A 'not so good' start to the week...

This weekend was the ladies trip to Savannah, which was great! It was really nice to have some girl time and to spend some much needed 'quality time' with my mom! I love my mom so much and she has no idea how much I really miss getting to see her everyday!

Tonight I had to go into work, from being off all weekend, it was not the most exciting thing ever! I got there at 4:00 and to make a long story short... I left around 9:00 with 11.00$ in my pocket!!!!

I had two tables the whole five hours that I was at Bahama Breeze tonight... sad night, I know! It's really hard going to work right now, knowing that it could possibly be really slow (especially during the week) due to how bad the economy is. The road that leads to the Bahama Breeze parking lot was completely blocked almost the entire night from the HUGE LINE at the gas station, one of the few that has gas at 4.80$, right next door!

I thank God that I was able to make 11.00$, since it's better than nothing, and am praying that things will get better soon....

Sept. 15, 2008

Today I got a phone call from my dad at 3:28pm telling me that Karen Sherman passed away!

I talked to him this morning and he had told me that she was sitting up in her bed talking some, when before that she had been kind of out of it! Later today I talked to Karen's niece, Katie, and she said they had taken 1000 cc's of fluid off her abdomen, which made her feel a lot better!

It helps to know that she was hopefully not in as much pain today and was able to enjoy her family some!

She will definitely be missed!!! She was such a sweet person and never missed an event that her kids and nieces were involved in! I know that God is going to take care of her family and surround them with so much love and support!

Life is so hard sometimes, I can't imagine going through things without the Lord on my side!

My heart is broken!

This morning I was woke with a phone call from my mom telling me that a good friend of our family "probably won't make it through today!!!"

Growing up I shared a backyard with one of my best friends from school, Katie! Her cousin's use to live next door to my parents (before I was born) and I actually was named after their youngest daughter! Their family is very close and Katie's mom has a twin whom was born with Scoliosis! She happen to be born before they had all the new treatments for this and when they did come out with ways to treat it, she was too old!

She has been going through a lot the past several months, not being able to work while being in and out of the hospital. Her husband, Garland is a great friend to my dad, one who comes to the house every Wednesday to play cards, and also is currently working with my parents on flipping a house. We have been on vacation with their family and had many great memories from sports to proms to buisness arrangements and just fun get togethers!

Karen, the lady I'm talking about is so young and has two kids, a boy who is a year older than me, and a daughter who is several years older than me! My dad called me this afternoon and said that he was going to the hospital to stop by. They have moved her to a room and told the family that there is nothing they can do. They actually told the family last night that she wasn't suppose to make it through the night and she's still holding on!

I'm not sure how all of this is suppose to play out, all I know is my God is bigger than all of this! Karen has been through so much and I know that she would be so much better off in heaven although it breaks me heart to think that she would be leaving her husband and kids here at such a young age!

My prayer is that God wraps them all up and comforts them through this horrible time! I can't imagine losing a parent.... my heart is completely broken for the whole family and I am praying that God is glorified in this extremely hard time!

An update on my dad...

My dad has an appointment on Tuesday morning for a heart cath! Hopefully they will go in and realize that a minor surgery will fix it and they don't have to do open heart surgery!!! It's crazy to think that my 52 year old dad could possibly be faced with open heart surgery! :( I know that God has a plan and he is completely in control of the situation!!! Please keep our family in your prayers and I will keep you all updated!

Prayer for my dad...

God is so faithfull...

a quick update:
I was able to get enough money to stay in school, yay, praise the Lord!!!

Now for the next miracle...

My Dad had to go in for an EKG several days ago and it came back abnormal. Yesterday they did a stress test on him and realized he has some blockage in his heart :( We haven't found out when, but the doctors are calling us back to let us know when he needs to come in and have a Heart Cath. to figure out where the blockage is so they can go in a fix it!

God never lets us down and I know that he will come through for my DAD! Please pray that everything will be alright and that through this my dad can grow closer to God :) Thanks and love you all!

surprises aren't always so exciting!

So... I haven't been able to blog for awhile because life has been a little CRAZY! I started school of course and two weeks ago got a job, YAY!!! I'm working at a restaurant here in Kennesaw called Bahama Breeze! If you've never been there, you should try it, and if you're not from Kennesaw, it's worth the drive :) Anyways....

For the past two weeks I have been at Bahama Breeze training and have had maybe 2 or 3 days off. In between that I have had class on Tuesaday and Thursdays plus trying to study and keep up with my class. This class I am taking requires so much work, I've never felt so overwhelmed with ONE class!

So... I had a meltdown yesterday, yes those happen every once and awhile! I have been waiting on my financial aid since school started. A few things that have been put on hold while waiting for this money has been my book, for the class that I am three weeks into, my comcast bill and groceries! So here's how the story goes...

...Since i had assumed that my money would come this week, it was suppose to be in last week with everyone else's, I used my roomates rent money to help buy my book today. I also used part of it for the comcast bill, yes, things are tight :)! Anyways, yesterday I called the financial aid department because I didn't understand what was taking so long and they informed me that I wasn't recieving my money because I wasn't taking at least 6 hours worth of credits! so.... had they told me that THE FIRST TIME I WENT TO THEIR OFFICE TO ASK ABOUT THE MONEY, I would have been able to add a class and therefore recieved my money. Since yesterday was the first I had heard of this crazy rule, it is now too late to add a class and I have until next week, the 11th, to come up with $1200.00 or my class is dropped and I don't get to graduate!

So of course I had my cry session and still am just going on hope and faith that somehow God is going to provide the money for me so that I can finish my degree and move on with my life! It's crazy how things happen when you least expect it and it totally changes your life (or so you think it changes your life)! I have no doubt that things are going to work out, it's definitely a challange for me to let God be in control of this one!

To move on to a more exciting topic... I had my first section tonight on my own :) I took my last test (the fifth one) tonight before my shift and am officially a server! It was a lot of fun to finally get out on my own and make some money! I only had two tables, but the tables I did have, one being Danial and some of his friends, haha, definitely treated me great and overall it was a fun night and I learned a lot! Tomorrow and Saturday night are my last two nights with two tables.. hopefully I get the hang of the computer system and will be completely comfortable come Monday when I actually start a real shift with three tables!!!

Life goes on and things always work out... I'm staying positive and looking forward to seeing how God blesses me :)