April plans

I'm doing this, I'm excited. :)
Other than that, Not much has been going on. Expect my famiy sold my grandmothers house (she died 2 years ago) and it's been dramatic. My mom isnt taking it well. I'm sad about it, but I know it was just a house, not Nana. Mom seems to have trouble accepting that it's gone. If those walls could talk, they would say "Wow, what a large, cute, slightly disfunctional family."
She's one of six, but only one of the  six really sill has anything to do with us. Everyone has their own family and lives and I understand that, but the whole family has kind of fallen apart since Nana died. As my cousin Allie said, Nana was the center and heartbeat of the family. But I know she is with each of s in spirit on all of our journeys, if we're together or not. We think my Mom just needs a good drink.

My Beau

*Warning, this is sappy.*In the beginning of freshman year, I was on and off dating/crushing on this old middle school friend. This was when I met Brandon, and forgot the other kid. I thought he was the most adorable thing in the world, but he barely knew my name. Eventually we became friends and he asked me out in the most awkward conversation ever.
We're celebrating our 3 years together and I'm so excited. We've grown up a lot in the past few years and I love it. We've both become stronger in our faith, in ourselves, aand our future.
And he could not be a better person for me. Last post when I was stressed, he brought me flowers that night, we both got off at 8, and we had take-out salads from crispers and organic dark chocolate covered espresso beans and watched an old movie. Little stuff like that has been perfect for us. I love his heart and everything he stands for, and how he makes me a better person, too.
He's studying EMT now and will do paramedic and firefighter and nursing and all kinds of crazy stuff. We don't really know how everything is gonna go down with his training and career paths,we're planning the best we can. But he's driven and I'm so proud of him. And I'm amazed, I mean he wants a career and he wants to marry me, and travel, and do mission work, and adopt kids. He's religious and devoted and believes in purity.To good to be true right?
Yeah, that's my guy.
This sounds like a ridiculous "OMG I love him he's perfect" teenager post, but sometimes that's how it feels. Trust me though, I know that neither of us are perfect haha. We've had many fights, issues, tears, everything. But we know we'll be better people on the other side of whatever we go through.
He puts up with me, takes care of me, and relies on me as well. Since graduation I feel like everything has been a hiatus, and even in high school too. But always having him by my side has given me assurance and faith no matter what.
But he isn't totally perfect. I mean, he can't write an essay worth crap. But he does give me a venti soy latte from starbucks for every essay I write for him. ^_^
So, long story short I love this boy. I'm blessed to have him in my life, and I couldn't have asked for a better man to have grown up with, and it only makes sense to grow old with him, too.
Who knows where life will take us, since we are in the pivotal point of young adulthood where anything can happen. But I know we will be together in it, because that makes us better than we could ever be apart.
I <3 my fella.

Man.

Oh man. I'm not sure what to say.
Currently, I'm exhausted. And stressed. For the obvious reasons, work and work and wanting more, but still just working. But this past week I wanted to move to Gainesville.  It was gonna happen, Sarah Mom and I had it figured out. Till Sarah left, then Mom laughed and said don't think so and Dad enthusiastically said no using a bunch of illogical reasons. So I'll stay here.
And the for my psychology class I took a stress test and scored a 40. Average for an 18 year old non-married girl is 14. So that stressed me out. -_-
But earlier this week was the coolest moment of my life since graduation. On of my managers, who's daughter I tutor, had been debating getting a puppy. Err, he never wanted one until his daghter Jacklyn and I pestered him endlessly about it. But we were both looking at puppies online all week at work and had one picked on sunday afternoon. But then he found a different one, and half an hour we were picking it up. It was awesome, we planned on getting one tuesday, but then he said nope we're closing now let's go. IT WAS SO CUTE. I love how I'm talking about Jacklyns puppy like it's mine, but she knows if she turns her back to long it will be mine haha. She named him Alladin, and he is adorable.
Also, I'm on week 2 of an 8 week workout program by Michelle Freeman on Lifeplusfitness.blogspot.com. I love her workouts. And her. Highly reccommended for any level of fitness, because a lot of it you can modify to your needs and abilities. So she's kinda my recent hero.
We're having a pool put in at the house. It's huge and will be awesome.
Oh, and two weeks ago I had what I'm pretty sure was a breakdown. I know I haven't had friends or any social life since graduation, but what happened was kinda like man I can't believe this is my life. Then I realized it always has been, but Sarah has usually been in the same boat with me, or I've had a cow or something to pretend I had friends with. I think seven years of not having a social lifeis catching up with me now. It really sucks. So I'm stressed about that, lol.
Other than that, just the usual stuff as been pissing me off, shocker right?

