being intentional...

at the beginning of this year, i decided that i really wanted to be intentional with everything that i do. i wanted to be intentional with my friendships, with my time, with my school experiences, with training for the fire department, with my family, with taking my vitamins, and with my walk with God. as i mentioned in an earlier blog post, i felt like my life was just passing me by, and i really want to take a hold of it. this "new quest" [if you can call it that...] has been harder than it sounds. in the past, i would [in a sense] blame my hermit like living on the fact that i was exhausted [exhausted from work, exhausted from school, exhausted from life...you get the picture], and that is such a lame excuse [pardon my high school terminology] to have. if i am not intentional and go after what i want because i am too tired, this precious life that God has blessed me with is simply going to slip through my fingers. so i am really trying to be better about being intentional with, well everything! but i know the journey ahead of me is still long.
on a side note, i had a reunion with my precious friends lauren and chawna last night! these amazing ladies were my study buddies during my pre-nursing days at biola, and have been such a blessing and encouragement in my life over the years...i honestly don't think i would have gotten into nursing school without them. anyway, we all met up at the irvine spectrum and got dinner, chatted, and walked around...it was so great. the last time i had seen them was in august on chawna's wedding day, so it was so great to catch up with both of them and hear about their lives. thank you ladies for a great evening, it was so good being in fellowship with you two!


[reunion at irvine spectrum!]

and on a side note, i am so blessed by grace westmore. look at the sweet note that i she surprised me with tonight:



grace, couldn't do this without you. fight on dear friend, only 101 [!!!!!!] more days.

and with that...i am off to tuesday night yoga. aka, one of my new favorite activities...and something else i want to be intentional about.