2014

Almost one month into the new year and I still haven't started one of my "New Year's Resolutions"...I wanted to write more on my blog. Well, better late then never.

So lots has happened since I last blogged that I wanted to blog about.

I went on a cruise to Mexico. That was tons of fun. I went with 3 girlfriends and we had a blast. It wasn't the warmest cruise but we made the best of it. We went horseback riding, tandem biking, took a segway tour and took hilarious photos together. The trip was filled with lots of laughs and many good memories. I felt it was a well deserved trip and I'm glad I went.

Then the holidays started hit, and things got busy. Thanksgiving my family went to my grandparents in Ephraim, UT. It was fun to see our cousins from California and partake in my Aunt Tammy's famous cinnamon rolls.

Then December 16th, I was playing in an indoor soccer game and I was running down the field and went to change positions when my knee gave out the wrong way, and I heard a loud pop. What followed was lots and lots of pain. The most pain I had ever felt. People surrounded me and started to say that I probably tore my ACL. It didn't sound good. I went to a doctor the next day and they confirmed my ACL had torn. For me, this was the worst of worst news. ACL tearing meant 6-9 months of no soccer. I live and breathe soccer...or should I say I lived and breathed soccer. I was playing on 3 different teams at the time and had about 3 games a week. It was my release. My happy drug. My hobby. My life.

And I was told I wouldn't be playing for a long long time.

It has been really hard. I have since then I have gotten surgery, and the surgery was a story in itself. But lets just say, being a gimp has been really hard for me. I am very independent person and lately I have had to be very very dependent. It has been a trial of patience and endurance for sure.

So, back to the holidays. Christmas was wonderful as always. Kyle and Monica with their kids were able to visit for a while. It was great being around them. It was a time filled with reflection and a time of great change in my life. It was also my last break before I started student teaching.

So January started, and with that student teaching. I am student teaching at Orem Jr. High. I love it. LOVE IT. Not all the school work and stuff I have to do for my portfolio, but I love the students, and the funny things they say each day. I leave most days with the biggest smile on my face. This is what I want to do "when I grow up." I found it. And I'm doing it. Graduation for me is this April...and I'm super excited.

Sorry for the long catch up post, I know this blog is mostly for me and my journaling. But thanks to the few and far between readers. 

I hope to post at least once a month, I failed miserably at blogging in 2013. But here is to a new year and new goals and new adventures!