Blogging time again!?

I always, somehow, manage to feel like blogging when I'm over here, in Eastern Washington, with my family. Dunno why that is. Hm.

So, today is the 4th birthday of my youngest niece, Ivy. It's a beautiful day outside, crisp and bright, the best of fall mornings. I got to see the smile on the girls faces this morning when they saw their aunties and daddy made the trip over to see them. I've got Paul Keyes piano pieces playing, and a cup of coffee steaming at my side. It really couldn't get much better than this. Calm, quiet, beautiful, and really displaying God's glory. What an amazing world He created.

I'm excited to be here today, also, because it means my dad and I can sit down and complete my FAFSA so I can start looking for scholarships and grants for school. I can't begin to explain how excited I am to be going back to school. I've been wanting to for a long time, but I never really knew what I wanted to go for. So I didn't. But I had a moment a few weeks back and decided to look into working at a daycare, and was lead right into the Early Childhood Education (ECE) program. I'm thinking about going to Shoreline CC to get an AA transfer degree and then finishing at a University for my BA in ECE. I am frightened about costs, but so excited to get started. Hopefully, I will be able to get Grants or Scholarships that will allow me to go at little to no cost. Having a plan for what I want to do with my life feels really good. I don't feel like I'm waking up for work every morning and not going any where. My only wish now is that I could start taking classes sooner, and that I could go for free. Wouldn't that be nice.

In other news, Aaron and I are no longer dating. It's weird to be apart from him, but somehow also completely normal feeling. We've always been really close friends, and just because we're not dating anymore doesn't mean that's changing. We're still best friends, and hopeful that the relationship will blossom into something better, maybe even a blessed and Godly marriage. Only time will tell.