Praying May is better than March and April

It has been a crazy couple of months-- which can only indicate another crazy summer is upon me. I haven't posted any updates in a while, so as I procrastinate getting out of bed to get ready for work... I find this to be a perfect time.

Everyone has been asking... how is the new car? Well.... high maintenance :) It's true. Ironically, last week as I was driving past Kimball VW on the freeway my check engine light turns on, it's like it knows. So, another trip in and some money out and everything seems to be functioning as it should (fingers crossed).

Then there is school... which started back up this week... two classes currently and so it will keep me busy. I am really exciting to be taking Human Resource Management, as it is my true interest within my M.B.A. program. I am also taking Organizational Behavior, which is already showing signs of many late nights of paper writing and reading. It is now my goal to graduate next May!

Work is going okay. It has been very stressful, and after two months pretty much... we have a store manager. I like her... she is direct, but really good I think. So, hopefully the stability at work will happen making it a little less stressful. It definitely has a pressure in general in needing to make quotas and exceed them. I truly want to do well so that I can move up in the company, especially after graduation.

Okay, now on to my thoughts and opinions of everything else going on in the world (cause you know I have thoughts about it).

So, Osama bin Laden is dead after almost 10 years of looking for the master mind who put into motion attacks that devastated our nation with the loss of lives. We did come together as a nation on 9/11. I still remember waking up at home and my mom was watching the news, and going to school and that was all that was on in every classroom. I remember praying for those people and I remember how much fear also came over our nation from  traveling to thinking of our safety in populated places. Former President Bush then started a man hunt and sent our military overseas.... and it was not in vain! Obama finished a needed job, and as much as  I don't like Obama for other policies he has put into play and his leadership...  it would be foolish to not give him some credit for finishing this mission! This also brings closure to many in this nation, it also  brings joy and appreciation for our men and women who have sacrificed, and fought for our freedoms. A few friends on Facebook posted that we should not be  overjoyed in the death of this man.... because while he was our enemy... he was also a soul lost. This man died and got the shocker of his life-- being face to face with God, and it was not what he expected. We can find peace in there is closure for the families and loved ones who lost someone on 9/11 and for the families who lost a loved one during our War on Terror.  While justice has been served, it is not over. This is a time to be watchful and in prayer!

Right before this news broke out... the news stopped reporting of  Lindsay Lohan's newest court cases and jail stints and of Charlie Sheen's drunken comedy show tours and focused on the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. It was all over for a week prior and there were parties being held for people watching. It was a nice change, but when the news was over from it and the hoopla had died down... I realized how funny it is we are so focused on things that don't have real impact on our lives. While the wedding is one that rarely happens in our history, and is far better from hearing about tornadoes, devastation, a bad economy, crazy celebrities... it is so easy to become enthralled. However, Kate Middleton is an example to many woman of going from ordinary woman to a true princess. I think most girls cry at the thought, and they begin dreaming about it. I got the 8 minute summary on You Tube and I do agree it was gorgeous (and a long wedding).

And my own personal heartache. For 20 years I have been watching All My Children (I know it's a soap... but a show with no reruns, and only consumes 40 minutes of my day with no commercials),and in  September it goes off the air after 41 years. Being replaced with yet, another reality and talk show. And really... that is what TV has become and it is quite sickening. Why would I want to watch that? I watch TV and movies to have that little escape. Like with LOST, you get emotionally involved, but know really those people don't exist. Then there are shows like Jersey Shore, Real Housewives of...., and then hen chatter like The View... and I can't believe there is a real demand for that. So, I will always have  AMC  on You Tube and hope ABC changes their mind about canceling AMC.

Anyways.... prayer requests: Time Management and also for preparing for the Mexico Trip next month!

That is all for now!