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This is an over all update on what has happened in my life since I've started this journal.

Joseph and I are still together. I posted an entery dedicated to this awesome union the day after it happened. It's nice to go back to previous enteries and remember awesome memories. heart

I graduated highschool with good grades, scholorships, a full ride through college, and the long awaited acceptance of my family. I proved to them that I could make something of myself, even though I came from nothing, and that I would succeed in life. Proving myself opened the eyes of my older family members and made them realize that, no matter what kind of family I grew up in or what my background had marked me to be, I would rise up to overcome the challenges I faced. I wouldn't be held down by who I used to be.

I went on to college with the intentions of becoming a nurse. Durring my first year of college I was inducted into Phi Theta Kappa, accepted into the nursing program a full year ahead of schedule, and invited to go to Austrailia for a convention with other scholars around the world to discuss our career paths in the medical profession.
I finished earning the needed credits for my associate degree the summer after my first year of college. I also moved into my first appartment with Joseph that same summer.
By the time my second year was finished, I had earned an associate degree and half of the needed credits for my second associate degree.
I am now taking a year off from school and working a full time job in order to save up and to see where I really want to go.
Durring this time, I've been showered with acceptance letters to other colleges and universities. The trouble with it all is that I'm not sure what I want to do any more.

I've always wanted to be a psychologist and an author, though phlebotomy is sounding cooler and cooler. Nursing was something suggested to me that I just went with. There really isn't much else in my area that can be taken else where. I need to take this time to figure out what I want to do with my life before I take any further steps. I don't want to start getting so caught up in the parade that I begin to walk in the wrong direction.
So, as I work and survive this strange on comming year, I will be peering into my future and finding other options I can take. I have options!! I've never had options before!
With Joseph by my side and a goal in my mind, I am positive that my life will be a success. It already is in my eyes. heart