Whats going on with my life?

Wow, it has been a really long time since i've blogged. A lot has gone on, i feel like since Terri was gone for the entire month of January, so was i. I know thats a weird thing to say. I am continually amazed at the grace of God and realizing my need for him. Things are starting anew. I finally sat down last week and wrote out a list (that i dont have with me) of things that i should be doing or caring about if i really believe what i claim to believe. Things included: making God a priority in my life, loving others as best i can, reading His word as a form of communication with Him, deciding what to take a stand on and being firm, making all topics open subjects with God because i cant avoid any particular topics with Him without avoiding him all together, trusting him to make things happen in my life and being proactive about those things. I'm excited for the change, i'm excited to get to a place of trust, love, and hope. A place of dependence on Him.

Also in other news, i am starting the application process for college in the fall. Since i am under 23 and not married, even though i am completely independent financially, they will go off of my parents for residency requirements to start off with. What i have been told is that after i have been classified as a non resident, i can then apply for emancipation status and change to resident status. The process is frustrating and a little frightening time wise. But what i have decided i want to go for is elementary education. I would start at Front Range Community College and spend the first two years there (given i finish those requirement in two years, it might be a little longer), and then switch to a 4 year university for the last two years or so. I believe that with any teaching degree, the way they have the program set up now is that you have a 4 year degree in anything with a teaching certificate. The 4 year degree that i would pursue is psychology, i think it would be really interesting and would help me understand people better and development and what not. Also, if i wanted to go back later i could get a masters in psychology or do social work it just depends. But it would leave my options open and keep me in a place where i'm doing something i love. The other thing i found out that is cool is that Colorado has a program called the Colorado Opportunity Fund, basically you have to apply for it which is a really simple process, and they pay up to $86 per credit for up to 145 credit hours, so basically your whole college career. That is great because it actually makes it affordable for me to go to school. Its not a loan but just government funding to help colorado residents with school.

Also, i'm pursuing a job as a nanny. This is something that has just come up recently but a change that i think i would like. It seems like the restaurant that i work at may be going down hill. Its a continually frustrating and stressful job and it continually seems more and more like they dont care about their staff and arent looking for ways for their staff to make more money or even do anything special, like for valentines day. Anywho, i'm looking for a job that is a passion of mine and one of my passions is people. I dont want something thats just going to pay the bills anymore but something i will really enjoy doing. It would be 40 hours a week for a 4 month old little boy. It would only last 9-10 months but that would give me plenty of time to figure something else out.

Well, other than that, i'm really looking forward to doing taxes for 4 different jobs in 2 different states. Should be a lot of fun! Just kidding!