Life according to ME!!!

So I'm not a writer, and I will never claim to be, but I have been asked so many times as of late about how I'm doing and people wanting updates that I figured, hey!! why not just blog! I've never done this before, so it may be a little bit squirrely at first. We'll see. As of May 1st, my family has been thrown a curve ball. The floods that affected Nashville hit really close to home (literally haha).. My house was fortunate that is was not totally destroyed, but it was messed up enough to displace us for a few months. It has been a whirlwind. That saturday we all got out of the house in time, but left poor Lucy at home. I, to say the least, was VERY upset. I cried and cried. That night, my dad called me and my mom to tell us the waters had receded and we were able to go back in the house. Not knowing what to expect when i opened that door, I held my breath. As i looked around, I saw mud everywhere. I've always said that i love being dirty and getting muddy, but lets get real people!! this was a little over the top!!! We had mud everywhere and water standing other places. Although the water didn't get above a foot (as far as we know) it did just enough to really put us in a bind. Within an hour, we had three shop vacs, friends, boyfriends and family over sorting out stuff, sucking up water and trying to just get stuff started. We had no idea what to do or where to go. These people have been a blessing to my family along with many others. Well, the first week was a little crazy. As many people knew, I was finishing up nursing school and trying to get all of my work done etc. I even had a final later that week or the next week. It feels like every day after may 1st, we had people over at the house helping clean up. It was amazing and thoroughly touching to see the way nashville responded to this tragedy. All of the stories that were told and seen through the media were heartbreaking. I think for a whole month straight after the flood, I could cry on command ha. The sincere generosity of so many people literally brought me to tears. That monday we had about ten more people over to the house to pack and pull out carpet and particle board.. wooohoo. NOT FUN! haha. We all felt about ten years older the next day. I don't think there was a non-sore muscle out there for us all!! That saturday, Woodson chapel sent out volunteers to people at woodson who were affected, bellvue, and other places. It was amazing. I was truly touched by the church familiy that i have. They all worked so hard and were so amazing. We got everything out of the house and into a storage unit it seemed like within an hour or two. After that, we pulled all the hardwood floor up and packed some more. We even looked out to see the grass being cut!!! I felt so overwhelmed by the love my church family has shown us. It is truly a blessing. I honestly do not know what people would do if they had not had a church family. A big question throughout all of this has been why do bad things happen to good people? my answer to this is: Bad things happen to good people because we have the resources to get back up on our feet. We are able to bounce back. Good people surround themselves with good people, therefore it is a little easier to get back on the right track. This shows as an example for the bad people. They should see what a blessing it is to be on the right track. Bad people don't have anyone to rely on during tough times, so why make them suffer more? I'm blessed with a great family, boyfriend, friends, church family, and work family and many more people. So its all been a whirlwind since then..

I have started playing church league softball on thursday nights. It was fun up until two nights before graduation!!!! I ran around the bases and felt my foot start hurting. I went the morning of my pinning ceremony and got x-rays.. STRESS FRACTURE! when it rains it pours ha.. so i was in a boot alll day up until my pinning ceremony. I refused to be pinned with a huge boot on my foot!!!! So i limped across the stage and got pinned. I also did the same thing for graduation. i wore the boot up until time to graduate and then i limped across the stage and got my diploma! That day i had an amazing graduation party and had the best time with all my guests! It was awesome.

In the meantime many people are probably thinking "where are you staying"? Well if you ask, we are staying at a condo in Lenoxx village. A church friend's father has a condo that he does not stay in but occasionally that he wanted to help out. We are staying there for right now. It has been close to the house, so we have been able to bounce back and forth. it is nice and cozy and a perfect place to lay my feet up at night.

Sophie? Lucy? the cats? well sophie is staying with my nana for now :( sad i know. I miss her so much. She gets so excited to see me. I love it. Can't wait until we can snuggle again in my own home. LUcy? well she isn't missing us at all. She is staying at my aunt and uncle's house. She has a friend, maggie,... their lab. Lucy has probably lost over ten to twenty pounds from being able to run around outside and play all the time!!! The cats are still at the house and haven't had a problem. Jack's kinda skinny now! and he was my fatty!!! !

So updates on the House:

As of lasty friday 6/4, the subflooring had been put down. The studs for new walls had been either put up or torn down. We have nothing in the house rightn ow.. Everything is in the storage unit down the street. We are having the electricians come out today and this week to get that all set up. We will have that inspected at the end of this week and hopefully dry walling will start next week!! We're so excited it has gone so quickly and so blessed..

Also, After graduating, I have accepted a full time position at Elite SPorts Medicine as a registered nurse to Dr. David Moore. I am monday through friday. Hours are great and i love love love my co-workers!! It is a great job and a wonderful position. I love it. Although i absolutely love it, I am hoping to transition in the next while into a full time position. I love the hospital and absolutely love the medical aspect of the hospital.