So much to be Thankful for...

I will continue my month of Thankfulness here on my blog instead of on facebook...

Day 7: I am thankful that I have a boyfriend who will listen to me complain, and even cry, when I am tired of life.
Day 8: I am thankful for my health. I may not be in the best shape. But I could run a mile. That's more than a lot can day.
Day 9: I am thankful for the junior girls who eat lunch in my room. They make me laugh.
Day 10: I am thankful for new friends. And old ones. And that they can mix together for a night of fun.
Day 11: I am thankful for the Veterans who fought for my freedom. Thank you Grandpa Arensdorf, Grandpa MacDonald, Dad, and Cousins Breck, Mike and Troy.


My grandpa Arensdorf who served in WWII


Day 12: I am thankful that I have found my passion. I can't imagine going through life not knowing if I was doing what I loved or what I was supposed to be doing. I have found my life's calling.
Day 13: I am thankful for the opportunity to give back. I have been blessed beyond measure and I want to share some of it with the world.

Bear I made to send to the Methodist Mission Home in Waco, TX

Day 14: I am thankful for my apartment. It may be small but it is dry and warm.
Day 15: I am thankful for music. And I am thankful that I am able to fill my life with music.

I hope you are keeping track of what you are thankful for this month. And the whole year.

Love Always,
Cynthia

30 Days of Being Thankful...

November is for being thankful and I have much to be thankful for this year. I have so many blessings in my life that I want everyone to know about...but I am REALLY bad about posting stuff on facebook...so, I will post it here. That way if you want to read it, you can. If you don't...well, just close this page now. :)

Here is my list so far...

• Day 1: I am thankful that I have only worked ONE fourteen hour day this year. Not NINE like last year. And I am thankful that November 1st is done.
• Day 2: I am thankful for my awesome co-workers who have turned into friends.
• Day 3: I am thankful for co-workers who will give up their Saturday to work because what we do is important.
• Day 4: I am thankful for my best friend who I am lucky enough to have in my life.
• Day 5: I am thankful for the opportunity to go to school and that I have the means to pay for it. Even if I complain about all the work it takes.
• Day 6: I am thankful that I live in the USA and get to VOTE for my government representatives.

Happy Election Day!

Love Always,
Cynthia

The irony is not lost on me...

It's been a CRAZY past 7 days...

Last weekend Greg and I went to New Braunfels to hang out with one of my friends from college and run a race on Saturday morning. I had been looking forward to this weekend for MONTHS. I was excited about getting away and relaxing for a few days away from Dallas. Unfortunantly, it did not turn out the way we wanted...

Friday started out great. Greg and I got out of town around 10:45am. We got to the outlet mall in San Marcus around 4pm. I was in HEAVEN shopping there and Greg was great about just walking around to whatever store I wanted to go to. He's pretty fantastic.
When we finally got the lake house we were staying at, it was about 6:45pm. We met Evie (my friend from college), her husband Corey, and a couple of Evie's coworkers/friends at the house. They were waiting for us to go over to another one of their co-workers house for a while. We stayed there for a couple hours. We then went back to the lake house had dinner and went to bed.


It was a little cold at the start line on Saturday.

 Unfortunantly, the house where we were staying had dogs (a Golden Retriever) that lived there normally. This was NOT good for me. I am crazy allergic to dogs, which I don't really like to tell people and I try and deny, but when you start sneezing and itching and not being able to breathe, its pretty hard to hide. I didn't sleep well on Friday night, I woke up with a allergy headache AND I was having trouble breathing on Saturday morning. I knew, IF I survived the race, I would be misrable the whole time. But I got ready and went to the race anyways. Greg drove me to the start line and stayed until I started (first time he has done that) but I knew about .5 miles in I wasn't going to make it so I stopped and called Greg in tears. I felt like a failure. Greg was great and just came and picked me up and we went to breakfast. After talking about it with Greg, I decided that I set myself up to fail. If I had trained correctly, if I had been excited about running the race, if he had not been there, if I had slept in my own bed, then I probably would have finished. But I didn't. And that's that. But I have decided I WILL be more prepared for my next half.

After breakfast, we went back to the race to see Hope and Evie finish then went back to the house showered, changed and decided to come back to Dallas a day early. It turned out to be a great decision. We watched TV until late on Saturday and went to the Dallas Museum of Art on Sunday. The weekend turned out to be relaxing anyways...once we got back to Dallas. The irony is not lost on me.

Fun at the Dallas Museum of Art

This week has been full of classes, work, tests, volleyball games, and homecoming hallway decorations. But because I was so relaxed to start with, its been easy. Tonight I am off to the homecoming football game.



Chaos.




It finally came together...around 10pm




Done at 10pm


I am crazy lucky that I have a job that I LOVE and a boy who loves me...



Me and a few of my seniors.

 Life, my friends, is good.
Love Always,
Cynthia