Rainy Sundays

I love days like today. Mornings like this morning. Weekends like this weekend. You get the point.

It started raining last night right after dinner and has been raining ever since – and will continue well into tonight. Crazy for Texas, right!? Not to mention, the high temperature is in the 70s!! Does this mean fall and winter are finally making an appearance!?

This morning, as I drink my second cup of coffee and watch the rain outside while spending time with my little family (Phillip and Murphy), I am really thinking about how much I am loving life right now.

There are some great possibilities on the horizon. Some I can share, and some will have to wait to see if they pan out.

Tiffany and Adrian are engaged and having their wedding this next summer in Cabo!! That means we get a wonderful belated anniversary/Phillip’s birthday celebration in another country. Can you believe it!? We will have to save up, but it will be so worth it. I can’t wait!

I have officially finished my application for graduate school. I went to the wonderful open house yesterday and got so much information from them. This is really looking like a promising option. As soon as my last couple of recommendation letters are received, they will process my application and let me know. I’m trying not to get too excited since I’ve been let down so much in the past year, but this might really happen. I might actually achieve my short-term goal of becoming a college professor and be closer to my long-term goal of becoming a health professor with a doctoral degree.

Job hunting is still going. With the latest development of the grad school possibility, I’m beginning to look hard at temp positions instead of dream jobs. I just need a full-time income to get me through school. My dream job can wait. I’ve waited for a year so far, so what’s another two years. Of course all of this could change if I don’t get accepted into grad school. We’ll see.

In addition to these developments in my job and school areas, I am looking seriously at volunteer positions in health education. If I can’t get paid, at least I can brush up on my health skills and make a difference in the community. Not to mention, with the thought of not being able to get back into the professional health world for a few years, it would be nice to stay current. I’ll keep you posted on these exciting opportunities I’m researching.

So many open doors and different paths to go down. This is an exciting time to see where my life is heading. Take it from someone who has been stagnate for so long, this is so refreshing to have possibilities back in my life.