The fabulous girlfriend came to see me and spend a few days w/ me taking care of me. I tell ya that girl is some kinda awesome and thankfully I've got her and im not sharing. LoL.

So christmas time was great, got to see all the family which is always a good thing. I mean yea we all have those few in our family we could do w/out seeing but I guess it's ok to see them at least once a year just to know they are alive. Is that bad? haha oh well...but yea I wasn't to bad of a kid last year b/c santa did show up w/ a few things for me and not an entire load of coal. I did get lots of neat gifts one being my new digi cam, and lots of clothes that I wanted too, not to mention the $$ that I got too. Also with christmas time came some good eating and just having surgery and not being able to exercise I bet I gained a good 10lbs or so. Other gifts from the girl were great too, one very unique which was kinda creepy in a sense b/c we did almost the same kinda gift for each other; but you know it's alright b/c it's more exciting than creepy b/c that means there's something spc about us if we're thinking alike. It was cool too her mom even made me a little gift to it was a boggan that she knitted pretty sweet the black and gold for ASU. But I will tell you the greatest present this holiday was getting to spend some long overdue quality time with the girl. I don't like it but I know its good for us b/c the distance between us I believe is really helping our relationship to grow and become something strong and long lasting.

So after christmas came new years, so I hope all the new years resolutions are being stuck to since it's only been 3 weeks, I would hate for everyone to give up so early. What is my new years resolution, well I don't know that I even made one. I mean I do know one thats a given and it's to try hard, love Jesus and like Jess...but I shouldn't have any problem with that one. But what about a resloution for myself? Lose weight, do good in school, get back in shape, who knows that might have to be thought out a little more but i do know I want to get myself back in shape but that really won't happen until I get totally healed up from surgery. B/c gosh dang it am i ready to swim and surf again. I did spend new years at my 2nd home which is the Fort. We had about 900 youth there for the new years bash then our annual Summer Staff reunion on the 1st-3rd. Ahhh some good times there I can't wait for this summer, got my application turned back in and Im ready for a new summer. Last summer was so difficult for reasons unknown but I had help getting through it and trying to pick apart why the summer was so tough. However this upcoming summer I believe is going to be amazing for many reasons. Sadly for one I think it might be my last summer working at caswell b/c next year I think the real world might come crashing through my door so Im going to make this summer the best it could ever be! 2nd it will be amazing time of growth between Jess and I. Who knows it might be so great that it's where we could realize or foresee what God might have instore for us. 3rdly it's gonna be great b/c Im not going to allow myself to get in the way of what God is going to do in the lives of many people this summer, perhaps even in my own life.

Ok next to talk about in this novel is that Im back at school. In my 5th year I can't believe it, where has the time gone? I didn't want to come back to school b/c I was so discouraged about what I was doing. I have wanted to do business but have struggled getting my GPA to where it needed to be for the min. requirement of finishing up in business and now that I've been here so long and not a straight A student it has been taking forever and not really being productive in bringing up my gpa soo school would really get me down. However a faint light can be seen at the end of the tunnel, some changes have been made and I am going to finish up next may and get outta here hopefully. I have switched over to CJ and it's something that I enjoy and have enjoyed for a while so it's gonna be nice to finally have an idea of what I want to do and that I can graduate. I have thought real serious about going into the coast guard after graduating and I think that this will be right up my alley to help me down the road. So yay for that.


And so I save the best for last, the girl! Ahh the best thing that has come into my life in some time. You know you've found someone great when they like you for you, always encouraging you, always uplifting you when your down, behind you in whatever decisions you make, think like you alot of times, look at you in a way that only the heart of someone could look at you. Im telling you, YOU ARE AMAZING! I have to admit that b/c of her and what she means to me I feel like I have a part of me back that was lost about two years ago and this time I know it's a little creep, exciting, etc but we both know and feel that we have something very special and blessed by God. It was because of him that we came to know each other and because of him that we are together and it may be because of him that we could stay that way but thats the creepy/exciting part that we don't really talk about to much. So yea i could go on for a while about her but Im sure the other ppl reading this ya'll prolly don't care to much and might be gagging by now.

Alright I guess thats about it for now, time is drawing near for me to get cleaned up and get to work at the ski mtn pretty soon. I hope that you have enjoyed reading the latest in my life, a mere snapshot of whats going on but it is prob more than you want to know but thanks for reading if you've made it this far. Until next time....