Actually, the bad and the ugly are pretty much all the same. And since a ton of awesomeness happened at the end of the year I can't really think of the bad stuff. So let's just start with the big event: Graduation. My second college graduation. In March I graduated with a Bachelors in Computer Science. It sounds fantastical right? It didn't to me at the time. I was scared to death that I would go no where, that I didn't know enough to get a good job and I was feeling a little lost.
My confidence was so low that I actually applied for a management position in the retail company I was working with at the time. I knew I could get a way better job with my degree and actually have spending money instead of barely scrapping by each month. But I was afraid I would fail. I spent six months thinking my life would always be retail. Retail sucks!In September I got a call from the college I graduated from and they had a job opportunity for me. I had a feeling I was going to get it as soon as they called me about it. I felt even better after the interview, but I applied for another job around the same time. The second job I applied for I got while I was still at the interview. I didn't really want the job but it was getting me out of retail. Then, a few days later the big call came in and I had the big time job. Now, for the past three months I have been working at BMW in the IT department. How awesome is that?
In a matter of weeks my life took a complete 180. I was stressing because I wasn't going to be able to pay my student loans because my retail job didn't pay enough and I could never do anything because what I made all went to bills and gas. With a new job I got WAY better pay. I was shocked at the pay I was starting out with, I never thought I would EVER make that much an hour. But I do. I even got a raise after about a month and a half of being there. GO ME!
Now, I have my bills under control (I just have to remember to pay them on time) and I get to go out most weekends for a little fun. I have spent too much money in the past three months though and I plan on spending a little less in the coming year.
I also started going to church and I love it! I didn't think there was a church out there for me, but I found that there is.
This year was also the year for reconnecting with friends. I spent a lot of time with two really good friends from High School and I'm planning a trip to see a few other friends sometime in 2012. They are going to wish I never came to visit. lol
This year has been about change. It has been about finding my faith again, growing up but still having fun, and learning that I am stronger than I thought. I finally realized that I am okay with myself. I want to lose weight to be healthy...and maybe to look a little better in fishnet tops and corsets. My sense of fashion doesn't go well with my weight at the moment. I have learned that there is nothing wrong with me. I am single, have been single for a while, and there is a good reason for it...I just don't know what that reason is yet.
2011 has been a great year and I know that 2012 is going to be just as awesome. I have so much planned for the new year. I have so much more learning to do and possibly a little more growing up to do. I plan on having fun and finally living the life I have hidden from for so long.
January 1st, I will post what I have planned for the new year. But I think it is important to take a moment and be thankful for everything that we have been blessed with this past year. If you can't think of anything good that happened, think about this, you lived to see another year!
I wish you all a wonderful and safe New Year!
Much Love
~Heather
