It's sad but true in December I started my 28th year of life :-) I must say the past 28 years have been a long journey, but a pretty good one. Truth is I feel like the older I get the more responsibilities I have which has it's up and downs. Either way I have been doing some serious soul searching lately and it's time to get my plan together for the rest of my journey or at least the next few years.
In life I have learned no matter how much you plan life throws curves at you. Over the past few weeks I have spent countless hours trying to figure out where I am and where I am going. I think a life evaluation has been way over due!
What's important to me? Number one, my husband...he makes my life so wonderful and together we have accomplished so many things over the past several years. This journey is OUR journey and I am loving every minute of it. Next comes my family, we are close, I love them and will always be there for them. My job, because I have to have it or my journey will not go very far...LOL My friends, because they make life interesting and fun and we all need someone to talk to about our lives. There are other things too, but I will leave it at that.
However, I have found while sitting down and really taking stock of things that changes need to be made. After Amanda's baby shower last week we had a 2 hour phone conversation that really just opened my eyes to so many things. Friendships come and go, I can't tell you how many friends have popped in and out of my life over the past 5 years, but it's been a lot....not because of things I have done, but just because of life and how it changes over the years. It makes me sad to not see or talk to people who meant so much to me at some point or another. That's just how life is...people change, I change and the world changes there is no stopping these things. There are some people that over the past few years we have not spent as much time with and being around them last week, I realized how much Mark and I missed some of the times we had with these people. We need to change, we need to move out of our bubble and rekindle some of the friendships we have gotten away from. For instance 2 1/2 years ago Mark and I got married....things change when you get married. You tend to stay around people who are couples and spend more time at home, but at the same time you leave people behind. Now a lot of the people we haven't spent as much time with are where we are....settled down with mortgages, significant others and maybe even children on the way (love you Amanda).
I am 28 years old and it is getting close to the time for Mark and I to start considering when we will start our own family. This scares and excites me at the same time! I wonder what type of people we will be with children, and how our life will be different, and who will still be around when we start our own family. Truth is I don't feel like I should be 28, I don't feel like I should be thinking about a family...but the years are coming so fast now, and we can't wait forever. Children are something Mark and I talk about...mostly joking about what kind of parents we will be. Who is going to be the mean one, who is going to be waking up all hours of the night, what will they look like, and just random things that we laugh about.
The plan, yes we have a short term plan (ha) Our goal for the year is to buy a new car...there are several reason for this. Winston will be driving next January and he will need something to drive, and it is our plan to give him my Honda to start him off driving. (yes I am a sweet sister) We really want to buy a larger car that will sustain us for the next few years (like 8) and we know we will have a family within this time so we need something big and 3rd row seats is a MUST! My pick....a Honda Pilot :) It's out of our price range so the only way will can do this is to save about 7,000.00 to put down on it so our payments will be within our budget. So that's our plan...save the money by the end of the year and buy my new (family accommodating) SUV. We will see how that goes....
The deal is once we have a family sized vehicle we will start talking about adding the family. No rush....I just want to have my first child before I turn 31 so I have 3 years :) That's were we are in our journey.
This year I have vowed to make some changes. I am going to live my life for Mark and myself. Forget everything else...all the drama and folks trying to write the story of my life. Move over because this is MY life, OUR life and we are writing the chapters in this book...no one is going to get in our way! So those who want to be a part of our story are more than welcome everyone else can just move out of our path. This is the year things will change for real! I don't need anyone...as long as I have the support of my family and Mark by my side I will have a happy life :-) So I am excited to see what my 28th year of life will bring, let's hope only good things!!!!
On another note... Tonight Momma and me went to a Zumba class that one of my old high school friends was teaching. We had so much fun! Zumba is a great workout, I was pouring sweet, but it was fun and the music is awesome. I got the chance to see several folks from high school that I have not seen in a million years...it really made my day :) I love my Momma, she is my exercise partner in crime. I love how we motivate each other to work out because not only does working out clear my mind it makes me feel better in general! Still planning to get to the gym sometime tomorrow, but as always we have a busy day. Our nephew has a birthday party tomorrow and the we have to go celebrate Miss Colby Lee's birthday which I am sure is going to be a total blast :-) Can't wait to see the friendlies tomorrow and dance the night away....woohoo for the weekend!
