Time Flies...

It's been about 2 weeks since my last blog and a lot has gone on! On September 26th Lindsey went back home to Indiana and that was so sad! I miss her a lot, but I know she is so happy to be home. For her last Sunday we went out to eat at Logan's with the Mansfield's and that was yummy.

Me and Lindsey at the last supper

As far as school goes I have been unbelievably busy! This last week we had midterms, projects, and lesson plans due! It's all really started running together! I know the Educations majors have a ton of work because we were sitting at a table with some senior year business majors and they could not believe all the work we are doing! They were saying they haven't ever had that much going on at one time! I don't know if it made me feel better that we were working so much harder or if I was sad about it lol I had my last midterm today and I am not sure what I got on it yet, but on my other 4 midterms I got all A's so that is great! This semester it is impossible to slack at all so I think I am going to get straight A's...at least I am hoping!

This past weekend my In-laws came into town! We had a great time with them...We went to Jackson on Friday and went to Maskelley's Furniture to look around then we went to the mall and I went Anthropologie and wanted literally 90% of everything in the whole store...that place is unreal and I love it so! I did get the best candle ever from there and I have burned it every single day since I got it! We also went to Maggie Moos and I had a large cup of chocolate better batter and ate the whole thing! Fat, I know but I'm not worrying about it haha!

We are starting a series in Destined tomorrow night called "Twilight" it's not really about the movie it's about light vs. darkness. I am really excited about it and I hope a lot of visitors come! We have an all new stage set up and their will be lots of cool things going on every week! I'll post some pics once we get it going!

Amore`

So, today is our 3rd anniversary! Isn't that so fun!?! I love that we are at 3...it's a good number! I feel like we have some marriage experience or something now! Are we still newlyweds?? We are probably still considered that, but we are mature newlyweds! Do you all believe me? LOL Today has been a very uneventful anniversary so far because I have school all day...booo....but we are exchanging cards and such tonight after classes, and we really celebrated last night anyway!
We went to Hattiesburg and shopped (shopping is necessary for any anniversary/birthday/holiday/occasion) and I got the cutesiest purse and some hair stuff! Cliff got some shirts that make him look muy yummio (that is very yummy in Spanish in case you didn't know!) Then we met up with Mitch and Brandy Rose and ate at this great restaraunt in Hattiesburg called "Seasons". We had never been there before and it was DELISH!! I got crabcakes and a strawberry pecan salad. They both were to die for! Cliff got this special burger that he of course got plain, but said it was amazing nonetheless! Then Mitch told our waitress that is was our 3rd anny and she brought us a brownie sunday that was soooooooo good...we ate every bite! Our desert was free and that was cool..but I think it might have been free because our waitress dumped half the pitcher of water on Brandy first thing when we sat down. It was funny (Sorry Brandy it really was) but I always feel bad for the waitress when that happens! Other than that we just went back to the Rose's house to chit chat for awhile! They are moving to Austin next week so that was really our last chance to hang out with them for who knows how long! Isn't that sad =( But we had a blast!
Well I am off to help Ebony, a girl in our youth group, write a paper! Yay! And if you were just thinking "After reading these blogs I don't think Sheena should be helping anyone with a paper!" Just let me assure you, I write formally much better than I blog =) =)

This is the happy couple at dinner! We of course had to eat ourside because the weather was perfection!

I'm pathetic.

So I am still sick! I got better for a few days, then today it came back with a vengeance! I went to my Elem. School today and started feeling bad almost as soon as I got there. By the time I got home an hour and a half later I was literally shaking with chills, my cough had increased, and my nose was going through like 10 tissues a minute! I felt bad because I kept using the classroom tissues! I bought a 3 pack of pocket tissues to carry around but I left it in the car, of course! I also am almost positive I have a fever but when I took it our thermometer said my temp was 91.7...so I'm either dead and haven't noticed or my thermometer is broken...we'll say the thermometer is on the fritz! Needless to say I am sitting on my couch in fleece sweatpants and a fur lined hoodie. And yes, I still feel cold. I am super pathetic looking right now. I have taken a picture to prove this...My pride is being thrown to the wind so you all will know I'm not a faker! (Cliff said I was a faker! He's a turd.)

