New year, New times, New views...NEW!

New Year-2014! I remember watching the movie Back to the Future and the year they chose was 2015-with flying cars and flying shoes! Oh how I wish things were like that, yet things change but in the same breath feel as if they stay the same. Does that make sense? A year and a half ago we made the move to Florida, I was hopeful my career would take off and I would be even more successful by my standards than I was while in Colorado Springs yet life had other plans. I took a job at Starbucks this past spring more as a "get out of the house a few nights a week thing!" yet here I am 8 plus months later and I am still there, yet have come to respect that job more than I ever thought possible, along with the wonderful people I am blessed to work with we all try so hard! Starbucks is tough work and I would be lying if I said I went to and came home from work every night NOT tired and that my feet did NOT feel like they were falling off...But that would be a lie. Haha! With this job there are many areas to excel, from drink making to customer service...They all work together and intertwine to make an overall job that literally kicks butt 100%! At first I was not sure of my abilities honestly because while I work well under pressure it has been a different type of pressure, a medical based back round and that type I can handle very well, always have. This was a huge step outside my box but here I am tired-YES but BLESSED BEYOND MEASURE! I have been growing more spiritually, trusting in God's plan more and the frustrating thing about a person who LOVES to be in control at all times is that it is literally faith, some call it blind faith and at times it sure feels that way. A few weeks back a friend from church came to say hello after service at Starbucks while I was working and she and I chatted for a few minutes and she stopped and said "Sarah this is where you are SUPPOSED TO BE." I think she is right, it is bringing me back to the basics if you will and despite having a degree, 15 years of Healthcare experience and still nada...God has plans for me, for me being there and I need to trust, to have that blind faith I mentioned. So how does MIZZ Control-freak AKA:ME do that? Well I tell you, it literally takes a daily pep talk, faith and lots O' patience. As I sit here reeling in the fact that it is already mid-January I hear my kids reading before bed, dinner dishes done, quiet time is happening as I sit here and type...Some days are better than others and some days I am a big bag O' blah BUT my point? My point is simple, trust in yourself, in those around you, faith if that is your thing and any other form of anything that brings you joy, peace, happiness, etc...I have also realized recently that it is not stuff that will make a person happy, it comes entirely from within and those friends that always say they will be there always? Well are not always there, and end up kind of disappearing but that is OK because if you can hold on to yourself and what makes you happy, and at peace the rest is gravy. Along with other changes I decided I would make this year I made a career change, school-wise. I always thought I was meant to and wanted to be a nurse, until a few months ago I was talking to my little sister who is a respiratory therapist and she LOVES her job. She is so happy so I decided to study up on that, see what the wages started out at and what sort of demand there was for an RT in today's workforce. I decided to make the leap and I start my clinical portion here soon, and I could not be more thrilled! Thankfully with all of my medical classes I have taken and the degree and certificates I hold I was placed ahead of the line and so it will not take me nearly as much time as others so that is another plus and another exciting thing I get to look forward to! Life is what we make of it-I could be nervous about the low paying job I have currently and worry about other things but there is no point. Instead I will embrace the positive, the beauty, the blessings in life. I challenge others to do the same, I am not sure I even have any readers but regardless this blog has always been for me and for me alone. I will close...I am blessed, I am happy, and I challenge you all to embrace the beauty.

Love to all-
S