Catch up

I said at the beginning that I wasn't sure about regularity on this. I love photos and I wanted to post some but I am having a little issue with that right now, so no photos for this post but maybe I'll get that worked out soon because I think many times photos say things better then I can.
   Lets see since Thanksgiving. I turned 29 just one year away from 30 and I was thinking about how I thought my life would be when I got home from my mission. By now I thought that I would be married with a kid or at least one on the way. I thought that I I would be an RN for at least a year and that I would be living some where other the Spokane by now. Isn't it great that not everything goes as I plan. I am thankful for everything that has happened in my life and although I think that it would be nice for things to go the way I want to every now and then I am grateful that I have a loving Heavenly Father who knows how things really should go.
   Christmas was fun, although Eric didn't feel well. I love my family, even though there are times when I want knock some sense into them. We had a fun time together and it was nice to have us all together like that since it doesn't always happen. The best part for me was that we all went to church together. We filled up a whole center pew and the only reason why we didn't have people in a second pew was because we had some kids on laps. It was so nice to have us all at church I could just imagine Mom looking down on us and smiling to see her kids and grandchildren together like that in church. I hope this all happens more often and that Doug will once again be an active member of the church like when he was young.
   In January I finally finished all the requirements for massage school so that I could take the test and apply for my license. Also Matt started to date Nicole.
Matt proposed to Nicole and will be married on the 23rd of June. It was so much fun to see them together and to see Matt get so excited about proposing there were a few times that he and I talked in Portuguese as he was telling me what he was planning as far as asking her father and proposing.
   March I took my national certification test for massage and I passed :) ! I was so happy! I am now a certified Massage therapist.
   In April I sent my application in for my Licence and in May I got my license and now I am a Licensed Massage Practitioner (LMP).
   May 2 I got called to talk with the bishop and I knew it was coming but I wanted to deny that I was going to fill in the position since Nicole was our Relief Society President and she would soon need to be released because of her approaching wedding. But the bishop asked me if I was willing to give up my three callings (Munch and Mingle coordinator, Sacrament meeting pianist and Relief Society pianist) in order for me to get a new calling. I said okay and I totally knew what was coming next. He asked me to fulfill the calling of Relief Society President. Let me tell you I never understood why someone seeks to have this calling, I have seen a number of Relief Society Presidents who tend to have a lot to do and it just seems stressful to me, also I know that a lot of people tend to think that the Relief Society President is practically perfect, organized, and put together. Let me tell you I am definitely not perfect and I am not extremely organized, though I will admit I try to be. I also don't have all my i's dotted and my t's crossed. I know that this calling will stretch me in ways that I never been stretched before and nothing made that clearer then what was said when I got set apart. I know that in the end I will be grateful for everything that I will learn. I am grateful now for the opportunity to serve others in this capacity I just hope that I will be able to serve in a way that will be pleasing to Him.
   Also in May I was interviewed at Elements Therapeutic Massage and in June I was hired. Starting this or next week I will have my first shift. I am excited for this change in jobs, I will be leaving the job that I've had as a Nursing Assistant with Beneficial In-home Care, I have enjoyed my time with them and I was going to work both jobs for a while but I feel that it is time that I leave Beneficial. I am most sad to leave my clients, there families and most of the other care providers I work with. I do plan to get a second job with a part time position to help me gain more experiences, I agree with the idea that Robert Kiyosaki said in his book Rich Dad Poor Dad about how different job experiences can help you in the future.
   That about sums up what has been going on since Thanksgiving. Here in a month I will be done with Beneficial, looking for a second job and hopefully moving into a new place, I've had the feeling for a while that it is time for me to move out of Angie's.
   I hope that all of you are doing well and I will try to be more diligent about posting on here.