Just my thoughts..

One thing I absolutely love is coming home to my apartment after a long day of work, kicking off my shoes, with a cup of coffee and putting my headphones on and just u n w i n d i n g! My favorite. Seriously. I think women should honestly always make time for themselves doing whatever it is that puts them at ease.

My other favorite thing is sitting at my desk with everything laid out on my desk ready for me to get crackin'! I don't know what it is about seeing everything you have going on laid out in front of you but I love it! I love keeping myself busy and working on a million different things at once. It's one of the best feelings ever seeing all of your ongoing projects start coming to life one after another. It's addicting I tell you!

Speaking of which, today was a GREAT day. Had class this morning, worked at the shop till 8pm with the boys, stopped by Target to buy some gifts (and for the first time, left without buying useless crap for myself!! hah!), picked up some coffee and now I'm home, going to do some homework and get some sleep because Catrina and I are volunteering for the Reading to Kids program at the Esperanza Elementary School and reading to 1st graders! Yay! Then my giiirls are coming up for an LA adventure tomorrow! Can't wait! Life is so good!

When I was at Target today, I was buying gifts for one of my girl friends who is having a baby shower this weekend! My first close friend who is having a baby and I couldn't be any more happier for her! Standing in those isles, got me so excited for all the milestones that I'll be celebrating in the coming years. Good stuff.

On another tangent, I read this blog, KNOWGODKNOWLOVE, and there was a post about resolutions, someone shared this one that I have thought about daily since I read it.

"Continuously have a more deeper & intimate relationship with God.
To not arouse or awaken love until it so desires."

In the past, I've always felt like I was always looking for love (in all the wrong places, at that) instead of allowing love to happen when the Lord so chooses for me. But with this new year + new beginning and finally shifting my focus to taking care of mySelf first, my eyes have opened up to a greater understanding and appreciation for the Lord's plan for my life. Honestly, I was lost for a couple months, weak and without direction, I stopped going to church and filled my life up with worldly desires that brought me to a deep, dark place that I never want to go back to, ever. But God is merciful and gracious and I'm working everyday on my relationship with Him. It's an amazing thing when you shift your priorities and challenge yourself to FREE yourself of everything that held you down inside. To be FEARLESS and face the truth. To be STRONG even when you want to be weak and cry because it does get lonely. It's faith that will keep you up & it's God's love... and it's the only LOVE that has never let me down, ever!

I'm riding on this natural high for as long as I can! It's the best feeling!!