                             See I told you I was pathetic looking! Now don't you all pity me and feel bad??

There really isn't a lot going on right now other than school! Which of course I had to miss today...there is a slight possibility I will make a showing at my 6:45 class but that all depends on how I'm feeling toight...I really hate missing class! One great thing is that I have an appointment at the spa tomorrow to get a massage, pedicure, facial, tan, and lunch! I got this gift certificate to Pampered Bodies salon in May from the church when we finished the Destiny Center and I am JUST NOW able to use it! I am sooooo excited! The only thing I am not looking foward to is my nose draining during my massage when I have to stick my face through the face hole thingy...gross! I'm gonna have to take tissues! Then tomorrow night the Destiny Center is open for a hang out night! we are serving tacos! yummy! I also created a facebook fan page for my etsy store so if you have FB search BellaGrace Beauty and "like" my store!!

Sickey McSickerton

I am sick! It's driving me crazy! I have a horrible cough, my ears are draining, my sinuses are draining, I have a fever, I have a sinus headache, my throat is sore, my whoe body is aching. I know that is a whole lot going on but it's true! I had to miss church this morning and that stinks because I wasn't at church last week because I was in Canada, and also because Matt Gordon is here doing a choir clinic! I was excited about that, but now I don't think I'll even see him because he's leaving first thing tomorrow. I can't lie though....I abhor (yes hate isn't strong enough) choir and I am glad I don't have to sit through a clinic. Sorry Matt. I'm sure you did/are doing a phenomenal job! Also Sorry to all my fellow choir haters for having to go while I didn't (you know who you are)! It should make you feel better that I, at least, sat home in pain =)

I have to go to my elementary school in the morning at 8:30! I am hoping if I take dayquil it will hold me until I can get back home...I might go to the doctor tomorrow, but doubt it. I hate the doctor. I am just thankful I don't have actual class tomorrow! I have just a tiny bit of homework to do then my whole monday afternoon and evening is free to rest and try to get better!

Ladies conference was fun, but I was sick the whole time. I didn't make as much as I wanted to but I did ok. I was a featured "talent" for the MS district so that got me a lot of exposure and several ladies came by and got my etsy store address! Hopefully I'll get some more buisness from that! I am going to uplad a bunch of stuff to that on Monday so when people go there I have a lot of product. It's kind of bare right now. If you've never been to my etsy store go check it out! It's www.bellagracebeauty.etsy.com

TTYL =)

New Orleans, School, Weddings and Birthdays!

Hello my worldwide blog audience! Or just my Indiana peeps! Or maybe no one reads this! Who knows!?!? My life is becoming a whirlwind yet I have found time to blog! Last Friday was our (RE)New Service and Tyler did a phenomenal job! He preached "When in Rome" and no he didn't say do like the Romans! haha

We went to New Orleans Monday and it was an absolute blast! Cliff, Tyler, Lindsey, and I literally laughed all day long. It was a much needed break! We ate at Acme Oyster house (An absolute must if in NOLA), checked out the new Anthropologie store (I was so heartbroken I am broke), and I tried Pinkberry for the first time! It was a heavenly explosion in my mouth! Honestly, I thought ok, this is some trendy hype on twitter...Like everyone is twittering "Off to get pinkberry" or "eating some pinkberry" just like everyone does when they all say they are having sushi for lunch (Who has Sushi EVERYDAY!?!?!) but ladies and gentelmen the hype is real! Pinkberry will change your life!! Other than that we just did typical New Orleans things and it was great fun! Tyler left on Tuesday and Elvis was thoroughly devestated Tyler was his new BFF. I think they were in love.

School is killing me! It's SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO busy. This is the busiest semester I have ever had as far as course work goes. I also got a school and my hours set up, I start tomorrow. If you don't believe I am running around like a mad woman here is my schedule:

Monday- West Lauderdale Elementary 8-10am

Tuesday-School 12:30-1:45pm and 4-6:15pm

Wednesday-West Lauderdale Elementary 8-10am School 4-6:15pm Church 6:30 until

Thursday-School 12:30-1:45pm, 4-6:15pm, and 6:30-9:15pm

Friday-West Lauderdale Elementary 8-10am

And I applied for a job today at the MSU Riley Center downtown (it's like a music hall/conference center) that I will work at literally any time mon-fri when I am not at school. The hours would be 10:30-7pm but I would go to work then leave for school then come back to work on the days that I have school. PRAY I get the job! But if I do there will barely be time for breathing! Who need to breathe anyway?

