February...

I started Spring Semester in January. So far this semester is so much better than last semester. I am only taking four classes this time around and one of them will end on the 28th of this month. One of the classes I'm taking this semester is a publications class where I will be working with other classmates to publish two of our academic journals. I'm learning so much already and I am really enjoying this class. I am also taking a grammar class and the last ASL (American Sign Language) class I need. I just haven't had as much homework so far this semester so it has allowed me to write and work on my crocheting. This is exactly what I needed after the crazy, stressful semester I had this past Fall.

Goodbye Tigger... You will be missed

Yesterday I had to give my cat, Tigger, away. I've had him since he was seven weeks old. He was such a tiny kitten when I got him with so much energy. I watched him grow up and get so much bigger. He was a good cat and I loved him a lot. It was hard taking him to that shelter. I had to drive a ways and he was not happy about that. He cried and mewed the whole way there but once I got him out of the car he did well. He sat in his case on the counter relaxing not knowing that I was giving him up. I cried when I knew it was final and the ladies there were nice. I was still crying when they took him back but I knew it was the right thing because it felt right. I'll miss him dearly but it's what needed to be done.

New Year's Resolution

I never do this but I thought I'd give it a try after seeing my friend do it on her blog. Maybe having it on a blog will somehow hold me more accountable. It's worth a shot because I have quite a few things I want to work on in the new year.

New Year’s Resolution/Goals

· Figure out Ankle issue and how to get around it to exercise

· Lose weight (20lbs by April)
· Crochet for at least an hour every week
· Read/Edit Story for 1 hour every week
· Stay focused with school and try to get all As this semester
· Work on getting a car by April, May
· Create Landing Page for Freelance Business
· Visit my grandparents before the year is out
· Meet my nephew before the year is out
· Stay in Contact with Friends (Tierra, Heather, Rachael, Carissa)
· Do more fun things for Me/Get out more

Christmas

Christmas this year was pretty good. I watched games all day and it snowed today. It never snows on Christmas day and I didn't get any pictures. But I got some really good gifts that I wanted. I am missing my family. As I sit here alone blogging about this. I wish I could spend another Christmas with my family. I was on Facebook and saw all these pictures of my family hanging out having a good time with each other and I was filled with jealousy and sadness that I couldn't be there. The pictures should have made me happy but they really only depressed me and reminded me of what I was missing. I have to get back home to Georgia because being so far away is killing me and making me sad. Next Christmas, hopefully, I'll be spending it with my family.

Made it Through Fall Semester

I've finally recovered from fall semester (2014) to sit down and blog about it. It was one of the most intense, stressful, hardest semesters I've ever had. I had a few classes that made me nervous about taking but had no choice but to take them and get them out the way. I had a class with a professor who I've had issues with before. It was just a crazy, busy semester and it had me near nervous breakdown a couple of times. I'm not one to break that easily but I swear if this semester hadn't ended last week I would have wigged out.

Speechless....

No grand jury indictment in the Eric Garner case. These were his last words before he died. I don't even know what to say or how to react anymore. I just don't...

Black Lives Matter...

When Trayvon Martin was killed at the age of 17 years old and George Zimmerman wasn't charged I was furious, upset, disappointed that this blatant racism was taking place. I was happy when he was finally arrested and I followed the trial just like anyone else. Of course I was disappointed that he wasn't found guilty for taking the life of a child. As this case went on there were other cases surfacing like that of Jordan Davis who was gunned down by a white man in a gas station parking lot. He was also only 17 years old. Marissa Alexander fired a warning shot at her abusive husband and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. All of these cases happened in Florida and all were stand your ground cases. There was the shooting of Renisha McBride who got into a car accident and needed help. She knocked on a man's door and when he opened it he open fire, killing her. All of these cases got my blood to boiling and I was hot and angry and sad for all the people who lost their lives and their families. I was active and kept up with cases. But after this summer all of that changed. It seems as if all hell broke loose.

Reminiscing...

I was listening to a new song this morning, "My Love" by Goapele feat. Eric Benet, while I was driving to work. This song makes me want to get up and dance. It makes me feel sunny and happy. It's a brand new song that I just listened to for the first time on Monday but it somehow reminds of my Grandma's house. It reminds me of those sunny, summer days where I would sit in the window and watch the world outside.

My Nephew

I love this little guy so much. I never thought the love would be this strong. I'd do anything for him. I thought since he was just a nephew and not my child I wouldn't feel as strongly as I do for him. He's a cutie patootie!

This is one of my Favorite Quotes/Poems

I first read this when I was in a restaurant when I was a kid and I loved it. I thought it was a good quote and it matched what I knew about God. As I read it again today I remember the hard times I'm having and realizing that God is here and helping me and I can't give up on my faith. It's just hard now but I know it's always darkest before the dawn. And God will be there every step of the way.