Well, this happens every once in a while. I forget to post....for a YEAR. Haha, Whenever I remembered about blogging, I was busy. And whenever I had time, I forgot! So here I am again, over a year later. We'll see how long it lasts this time! :-)
Lots has happened since last April so I'll just give the abbreviated rundown:
May - Met a new friend, Joe, that would eventually work his way into my heart, finished up my first year of teaching, went home to be with my family for the summer
June - Spent lots of time with family, went on a super fun family vaca to the beach in Delaware, trained for a race
July - Did horribly in the race but finished!, spent more time with family, traveled to Maine to visit a friend from college for a weekend, turned 24, went to my niece's 1st birthday party
August - Came back to Florida (aka "home"...or feeling a little more like it), got ready for the new school year, repainted/furnished my bedroom, started a new school year with 22 little, beautiful gremlins, started officially dating previously mentioned new friend, Joe. :-)
September - Worked/taught, coached volleyball
October - Worked/taught, coached volleyball
November - Worked/taught, coached volleyball, spent Thanksgiving with Joe's family, delivered Thanksgiving meals to people in the ghetto in Belle Glade
December - Taught and coached basketball, went home for Christmas, the boy flew up to meet my family and spend some wintery times there with us, went to NYC, spent New Years Eve with Joe at his house
January - Taught and coached basketball
February - Taught and coached basketball, started training for my half marathon and planning my trip out West with my good friend Ruth this summer!
March - Taught and coached basketball, took the bball girls to Orlando for state championships, training for half marathon and planning for trip
April - Lots and lots of concerts and performances for church and school, spent Easter at Joe's, training for half marathon and planning for trip
SOOOOOOO that's my last year in a nutshell....and for future plans....
Right now I am finishing up this school year...less than 3 weeks left! I am very much looking forward to leaving for my trip out West in exactly 1 month from today! After my trip I will be back in Florida for about a week. Then I will go up to NC for the wedding of one of my best friends from college. I will be home in PA by June 26th, spend time with family, and then head to Maine for ANOTHER of my best friends from college's wedding in July. At the end of July my whole family, including my sister and her fam will come down to Florida and go on a cruise as our family vacation this year. I'm pretty excited about that. And when the cruise is over, it will be August already and time to start another school year!
This year has been one of the toughest and one of the most wonderful and blessed by God. It has been tough being away from my family for so long. And...who KNEW that being in a committed relationship would be so tough. I mean believe me...it has been wonderful in a HUGE way because God has blessed me with an amazing man for the past 8+ months. But man is it tough! We've for sure had our ups and downs and the ups waaaaay outweigh the downs! Keeping God at the center of our relationship has been the saving factor and will continue to be. We have been and are right at this moment realizing we can't do any of this in our own strength. God and God alone can sustain us individually and together.
Okay. That's enough. Until next time...hopefully not another year :-)
Alissa