On next Thursday the 2nd I am leaving for Canada!! Stacey Maclauchlan is marrying Dexter Rubio and I am so excited to be a part! I wish cliff was going though. Bummer. I'll be home Sunday the 5th so it's a crazy quick trip!

The only other exciting thing is that Monday is my Birthday! WOO HOO! I'll be 23! how fun! There are really no plans. How boring, I know. I used to plan parties for myself but I don't have time to now. I am hopefully gonna have a birthday dinner with Cliff, Lindsey, Steven and Tracy! My bestest friends in Meridian! I love them all so! In related Birthday news I made myself a gluten free birthday cake with gluten free triple chocolate chip icing (it's delish believe it or not) and Sis. Cooksey made me my own Sweet Potato pie which might as well be cake and it is also Gluten free. Needless to say I have had cake and pie for breakfast lunch and dinner, literally, for the last 2 days. I am not complaining at all about this!

I guess that is all! Here are some pics form NOLA!

This is me loving Pinkberry with my whole heart!

This is a super creepy bathroom sign we saw!

Cliff and I looking very scary bc we are so tired, but happy nonetheless bc we are eating AOH...our fave!

School is the devil!!!

So I started school Wednesday and have had 4 of my 5 classes. I literally want to cry already! I know that probably sounds dramatic, but if you could just listen to all my education department profs talk about how overwhelmed we are going to feel, you would be overcome with pity! I literally had a professor say yesterday, "If you don't feel totally overwhelmed and stressed in the next 2 weeks, you aren't doing the work." And on top of that we have to start our in class hours for the education block. we have 10 weeks to do 30 hours. 5 observation hours and 5 one on one student hours for grades k-1, 5 of each for grades 2-4, and 5 of each for grades 5-8. Don't ask when I'm finding the time to do that. And they aren't even assigning us a school! We just have a letter to take around until we find a principal who will let us use their school. And we have to find our school by this coming Tuesday! Holy Moses!! Other than wanting to cry everytime I am there, I am SO glad school has started! I only have 3 semesters of classwork left, then my student teaching, then I graduate!!!! YAY! I AM SO HAPPY!!!!!! I do not think there is anyone in the world who will be as happy to graduate as I will be. I need to hone my moonwalking skills because I am gonna do that all the way across the stage. lol.

In other news...Tyler Bryant is in town and staying with us until Tuesday! On Monday we are planning to go to New Orleans! I am so excited, I really hope it works out!! We are having our quarterly (RE)New service tomorrow night and Tyler is the guest speaker so that will be a lot of fun! I am haivng lunch with Lindsey and Joy Carlen tomorrow(I've never met Joy really so I'll have another friend tomorrow! Fun!!) then after lunch Linds and I are cleaning the youth center to get it ready for the service. That is about the extent of my exciting, high profile life (not). I shall blog again soon! And I am so totally proud of myself for getting back into the blog swing! Who knows what I'll be blogging next! It's just a continuous exciting mystery for all of you I am sure! haha =) Well I am exhausted since learning literally hurts my brain so I am going to bed!
GOOD NIGHT ALL!

ps. Elvis is sleeping under the covers while I'm writing this and he is snoring so loud! It's cracking me up! (for those who care, which I know is all of you)

