So my daddy surprised my sister and me with tickets to the NHRA drag races on Sunday!! It was SOOOOO fun! :) I managed to get seriously sunburned even though, as you can see, it was completely overcast. Darn UV rays. There's nothing like the smell of burning rubber and the feeling of 305 MPH rumbling in your chest!
I just HAVE to get this out because I can't focus on my work until I do.
Some people would look at not doing what you originally set out to do- quitting. I call it changing my mind. For a long time now, I've been so sure that my calling in life was to be a wedding/event planner. And while that still is interesting and fun to me, I haven't been as passionate about it lately. I'm not really motivated by it right now. I started to feel the pressure of "quitting" and that really bothered me. How could I quit something I love doing so much? How can I quit before I really even got started? I'm realizing that changing your mind is not quitting. Changing focus is not quitting. I am destine to be one of those people who will always have a million ideas and never be satisfied doing just one thing. Why should I have to choose just one? This is a question I have to ask my husband all the time. He gets frustrated that I can never settle on one interest or one passion. But why should I? No person should be forced to only respond one calling if they hear twenty more.
I'm on the verge of a new passion. I won't know for sure, until after tonight, if this is going to be my next venture toward a career or not, but I won't know until I try! I'm not going to un-veil this new interest until I'm ready to commit to the idea. This may cause a raised eye brow, or two. In fact, I can say with absolute certainty that if I take this idea and run with it, there will be a family member, or four, who will not like this idea and who will probably lie when asked by other people what I do. Have I piqued your interests yet? :) Oh, this is just so exciting for me! It all makes perfect sense! It combines so many of my passions and puts them to such good use! I completely understand the rush my friend Elise gets from always changing career plans now. For me, I don't get too many "new and exciting" feelings, being an old married woman. I always wondered how I'd live without ever getting the rush from those "first kisses" or the nervousness when you think they like you but you don't know but you know you like them. Well, this is the replacement. Stumbling upon a new career idea is the equivalent of getting a new boyfriend. Who knows if I'll ever settle down and get married to one career ;) I may play the field my whole life. And I am quite alright with that.
Well I have accomplished my first big step with the surgery process. I finally got my doctor's referral letter! This is a letter that my primary care doctor writes to my surgoen stating that based on my current health issues and the steps I've taken to try to loose weight on my own, he thinks I would be a good candidate for this surgery. This letter is required by the insurance company before they'll pay for me to see the surgeon, so this was important! Now I need to mail off my surgeon's packett that includes the referral letter. Once the surgeon's office receives my packet, they will submit the paperwork for insurance approval!!! This could be fast or it could be the longest part of the process. Only time will tell.
I just had a stroke of genius! I find that when I am working on scrapbook pages I often miss out on a great embellishment that I have. This is mainly due to the fact that I have so many wonderful ones, but only have a small drawer in which to cram them all into. I forget what I have and what would go with what. I also find that I spend most of my pre-planning searching the Internet for cute layout ideas. So, I've decided to put two and two together. My newest project is to create a picture file of all the scrapbook embellishments I have! Rather than scanning them all in, I'll just find them on the Internet and save the pictures that way. Once I've completed this project, the idea will be that when I'm online perusing idea pages, I can click over to my embellishment file and see if I currently have an embellishment that will work for that. I'll be able to find it quickly and effortlessly instead of having to dump out my entire drawer looking for something that I'm not even sure I have. Somewhere down the road I see an intricate file/number system so that once I find my embellishment on my computer, I'll know what file/sub file to locate the physical embellishment under.
Erika...I'm sure you're thinking I could avoid all of this by scrapbooking digitally, and you're probably right :) but I just love creating my own pages still. I'm sure I'll get to the digital scrapbooking eventually :) LOL
Sorry I haven't posted for a while. I've been in a difficult situation lately. I'm stuck in the middle of depression and excitement. Two of my friends just had their babies this last week and I'm trying to find a balance of being SO happy for them (which I am) but still allowing myself to feel the natural feelings of jealously and resentment (which I also am). I'm sure no one will understand this feeling unless they themselves have been there.
In addition to that I've been just completely busy with homework for my two classes. They're going well, but a bit challenging. That's ok, that's the point.
Work has been SO stressful! We are way backed up and everyone keeps calling out sick, so we're not able to get caught up. I'm starting to get sick and I want to call out but I know I'd be letting all my co-workers down if I'm not there helping get us out of this mess. Seems they don't feel the same way.
I had my doctor's appointment last Thursday to get my referral letter. I just cannot tell you how much I love this doctor! His name is Dr. Smith, he's only about 10 minutes from me, and he's the Mayberry doctor I've always dreamed of. He has a small, very modest office. It's not full of expensive high tech devices, but just the basics. He doesn't keep a full time receptionist, so most of the calls are taken by him directly. He purposely keeps a low patient list so that he gets to spend quality time with each patient and not rush them in and out, one after the other. When we got to the office, there was only one person being seen but no one in the waiting room. We got to spend as much time with him as we wanted and we weren't rushed out after only 10 minutes. I absolutely HATE when you go to a doctor and you wait an hour in the waiting room, another half hour in the patient room, and then your doctor only spends 10 minutes with you before writing whatever prescription he thinks will get you out of his office so he can collect the next co-pay. Anyway, my next appointment is next Tuesday. He'll give me my blood results and as long as those are good, I'll get my referral letter to send to my surgeon! YAY!
Weight Watchers....yeah....I'll get back to you ;) It's hard to diet when you're an emotional eater and all your friends are having babies and you're stressed!
Stay tuned, I'll post again after my Dr's appt w/Dr. Smith on Tuesday.
Have a good week!