Y'all come back now....you hear?
In life I have learned no matter how much you plan life throws curves at you. Over the past few weeks I have spent countless hours trying to figure out where I am and where I am going. I think a life evaluation has been way over due!
What's important to me? Number one, my husband...he makes my life so wonderful and together we have accomplished so many things over the past several years. This journey is OUR journey and I am loving every minute of it. Next comes my family, we are close, I love them and will always be there for them. My job, because I have to have it or my journey will not go very far...LOL My friends, because they make life interesting and fun and we all need someone to talk to about our lives. There are other things too, but I will leave it at that.
However, I have found while sitting down and really taking stock of things that changes need to be made. After Amanda's baby shower last week we had a 2 hour phone conversation that really just opened my eyes to so many things. Friendships come and go, I can't tell you how many friends have popped in and out of my life over the past 5 years, but it's been a lot....not because of things I have done, but just because of life and how it changes over the years. It makes me sad to not see or talk to people who meant so much to me at some point or another. That's just how life is...people change, I change and the world changes there is no stopping these things. There are some people that over the past few years we have not spent as much time with and being around them last week, I realized how much Mark and I missed some of the times we had with these people. We need to change, we need to move out of our bubble and rekindle some of the friendships we have gotten away from. For instance 2 1/2 years ago Mark and I got married....things change when you get married. You tend to stay around people who are couples and spend more time at home, but at the same time you leave people behind. Now a lot of the people we haven't spent as much time with are where we are....settled down with mortgages, significant others and maybe even children on the way (love you Amanda).
I am 28 years old and it is getting close to the time for Mark and I to start considering when we will start our own family. This scares and excites me at the same time! I wonder what type of people we will be with children, and how our life will be different, and who will still be around when we start our own family. Truth is I don't feel like I should be 28, I don't feel like I should be thinking about a family...but the years are coming so fast now, and we can't wait forever. Children are something Mark and I talk about...mostly joking about what kind of parents we will be. Who is going to be the mean one, who is going to be waking up all hours of the night, what will they look like, and just random things that we laugh about.
The plan, yes we have a short term plan (ha) Our goal for the year is to buy a new car...there are several reason for this. Winston will be driving next January and he will need something to drive, and it is our plan to give him my Honda to start him off driving. (yes I am a sweet sister) We really want to buy a larger car that will sustain us for the next few years (like 8) and we know we will have a family within this time so we need something big and 3rd row seats is a MUST! My pick....a Honda Pilot :) It's out of our price range so the only way will can do this is to save about 7,000.00 to put down on it so our payments will be within our budget. So that's our plan...save the money by the end of the year and buy my new (family accommodating) SUV. We will see how that goes....
The deal is once we have a family sized vehicle we will start talking about adding the family. No rush....I just want to have my first child before I turn 31 so I have 3 years :) That's were we are in our journey.
This year I have vowed to make some changes. I am going to live my life for Mark and myself. Forget everything else...all the drama and folks trying to write the story of my life. Move over because this is MY life, OUR life and we are writing the chapters in this book...no one is going to get in our way! So those who want to be a part of our story are more than welcome everyone else can just move out of our path. This is the year things will change for real! I don't need anyone...as long as I have the support of my family and Mark by my side I will have a happy life :-) So I am excited to see what my 28th year of life will bring, let's hope only good things!!!!
On another note... Tonight Momma and me went to a Zumba class that one of my old high school friends was teaching. We had so much fun! Zumba is a great workout, I was pouring sweet, but it was fun and the music is awesome. I got the chance to see several folks from high school that I have not seen in a million years...it really made my day :) I love my Momma, she is my exercise partner in crime. I love how we motivate each other to work out because not only does working out clear my mind it makes me feel better in general! Still planning to get to the gym sometime tomorrow, but as always we have a busy day. Our nephew has a birthday party tomorrow and the we have to go celebrate Miss Colby Lee's birthday which I am sure is going to be a total blast :-) Can't wait to see the friendlies tomorrow and dance the night away....woohoo for the weekend!
Y'all come back now....you hear?
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