THe Destiny Center

So I haven't written in a long time and last time I wrote I had great intentions to keep it up but that hasn't worked out so well! Sorry, I really will try to do better! Lots to catch up on but the main thing is that we are rennovating our old family life center into a new youth center!! It's a 9,000sqft building so we will have lots of room to do whatever we need to! The Destiny Center will be opening may the 15th with a sponsor preview night then the ribbon cuting will be May 16th! We are so excited!! It has been lots of hard work and many almost all nighters but we are getting there! All the painting and electrical should be done this week, then The flooring will be all we have to finish! I cannot believe we just announced this project to the church 2 months ago! All of our youth kids are so excited and have been up here working almost every night after school and on weekends...they want to be in it so badly! There will be a high school/JR High sanctuary that seats 80-100, an internet cafe with iMacs and wireless internet for laptops, a video game area with Wii, X-Box 360, and Playstation 3, a college sactuary that seats 35-45 and a cafe area where we will serve snacks, candy and drinks. We are going to have a youth service every wednesday with a full band and everything, it will also be open some days throughout the week during the school year for tutoring, and every other friday night for kids to just hang out! It is going to be a lot of work but soooo worth it! I feel like I'll be up there hanging out for fun LOL
Other than that school is consuming my life! This is my last week of school work then finals next week, and a full term of summer school! YAY! (NOT) lol the sad news is becuase of summer school, camps, vacation bible school, and Impact conference we won't be coming to Indiana until the beginning of august for Jordan Parnell and Dacia Elkins wedding! I hate that I am not going to be able to see everyone until August, but that news is made better by the fact that my wonderful In-laws will be here May 14th and then we are doing a little VACA with my family may 20th in Gulf Shores!
I'll add pictures of the Destiny Center as soon as I can! Back to school work for now! Love you all!

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Lots has gone on since I last had a chance to write! We had a great Thanksgiving with the Mansfields, we didn't end up going to Biloxi at the last minute but we still had a really fun Thanksgiving! I talked Cliff into getting up at 4am with me on Black friday to go shopping! We were at the mall by 5am and we had a lot of fun although we were so tired! Cliff got a new outfit to wear in the pictures Brandy took of us! We went to Columbia this past weekend to have our pictures taken and they all turned out soooooo good! She got really cute pics with Elvis too! We love them! Friday we took pics and went out to dinner with Mitch and Brandy! Also, Andrea had her baby on Friday! A little boy named Ross Hayden! We are so excited to get to meet him when we come home, and Cliff is so happy to have a nephew! On Sat, Brandy and I slept in while Cliff got up at 4am to go hunting with Nate Rios! I can't believe he actually went hunting because he hates to hunt but he did! They didn't even see a dear though haha! We had lunch with mitch and brandy and shopped with them for a while then we went to Nate and Shera's house to hang out and have dinner! It was a really busy weekend but we had a lot of fun! I have finals this week then I am out until after the new year! I am so ready for the break! This Friday is our youth christmas party and we are going to Christmas Caroling then come back to the church to eat and play games and do whatever! It will be a good time! I am so excited to come home for Chrsitmas I cannot wait!!! We are so excited to see everyone! We will be flying into Louisville on the 19th and flying out on the 27th! We still aren't sure Exactly when we are staying where but this is what it looks like as of right now...

Fri 19th: Staying in Indy
Sat 20th: Lunch with family, staying in Indy
Sun 21st: Staying in Columbus
Mon 22nd: Staying in Columbus
Tues 23rd: Christmas with mom and grandparents, staying in Indy
Wed 24th: family christmas, staying in Columbus
Thur 25th: Family Christmas, staying in Indy
Fri 26th: day in Indy, Staying in Columbus
Sat 27th: Leave for MS

This is most likely the schedule so as everyone knows the days in indy are for people in indy and the days in columbus are for the people in Columbus! We won't be making any special arrangements b/c it's just too hard yada yada you've heard this everytime we come home =)Aslo, Elvis won't be coming home with us! It's so sad, I know, but we just did not want to have to deal with him at an airport! He would go crazy haha so we are leaving him at the kennel! I guess that is everyhting! We leave in 11 days! Woo Hoo!!

Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!!

