My Singin' Legs

My life is about to take on a major change.  I will be returning to full-time studenthood and part-time employee in August of 2014.  All this in an effort to complete nursing school with honors, which is my goal and a damn good one!  Now, it's been close to 8+ years since I've gone to school full time and didn't have work as my focus.  The past 2 completed semesters have proven to myself that I can handle the class time, homework load, and general lack of social life associated with full-time school and I have the grades to prove it.  And this summer has been and will continue to be a challenge.  However, I feel as though this major change has been coming for a while.  I just needed to be in a place that I felt comfortable with who I am, what I want, and where my life is heading.  The time has come and I'm excited/nervous/scared/ready for it. Starting in the fall, I will be taking 5 classes for a total of 13 hours and (hopefully) working in a ho...

You read that right; I fell in love with my best friend and it's been a dream come true!  He was right there all along, just being my best friend and all the while he was in love with me and I was in love with him.  All the feelings I had that thought were inconsequential and just normal when a guy and a girl were best friends turned out to be love, real love.  I would have never guessed, but always hoped for in some way.  I said on some many occasions to so many people, "Dave and I would make the perfect couple, but..." and I would fill in the blank with any kind of excuse I could come up with on the spot.  Generally, it was not wanting to ruin the friendship we had, which turns out that was his excuse as well.  And then one day, a moment between best friends happens and a kiss completely changes your life! Here's what how it happened... First off, you need to understand how long Dave and I have been friends and all that we have endured together and st...