Year in Review.

Christmas is almost here! Cody and I will be spending it together with our pup. This will be the first Christmas without our families. It will be hard but I'm very excited to be with my new family for this special day. Cody is cooking up a wonderful meal for us that includes a Ham, sweet potatoes, various steamed vegetables and possibly a Sprinkles cupcake for dessert! I was talking to my grandparents last night and they are sad I won't be home but they did put something into perspective for me. While I was talking to my grandfather, a 90 year old WWII vet, he said that you did what you had to do and we will miss you for Christmas but everyone here knows you are exactly where you want to be. Lately I've been feeling like some of my family members thought it was unnecessary for us to move all the way out to Arizona, that family is the most important thing. I do think family is very important and I am very close to mine but there is a point in your life where you have to start making decisions for yourself. I knew what I was getting into leaving everyone I knew behind. The past 6 months of my life have been the happiest I have ever experienced. I have never felt more independent in my life. I'm doing what I want, I'm going where I want, and I'm exploring things I never thought I would explore. So sometimes leaving everything familiar will put you onto a path that you had always dreamed of.

So my year in review ends on a very positive note. We still have 9 more days in this month so I am looking forward to end it with a bang. You know when people tell you that in your early 20's you will screw up a lot and not really know what you're doing. Well that was true. In college I was friends with the wrong people (not all of them), I was doing things that were very unhealthy, and I was unmotivated. All of this has changed. I'm with someone who turned my train of thought around and put me on the fast track to a healthy lifestyle which in honesty gave me a whole new outlook on life. I feel like he saved me from a life that was on a path that was headed in the wrong direction. Okay this post is a little deep but I've never appreciated someone more in my entire life than Cody. I guess I'm writing this because it's the holidays and you are supposed to be with the one you love and I will be with the person I love the most. So if you want to reflect on your feelings towards your significant other please feel free or on someone you appreciate please share on this post. I hope all of you have a very Merry Christmas and enjoy the ones you love. I miss all of you!