I have been so busy! School is really killing me right now...monday night I sat at the Mansfields and did 3 1/2 hours worth of homework! I have 3 huge group projects I am working on 4 test between tomorrow and Tuesday, not to mention my English paper, and I have to do a painting on CANVAS!...I am dying! lol Profs honestly think that their class is your only class!
And I also wanted to let you know I have not bitten my nails in 6 days!!! WOO HOO! Yes I have had fake nails on BUT I haven't bitten those either! You can ask Cliff, my fake nails last like 3 days at the most before I have them bitten and torn off!
We are for sure coming in On December 19th! I still have not one clue as to what we are doing yet! I think the only things set in stone are that we are having Christmas dinner with my mom and grandma on the 23rd and Christmas with my aunt and uncle and my In-laws on the 24th and 25th...We don't have exact plans but of course we would be with our fam on Christmas Eve and Christmas day! I am trying to orchastrate a girls day with my friends and a girls day with my family girls like my aunt Frieda, Aunt Bethani, Jeanetta, Andrea...of course I haven't even talked to them about it so if ya'll are reading this what how about it?? lol but hopefully I will have a tentative schedule a week or so before we leave to come there! If anyone has any ideas to get together let me know! I need to start figuring out plans and I don't want to leave anyone out! I am pretty excited that we get to use the new Airport! I didn't even know we were gtting a new airport until Rachel told me in an e-mail this morning!
We have cool Thanksgiving plans! We are going to Biloxi, Ms to have Thanksgiving with Nate and Wendy Barrett...they invited us a few weeks ago and we thought that would be a lot of fun! I think I am going to make some cream cheese pies...my new favorite thing to make! yummy!
My stinky work cut my hours this week! I am so annoyed! I don't work Friday's anymore...That is great except I need money!! lol They just keep hiring new people and we don't have neough work for everyone! Basically we all have about an hour of work in an 8 hour day because so many people work here! It's craziness. Oh well nothing to do about it I guess...
Cliff and I have an appointment to get our pics taken with Brandy Rose the first weekend of December! I CANNOT wait!! She is gonna take pics of us and also take some wedding pics of us! I know we got married over a year ago but we have NO wedding pics other than our album and we want some! She is giving us a great deal too! I think we are going to spend the day in New Orleans taking pics! Her website is www.brandyrosephotography.com you all need to go check her out! She is fabulous!!!

ps. 37 days until we are home!! YAY!!

McCain-Palin 08'!!!

So I am at work so bored because it is the slowest day ever and I thought I should get on and write a little something since it has been a little while! This weekend was Halloween and it was a lot of fun! We had our "Hayfest" on Saturday adn Cliff dressed up as a ghetto old school basketball player and I dressed up as Sarah Palin! It was really fun! We roasted hot dogs and marshmallows, played some games, and went on a hayride. My Sarah Palin costume was actually very controversial and that suprised me! We had a bunch of little kids come with their parents and they were all like ew! Why are you Sarah Palin I like Barack Obama! I of course was not going to argue with 10 year olds about the election but it made me sad because it shows you where their parents stand! Even our youth kids were saying they were going for Obama. The poor future of our country...I told Cliff if Obama wins I am taking trips to Cuba and China so I can see my future first hand! LOL I know that's a bit dramatic but I have been known to be a little dramatic.
Tonight we have to go to some restaraunt in Forest, MS for a sectional presbyter vote. Of course in typical preacher fashion you can't do anything without eating and wearing a suit. I am not looking foward to hanging out with a bunch of crotchety old men all night but I promised Sis. Mansfield I would go with her so she wasn't alone!
I only have about a month left of school for this semester and I am so excited!! Right now it looks like I am going to end up with 3 A's and 2 B's....I am disappointed about the B's but Oh well I guess. I was just doing too much this semester and I learned my lesson!
I better get off here and get to work I just got brought a huge stack of claims! Fun! I am sire I will be blogging in the next few days...and either very happy blog or a very sad/furious blog! All depending on the election of course =) I am sure I don't have to tell anyone this but VOTE tomorrow. I am really excited considering this is the first time I have been old enough to vote in a presidential election! I love Democracy!

I hate blogspot...

