Love is Not Nagging

(Quick side note: my parents got me a calendar with the Peanuts comic as its theme, and apparently the theme is all about LOVE... which is not a bad thing, especially with such reminders as what I used for the title of this blog and others that I may or may not mention in the blog posts that follow this one.)

Well, my birthday has occurred for the year of 2014 as of January 30th. Only a few people have asked how old I am since then and so it still feels a little strange to answer with the number 23 instead of the number 22 I just got used to replying with to the inquisitive mind.

So I am a year older and I am already liking this age that I have settled into better than the last one. It most likely has a lot to do with having a steady, well-paying job that doesn't require me to wake up to clean bathrooms at 4 AM. I cannot express how wonderful it feels to see the money in my bank account increase rather than peter out before the next paycheck comes to fan the flames briefly before it dies out again. It makes a person a whole lot more optimistic in regards to the larger expenses of life (aka continued education or perhaps a first car). 

Winter is almost behind us and I couldn't be more grateful for the change in the weather--or at least the temperature. It's supposed to be high 50's to mid 60's pretty much all week and it makes me wish that I didn't have work in the afternoon but who knows? Perhaps it will be able to entice me out of bed earlier instead of fighting the cold by snuggling in more deeply under my copious amount of blankets. 

I am pretty sure we were all aware of the daylight savings and the whole "springing forward" an hour and though it is throwing my mornings off a little, it is rather nice to know that the sun will start setting later and later so that when I get off of work (at least Monday through Thursday) I will have a bit of light to socialize the evening away in.

Crazy moment in my life right now, however, is the realization that my youngest sister turned 16 years old today! My little brother will be turning 18 in a few short months and my younger sister is in Canada sharing the Gospel. Time just seems to be passing more and more quickly and at the end of the day we can only be grateful that we had one more day to do our best, to be our best.

To be honest, it makes me wish I hadn't taken the moments at home for granted, you know? Back when all of the kids were at home and we were doing sports and choirs and plays. 

Alas, it does no good to dwell in the past and we must make the most of our moments together when they have a chance of happening. 

So, if you haven't realized it yet, this is sort of a rambling post. I guess it is because there are so many things I want to talk about but really don't know if I should at this point...? You know what they say. Timing is everything. I guess that realization means I will just have to wait it out and share my plans and activities of the next few months some other time.

It's just odd to be so full of energy but still be so calm and mildly complacent, if you understand me. Oh well. All in due time.

Until then, you should just be happy to hear that I am busy and content--and that's saying something.