But my favorite, is the facebook catalog.
As soon as spring break hits, Facebook is like the knock-off version of the VS swim magazine. But it's pick your girlfriend! For the low low price of one drunk weekend, you can have any of these bikini clad high schoolers. Great deal right?
**Supplies are unlimited but exclusions may apply and non-photo shopped results may vary. 

Seriously.

Kony 2012.
Yes.
Everyone trying to be wittier than the post below them about why supporting it is bad.
No.
Stupid.

I shouldn't care because I believe in the campaign and have faith that telling people about the problem can help. And yes abortion, cancer, other countries, our country, and other warlords are also bad. I support any campaigns for them too. I'm not choosing between Kony 2012 and being pro-life, believe it or not.
And yes, it has been around for 26 years. I know. This new campaign has been around for 3 days, and already is worldwide and completely off the charts viral. That is God using his people to touch lives.
As much as I want to buy into your it's been around for way too long for people to care now mindset, it is not happening. This is real, and Invisible Children has done awesome things for this. Their video and Kony 2012 campaign was genius for targeting a new strategy. Yes, I wrote on my car windows and will be putting up posters. I've told 20 plus people the story in the past 2 days and have posted numerous links online.
You saw these, noted that it was as easy as posting a status to spread this life saving message, but instead bashed it. But that creates drama, which intrigues people and starts fires, and that might be bringing more attention to it than just the followers are.
I think this is big and will go far, and will help.
I know I shouldn't be getting so frustrated by the criticism. Hopefully I can reverse that into praise for this cause. Kudos Invisible Children.
Kony 2012.

and such

Im not even going to blog about my day today, cause I'd probably start crying. So I'll blog about my health and fitness. Original, right?
The summer before I turned 16 I was diagnosed with Poly Cystic Ovarian Disease. It's not a deadly disease, it's common and a lot of people have it, I didn't think it was a big deal at all. Minus me not having a menstrual cycle. What they didn't tell me at the doctor was that I would read in every health magazine ever written that if you have trouble losing weight or staying lean, it is the number one reason. Super duper. So I slowly became obsessed with eating healthy and working out, because I don't want to be the person who IS bigger because it's 10 times harder for me to lose weight than the average person (yeah, legit statistic) I wanna be the person that worked 10 times harder to be healthier.
Since then I've hardcore researched food and nutrition. And it was brought to my naive little mind why America's side of the Earth tilts a little more than the gravitational force was meant to. Not really, but it's coming, I promise. Food is ridiculous. Most "food" should not be edible and is destroying ou bodies. I have this disease and hormonal imbalance because of the over processed, hormone infused foods that are so mainstream. Not just me particularly, but everyone who has it or any other disease, really. We're bringing it on to ourselves. Err, McDonalds is anyway.
Blah. So my journey has brought me to a whole/natural/almost paleo type diet that I'm in love with. I developed this over time, first cutting the obvious, unhealthy cookies and such snacks. Then with research I cut white bread and High Fructose Corn Syrup, hydrogentaed oils, red meat . Next, no simple carbs. Ever. Then no wheat. Minimal, if any processed foods. Fruits and vegetables all day,everyday. More legumes. No processed sugar.Whole Non-wheat grains.  You probably get it now. But I have more enegry, I'm much healthier, and I'm happy. I laugh when guys and work offer cookies, or even a ciggarrette. It baffles me to consider that anyone could have that.  Honestly, I don't know how America functions. A majority of it anyway. Coffee and Nicotine I guess.
Speaking of more energy, I workout 1 hr and a half at least once a day. It's just habit. I don't kill myself to get it done, I just enjoy the challenge. And I love knowing that when I started running a month after I was diagnosed, I thought 2 miles was crazy and would be proud of myself for a week over it. It's awesome to run 10 miles and get up the next day and bust out 6 with no problem. It's an amazing feeling.
And I think that the food I eat is the food God put here for us. And the food that makes us go, and go well. And feel awesome. And look awesome.
It makes sense.
People try to take control, make food different, appearing from machinery and added flavors and all kinds of crazy. And if it makes you sick, just take meds you'll be fine. I haven't had so much as a cold since I started this diet. Bodies were meant to be strong, healthy, and fed wholesomely. I read about a study on heart- arrythmias that said under controlled diet and care, patients taking sugar pills benefitted more that those on the medications. The study was immediately discontinued when the findings were solid, and never published. But the medicine is still marketed and profited from. Thumbs up America.
And Gatorade? Ugh. I've heard so much "Well it's better than soda" Well yeah, soda is just a dumb idea. But colored sugar water is no better. Unless you are running 5 marathons everyday or are part swine, you do not need the severe electrolyte replacement it provides. Just drink water, bro.
And that was the most stereotypical naturalist blog about diet and exercise ever. You're welcome.