I found out this week that I actually have a reader to my blog so I had to apologize to them and tell them that I'd do better at writing and keeping my journal current. I've been actually kind of busy the last couple of weeks since I last blogged that I wasn't feeling well. I'm on my last antibiotic and hopefully I won't have to take any more for a LONG time.
I've been busy at work as they have made some HUGE changes. They have created my division in to its own college (school) and that is awesome. I am now a part of the College of Continuing Education. I still specifically work with educators across the country and even more specifically I work with those that live in the Mid West, IL, MI, the Dakotas, UT and everything in between. I am still an Executive Enrollment Adviser and I love my job. I was given a raise in September and I'm up for one again in March. I can't wait.
My owe my hard work to my dad. He is a workaholic and I inherited that trait. I also owe my education, my talents and abilities to my Heavenly Father for knowing me, for caring about me and for knowing what I was going to go through in this life. I owe him my ALL. I'm grateful to actually have a job as the job market still crumbles. I'm grateful that my employer has faith in me enough to do a great job at what I do that they not only let me keep working, but they give me a raise too.
I'm grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who knows what I want to do and knows that I need all the time in the world to do it too. For example, to have a calling in the ward, he allows me to work in Primary. I don't have any children and like an article in the January 2011 ensign and the sister the article is about, even though I don't have children, it doesn't mean that my callings at church won't go unnoticed or the kids in primary don't see or know that I exist. I play along with sharing time with them so they know that I am real too and that even those stuck behind the piano are real and that we read our scriptures and that I like to play games too.
I am emerged in Family History. I am trying to link the Wicke family to Hawaii. I have found over 30 names and am trying to make sure that they are related and that their work is done. Ironic enough, some of the work has been done and I have reserved a lot of it too. I just need the Wicke family to help me do it. I have linked some family members to the original 27 year old boy with Leprosy in Hawaii together and just need to do a pedigree chart and then mark it online to the newfamilysearch.org. It is exciting and it is a blessing for them and for this HUGE Wicke family to be able to do their baptisms, confirmations, their initiatory work, the endowment and then their sealing. The sealing is the highest, noble goal I have for this family. It is exciting and thriving.
I am currently in my first class for the MAED/AET program which is a foundations class for adult learning. I'm excited. I'll be finishing it this next week and the final assignment is a group PowerPoint assignment. I'm excited. I have enjoyed the class. I'm very grateful that Heavenly Father has allowed me to go back to school again so that I can learn and say, oh, that is what that is, I get it. I've heard of it but didn't know. Each class is 6 weeks in length and I'll take a 3 week break between each class so that I can gather my life together and go do things that would be fun to do and not have to worry about homework or due dates.
I have a few things planned for the rest of January and for February as class won't begin again until 02/15. I am going to Tucson with a friend to go see Wicked. He invited me and heck, why not, he is really cool and I have the time. My stake is having a beautiful Relief Society Day on the 29th and I can't wait. I want to go and learn and hang out with other sisters of the stake. That same day a friend of mine is getting married and the reception is that evening here in Chandler so I'll go to that and enjoy and celebrate that time with her.
I want to go to Kanab, UT and visit my grandparents grave and visit the area. I really like that area and if I ever retired as did my grandparents, I'd live there. It is small and quaint and the people are sweet. It is only a 6 hr drive so if I leave straight from work on Friday I can spend Friday and Saturday night there and hang out there all day Saturday and drive back Sunday morning after sacrament meeting. I just figured, why not, it is so close and I just thought oh yeah, my aunt Cari is there and uncle Ed too so I can visit their graves as well. If anyone has nothing else better to do, they can join me. Lake Powell is just 90 miles southeast of Kanab and Cedar City is only 90 miles northwest of Kanab.
My sweet Kale went to the Vet for a dental check up and cleaning and they said that they haven't seen such good teeth on a dog in a long time. Boy was I a proud mom. He whined while we were in the room before they took him to the back which is a sign that he'd miss his mom.
Does anyone listen to the Mormon channel? I do every day and I am so grateful for that too because I listen to the sweetest stories and lives and talks that really help me and that really remind me that I am not in this world alone and that I am here to learn, to apply the gospel and use the Atonement in my life. I learned this week that even though we have trials in this life, we are not alone and that God is by our side at all times.
I'm so grateful for awesome friends and family who care and who listen. I am not one to cry and show my emotions and when I do, I'm so grateful to have them be there to lean on. Thank you Facebook and other social networks, thank you for allowing us to vent and to be taught by those who God places in our lives at any given time and day. I'm grateful for Sundays and for the time that I have to partake of the sacrament to renew the covenants that I made at Baptism and start my life over again. I'm grateful for that extra week to do so.
Ever had anyone like, love you and you can't do anything about it because you are not close to them physically but wish you were so that you could cuddle, love and enjoy one another company? I wish I had that opportunity to do that. I was married to someone who didn't like to do that nor did he love me so it would have been weird anyways. I pray right now that there is someone who is healthy enough to care for there mental state and who loves them self enough and to also love others without feeling guilty. I do hope that it makes sense and if it doesn't it does to me.
Well, I need to do some quick shopping so I need to go and I'm working in fixing a resume for a friend. I hope this friend appreciates it, it needs a lot of work and it is frustrating me to fix it. It has taken me a week just to look it over because there is so much information that I need to condense it all.
Love,
Karen & Kale
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