So I haven't blogged in 400 years because I can never get this stinking website to work! But today, magically, it is up and running perfect so I thought I better take advantage of it while I can!
We went to Memphis with our parents the first weekend of October and had so much fun! It was a very much needed break from work, school, and church work! We went to these two awesome restraunts called Rendezvous which is a rib place and The Pier which is a fancier restraunt that looks over the Mississippi River. They were both so good so if you are ever in Memphis, you definitely should go to those 2 places!!
This past weekend was extremely busy. We went to Columbia, Ms on thursday (10.16.08) to have dinner with Mitch and Brandy Rose and to go to their church's outreach event for the local highschool called "5th quarter" after the football game. It was really fun! They had the Columbia high school drumline play then Royal Tailor Band did a concert and of course they were great! Their lead singer Tauren sang at our wedding if that helps any of you know who they are lol. After 5th quarter we stayed the night with Nate and Shera Rios the Student pastor of Woodlawn. He and Cliff were supposed to go golfing on Friday morning for Nate's birthday but we all stayed up talking until 5 am and when we finally woke up on saturday it was raining so they decided to stay in and play xbox 360 all day! lol! I had lunch with Amber Mac then came back to the Rios' house and chilled with Shera all day and played with their 4 boys! We went out for dinner at the Wingery and then came back to Meridian late Friday night!
Of course we boarded Elvis and I picked him up Saturday at noon. After I picked him up I went to get a pizza from Little Ceasars which is on one of the busiest roads in Meridian called North Hills St. When I opened my door to get out Elvis jumped out of the car and took off running as fast as he could!! I started screaming for him to come back but he didn't listen! He ran straight to the edge of the road and started chasing cars, never actually getting in the raod thank God!! He fnally came back to me when I yelled "Elvis do you want a treat!?!?" haha he will do ANYTHING for a treat! I was crying and shaking and so mad at him! I got him in the car and closed the door to go into little ceasars and this lady was standing there and said "Not exaxtly the best place to let your dog out for a joy run" ugh if you could of heard her attitude and the way she said it you would have died. I was already really upset so I kind of yelled at her...haha I was like "do you honestly think I let my dog run on the busiest street in Meridian? I'm not an idiot!" Then she smiled and made this humph noise so I was just told her that she better mind her own business and not say one more word to me and walked past her. When I came out she was gone whch made me happy because when I calmed down I felt bad and kinda embarrassed for snapping at her like that lol. Oh well!
School is going really well! I dropped my physics class because it was so hard and I was doing really bad in it! I was taking the one day a week class which is an excelled pace class and I need to take that stuff with the slow pace schedule! I am terrible at science and math. So now instead of taking 6 classes I am only taking 5! Midterms came out last week and I have 4 A's and a C! I am pretty sure I can get the C up though so I am not really worrying about it. We have only had 2 tests and I got a 74 on the first on and an 82 on the 2nd one and those are the only 2 grades we have in that class which puts my average at a 78! I should be able to get it to at least a B by finals! Well I think that is about it! Other than I pretty much lost all respect for Colin Powell yesterday when he came out and supported Obama...I am ready for this election to be done and over with! McCain-Palin 08!!!
Also, Cliff and I should be coming to town for Christmas December 19th if all goes as planned! I can't wait!

Hopefully I'll be able to update soon!

My Blog Is Back!!

So I haven't had access to my blog in like 3 weeks! For some reason I couldn't type in the post box to add a new post, and today it is magically working again! Woo Hoo! I have been so rediculously busy with school it's insane! I am definitely starting to regret taking 20 credit hours this semester...I am doing ok so far grade wise, it's just so time consuming! And a lot of the time, I don't have the time!

Rachel came here for my Birthday and we had so much fun! We didn't get to go to New Orleans because of stinking hurricane Gustav! We thought it was going to hit us until the night before, so they evacuated New Orleans and most of the Gulf Coast! We were thinking about going to Indiana but decided not to! Then we were supposed to get Hurricane Ike 2 weeks later, but as you know he went west and hit Galveston, TX. The weekend of my Birthday our church started a revival and so far we've had over 50 people receive the holy ghost! That's really awesome, but we are definitely ready to get back to hearing Bro. Mansfield preaching again! A month of another preacher besides your pastor is no fun! lol even though Bro. Plemons is a good preacher!

I am really excited about this coming weekend because we are going to memphis with Cliff's parents and my Aunt and Uncle! We are going to Graceland and hopefully shopping! haha what trip is comlete without a little mall time? I can't wit to get away for the weekend and see our parents! Well I have a bunch of physics homework and class tonight to I am gonna go!

