My mind is going in about 20 different directions right now so i figured i would just share some of these thoughts with you!

Like I said in my last post, last weekend was just awesome! And this week has been good too! Work was ok, I had Friday off to go out to my sister's house to make cupcakes (a tradition of ours that i hope continues on for a long time!.. it is one of the not-so-many things that i ALWAYS look forward too) for my oldest nephew's 6th birthday party. OMG.. robby is 6 years old!.. where the heck does the time go! and when i was over there on Friday, robby read something to me.. i was like "you can read?!!" i was amazed! i have realized it before but not to that extent until then that time really is flying by! and this summer.. where did it go?? i remember when i was in grade school and summers seemed like they were just as long as the school year... what happened to that?!!! oh, and about a month ago i decided that i would take a couple classes this semester towards getting my Web Technology Certificate. i just want to get it over and done with so i can just add that extra bit to my resume. yeah, so my one class starts on tuesday of this week and my other one starts monday of next week.. yippee (*note major sarcasm!!) i have been out of school for a year now so this is gonna be hard getting back to! oh well, i think it will all help me further myself in the end! ok so thursday night i read an entire book! it was a great book if you like those stories about how much joy and love dogs bring to our lives but by the end you just need an entire box of tissues by your side! anyways the book was called Rescuing Sprite. Thank God i was home alone even though i was up in my room reading it that night because i was crying so hard that my dog could hear me downstairs and he came up to see what was wrong. i think the reason why this story touched me so much is because so much of it reminded me of my childhood dog, Dexter. it just brought back so many emotions that i haven't thought, felt or talked about in a long time. no dog could ever replace him, just like no dog will ever replace jake! they both will always have a special place in my heart! now, as you can tell by the "reading" section over to the left, i am reading another dog book calle Dog (seriously it is just called Dog!).. short so maybe i can finish another one in a day :) and next up on my list is a recently popular one: The Last Lecture. because of losing a dear friend/family member, i have gotten into reading books like this.. inspirational, making the most out of life and spending as much time as i can doing the things i love with the people i love! unfortunately it took a loss so sudden and so tragic for me to realize this but i am glad that i finally have and embraced it!

ok, i think that is enough randomness for today! now i am off to read for a bit and then hanging out with carol and sharing some awesome stories!!! :)

before i go, i would like to leave you with a quote i recently read... "The pain of loss is the price of love." No matter how much pain love can cause you in the end, never deny it cause there is no gift more precious!