One year ago...

It's simply crazy to me to think that a year ago today, January 5, I was boarding a plane in Raleigh, NC with my mom, and heading to Los Angeles, CA to start a new chapter in my life. So many things happened in the past year. 2010 was wonderful. I got to live in LA for 7 1/2 months, I still have Cameron as one of my best friends (even though things didn't work out exactly like we planned... but what ever does, really?), I got into college (for the 4th time...), I passed the Praxis!, I have my own townhouse in Lumberton, I'm serving on team for a TEC weekend in a couple of weeks, and as of Friday at 2:30 I will officially be in the School of Education at UNCP!

I know that everything didn't go exactly like I had planned... the whole moving to LA, and back to NC wasn't really a plan that I had...as much as I hate what happened, I will admit that God knew what he was doing when Cameron and I made that difficult decision to break up. Cameron is a truly amazing person, and I am very happy that I can still call him whenever I want, and have his friendship. I am happy with my life as of right now, and I'm very proud of myself for everything that I have accomplished over the past year.

Today is/was my Daddy's birthday. He would have been 59 years old if he were still with us physically. (He's always with me... ) It's CRAZY to imagine what he would be like at 59. Mom said the other day, "he acted like he was 12 all the time, I can't imagine what 59 would be like!" Which is VERY TRUE. He was hysterical. And he mostly did it just to entertain us, or see us get frustrated, a trait that he was very good at sharing with me.

As my Christmas break from school is slowly coming to an end, I'm very happy to have had a chance to spend time with my friends and family. Especially my cousin who goes back to London in a couple of weeks. Never realized how much I relied on her until she moved to another country! :) We're going to brunch tomorrow!

Heading back to Lumberton on Thursday... Preparing for classes to start and my Interview is on Friday. Saturday I'll be in Raleigh for the final TEC meeting before the weekend over MLK weekend. Monday classes start! I'm ready for 2011!

Oh. And, if anyone's counting... there's 16 days until my 25th birthday. Lord Help Me.