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Wow! That's all I have to say! The last 24 hours have been crazy.. it feels like something behind us pushing things along, being like "this is what you are supposed to do".

Its only been a couple days since I officially decided that the nursing program wasn't what I was wanting to do. And almost immediately after making that decision things have been happening. I feel awesome and things just are falling together.

I met my mom yesterday for brunch and we were sitting and talking. Once we got talking all these ideas that I hadn't even really realized were floating around in my head started coming out. Once I mentioned one little idea to her, it was like a flood gate. She gave a little bit of input and it was a couple hours of me totally making some life changing decisions.

My friend owns a house that I rented a room from her before, about four hours away form where I am currently living now. I loved that area and it's a town that my boy friend and I had mentioned would be somewhere we would be interested in checking out in a year or so when we plan on buying a house. He was planning on moving six hours from where he is living right now to be with me (hence the job/apartment searching mentioned in my last post).

Anyways, my friend called me the other day to mention how she really wanted to move but didn't know what she would do with her house and the two horses she has right now. She didn't want to sell yet because of how the market is, but didn't want to rent it out and not know if people would trash her house, or not look after the horses. She was in a real bind. All of a sudden it dawned on me... I'll rent her house!

Now, of course I hadn't mentioned it to my boyfriend yet, but he pretty much is cool with what I want and it was closer to where he is living and to his dad, whom he is close with. I could go back to school there if I wanted and I love the school there, I can ride, the house has fields, acreage and a barn. It was an awesome idea. We would be out in the country which is what we both like, and he can blare his music or play his electric guitar and the people on the other side of the wall won't be calling the cops.

I called my friend, and she was almost jumping out of her skin!!! She thought it was an awesome idea and couldn't wait to sort things out. She was so happy with the idea that she is only charging us enough rent to cover her mortgage of approx 500$!! and she will give us the option of buying down the road. The only draw back is rather than him being able to move here in 2 weeks its going to be 2 and 1/2 months... which means us not being close for a while longer and him working at a job he is miserable at for even longer. But long-run its an awesome opportunity and with the money we will be saving we can buy that house or another one hopefully in a year.

So I talked to him, he was thrilled! And first thing this morning my friend calls me back and asks if I would want to move in a month and a half sooner than we had first mentioned! She is trying to get the last 2 months of her consolidation for school done down south and that means her leaving sooner! I am sooo excited, and can't believe how well things just "clicked" together in less than 24 hrs.

Can't wait to see what is next!!!

Searching...

So, now I have some time on my hands, and I have been searching. I love painting houses, and have for several people before. I also love the idea of "home staging" and think that with the economic slump, that helping makes people's homes more salable would be readily welcomed.

I also started working on a book that I had begun to write before, but then got to busy. I have always had the dream of writing a book, and I think that is something I am meant to do. I have three books on the go right now and need to prioritize which one I think I will work on and complete first. While I have all this time I might as well be productive with it.

So I have been searching options and ideas on the internet and am going to begin working on my book(s) lol.

I also have been job searching for my boy friend as he is planning on moving here at the end of the month. Which is awesome. I can't wait to have him close, six hours away is just too far!

He works in the construction field, and its not easy to find jobs around this area right now - is it easy anywhere right now?? So job hunting, soul searching, ohhh and apartment hunting! Which, I think is interesting that right now housing prices are going down (if you want to buy a house) and there are no jobs, but I can't find a 2 bedroom apartment ANYWHERE that is less than 7-800 dollars per month!?!? Make sense of that...

So on goes the search and I will maybe post parts of my books and see what people think.

Contemplation...

Why are we given likes and dislikes, dreams and hopes?

I don't believe we are given these things just to find a typical 9-5 job that we do because we have to, and hating it the entire time we are there. I have worked at jobs where I come home at night exhausted and frustrated but don't want to go to bed because that will mean morning will come and I'll have to go to work again that much sooner. I have had jobs that I hated, and jobs that were o.k. there was even the odd job that I liked... for a while.

The problem was I was always trying to work to be able to afford to do what I like, rather than putting what I like doing to work for me. I think we are all given different wants and desires for a reason, and that more people need to be told that "you can do whatever you want" and have them know it's true.

No matter what you decide you want to do, if you concentrate on your goals and it's something you love, it will happen and you will be happy.

I never wanted to go into nursing. It was something I started because it was "smart". I would always have a job, make decent money and there was room to grow into different areas. So after many people telling me that I should, or had to, I decided that I would. I am almost a year into my schooling, and am already unmotivated, and dragging myself there trying to "stick-it-out". And I haven't even gotten into the work force yet. Think that is setting me up to be one of those miserable nurses that everyone knows shouldn't be working with people???

Anyways, I have decided, as of today, that I am going to be changing programs and going into something different. Something I want to do, not worrying about my mom, boyfriend, teachers, etc. Good advice is always accepted, but I am going to decide for myself.

I have always loved business and have always wanted to own my own business. I also love fashion, art, and writing. I haven't 100% decided exactly what I want to do yet. I know it is going to start with a job and working on the current home based business I already am working, ACN.

I am actually very excited and it is very liberating to know that I am going to chase my dreams and do what I want. I know that I am going to be successful and that things are going to go great! I can't wait to see what happens, where things go, and the new things I learn!!

~* Welcome! *~

This is my first attempt at keeping a blog, and I am excited to see where it goes!

I am an average young student; I'm 21 and taking nursing in school... right now I have just started working with a new company that I think is going to change my life, and the lives of many others, so I am not sure if I will be continue on with the nursing program or not.

To be honest, nursing was never something I wanted, it was just "the smart thing to do". So right now I am doing a lot of soul searching and trying to decide what I actually see myself doing 20-30 years down the road.

I have always loved business, art, and writing; and at the moment I have several books on the go, and have started a vague plan of opening a unique art store. It would be several years down the road.

Apart from my interests, I am slightly opinionated (... but who isn't?) and have something to say about just about anything. I enjoy watching the news and seeing how messed up things seem to be getting, and LOVE taking Sociology and Psychology courses.

I swim, run, and compete on horses. I currently am riding with a local coach and hoping to get to show this summer since I have been out of it for a while with shoulder injuries.

Enough about me, I'm sure it's all boring :).

I mostly started this because sometimes I think that it would be nice just to hear opinions from someone "normal" and also just because I love to write. I get urges to write and no specific project I feel like working on at the time, so I have decided to see where this goes.

I plan on keeping people updated on my books and school, and also about the new company I am working with. I really think this company is going to be all over the world in a limitted amount of time and it will be interesting to see people going from "average Joe's" to "somebodies".

Not sure if anyone will ever even read this, but we'll see what happens. I will do my best to keep it updated.