School

So I changed my major yesterday! I am now an Elementary Education major. I have been thinking about doing this since January, but I was pretty set on on Social Work with the thoughts of eventually doing social law. Being the complete hard head that I am thought it would be best to take the Intro to social work class and see if I really loved it as much as I thought! This is a class you normally aren't allowed to take until your Jr year so that is why I hadn't taken it already. Well as it turns out the whole class I was like convicted about whether or not I would be able to do what social workers are required to do. First of all the Social Work profession is extremely liberal in it's views as far as social policy goes, but not only that it's pretty strict on being non biased and you can't bring personal views or beliefs into the job. Well that's pretty hard for me! How am I going to work everyday with hurting people and not be like YOU NEED JESUS!!! lol so needless to say I was praying about it and the pros of teaching far beat the pros of social work and yes even eventually becoming a lawyer! I really felt like I would sacrifice too much as far as ministry is concerned and I'm not willing to do that! The bible does say seek ye first the kingdom, not seek ye first a law degree! haha :-) The only gigantic negative is almost none of the classes I have already taken will go toward my new major. I am starting over 100% I could have cried my eyes out when my advisor was telling me all this! I have to take 18 credit hours for the next 3 semesters and 3 summer school classes just to be able to transfer to Mississippi State from Meridian Community College beacause our MSU campus is only a JR/SR college. That really bites excuse my french! But I can do it...hopefully! I am excited to get back to school though! I love school!

Women are stupid...

Ok not really, but I hate working in an office full of, and ran by women! Women are moody, gossipy, whiney, and sometimes just plain rude! I have an extrememly flexible schedule at work becasue when I applied for the job I told them up front that my first responsibility was with the church and I would need time off frequently and that I would always give them plenty of notice and I would be flexible to fill in hours for people where I could or switch days if needed. You know, If you are flexible with me I will always be flexible with you type of situation! Well they agreed to all this and it has worked out great! I have given them a time off schedule up to december just so they would have a way heads up and in return I have worked extra hours came in on my days off and yada yada, you get it! Well last Thursday I had an appointment to take Elvis to Petco for his bath and all that on my lunch break at 2. Well the lady at petco who was working alone took a walk-in Collie like 10 min before I got there. I had told her I was leaving town at 4pm and I would be picking Elvis up at 3:45pm becasue Elvis is little it only takes an hour and 15 min to do everything and she said over the phone the day before that all this was ok and they could get it done. Well since she was an idiot and started washing the Collie who didn't have an appointment ahead of my appointment she told me Elvis wouldn't be able to get his bath until 5 and be done at 6:15 because a collie takes 3 hours! Well I all but cussed the poor woman out because I had my dog with me, I was on my 1 hour lunch break that only had 15 min left and I had to leave town at 4. Needless to say I had to call around find somewhere that could get him in, pay more than usual and I was 30 min late to work! Well I had called before I was late to tell them I was gonna be late and explained the situation! My manager was out of town so i told the lady who was working. Well this lady told my manager yesterday that I was at lunch for an hour and a half and no one knew where I was or what I was doing and I almost got in trouble until I told her I called! That's when my manager bothers to tell me that some of the other girls are complaining about how my schedule is so loose and how I get to do whatever I want and why does Sheena get to do this and that. I was so mad! First of all I work like 20 hours a week for 7 dollars an hour! It's not like they are over paying me for what I do! And all the other girls are full-time! I don't have a fourth of the responsibilities they do! Stupid women! lol ok...I am done ranting....

So I have been thinking about switching my major...again...haha I know, I know, I am gonna be in school until I am 50 but I am thinking about Elementary Education because, A) I love kids and B) It has the perfect schedule for a youth pastors wife! I am off the whole summer so that takes care of all the camps and youth congresses and youth events! Then I am off every holiday including 2 weeks at christmas and a week for spring break! And we will have incredible insurance and retirement! I am just thinking though! And after this next semester I will have enough credits to get a job as a teaching assisstant which is a much better paying job than what I have now, we could start getting benefits now, and I would start having the same schedule as a teacher! I am praying about it of course but it just seems like such a better idea than social work and social law....I know I could do all that if I worked really hard, but what would I have to sacrifice for a law degree? It just doesn't seem like the important thing (as cool as it would be to have a doctorate of law haha) well anyway just pray for me and pray that I get the teaching assisstant job! I am gonna put my application in soon because I think I maybe could get it now since I am only a few credits away...our assisstant pastor works for Meridian Public Schools and he is helping me get a foot in! I'll let you all know how it goes and feel free to comment your opinions! I need advice! lol!

Ps...We leave for Indiana this Friday!!! WOO HOO! I'll post our schedule in a seperate blog!