following my dreams

It has been almost a year since I was in the hospital! Time to celebrate right?! Actually I have so much to celebrate right now. I feel like I'm finally becoming the independent woman I was born to be. I am doing my own thing and following my dreams.

I decided to go to school instead of keeping the job at the elementary school. I have always wanted to go to cosmetology school and now I'm actually doing it. It's such a good feeling to finally commit to doing what I've wanted to do for years. The timing just never seemed right before. I went in for a tour of the campus on a Friday afternoon and left the school as a student that begun school the following Tuesday! It was a decision I made completely on my own, which honestly was the biggest decision I've made without running it past my parents. It felt good to make the phone call and tell my Mom and Dad that I had signed up! I was so excited to start and meet new friends too! Turns out my parents were very happy for me and so incredibly supportive. Meant the world to me. :)

School started on Tuesday, October 15th. I'm just finishing up week five and it's gone by so quickly. I go to class Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 8am until 7pm. It keeps me very busy. I've met some awesome people though! I think we got very lucky in our class. The group of girls are pretty great! I've become pretty darn good friends with a couple girls. Erin is the one I've spent the most time with. We go to lunch everyday together, which is so much fun. We typically laugh our butts off at the most random things. We talk about absolutely anything and everything, nothing is off limits. She's exactly what I was hoping to find at school. Someone who I see becoming one of my best friends. Yay!

Outside of school, things have been going pretty good. I've been dating, which is interesting. Honestly, I really don't like dating. I think it's pretty silly the games people play and the ways you're 'supposed' to act to keep the other person interested. Why can't we just be ourselves and have that work? I guess with the right person, that will be all I need to do. At least that is what I keep telling myself. Then you get stuck in that in-between stage of dating and being in a relationship. When do you have that relationship defining talk? How do you know when the timing is right? I thought I'd know but I've been wrong and that is definitely not fun. It's kind of humiliating actually. Oh the things we go through to find 'the one'.

That sums up the big points in my life right now. I'll keep ya updated with anything new! Hope everyone is doing well!