Unexpected

un⋅ex⋅pect⋅ed 
–adjective

not expected; unforeseen; surprising: an unexpected pleasure; an unexpected development.


Sometimes the unexpected happens and it is bad, but sometimes it is VERY, VERY good! :) And when it happens it leaves you speechless, breathless and unsure of what to do next. I love the unexpected, don't you?

Thankful

Yes, I am going to write one of those blogs that everyone writes this time of year. Why? Because I am thankful, so thankful, for the friends and family the Lord has blessed me with in my life.

Recently, I have been struggling with a few things and the Lord has put some amazing people in my path who were there to lift me up, support me and just love me completely. Often, I get lonely and I forget that there are people out there who love and care for me. Though we may not spend every minute together, and though we may see each other rarely, those friends are there for me.

I am also thankful for my good health. I have been struck by how many of my friends and family are currently suffering from different illnesses. Many of these people are in the hospital and unable to work. Others are only 9 years old and undeserving of so much pain especially at an age where it is so much harder to grasp why these things happen. Pray for these people and appreciate what you have, rather than spending your life wishing you had more. It is one thing to desire to do something, it is a whole other thing to spend your life discontent with the gifts you have.

This Thanksgiving my family will be in three different states but a friend of mine from work has invited my father and I to spend the holiday with her family. What a joy! This woman, Kathleen, loves the Lord so much and is such a blessing to be around. I am so very excited about spending the holiday with her. She has also been taking ballroom lessons with me and is newly engaged so, we have reason to dance this Thanksgiving holiday.

I am thankful for my family who, though imperfect; is my family. I love them and am so glad to have them in my life, even when they drive me absolutely crazy!

Last thing, I am so thankful for 2 days off out of my work week, an early payday and time to relax.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!

Wishing my life away

So, I have come to realize that I spend my days wishing my life away. On Sunday, I wish it was Monday so I can go dancing. On Tuesday, I'm wishing it was Thursday again, so I can go dancing. Then, it's Friday and I'm ready to start wishing my life away again. The thing I notice the most ... anytime that I'm wishing my life away, I'm wishing I was dancing. So, I ask, "Shall We Dance" Just remember not to spend your life wishing it away! If you want to do something, do it!

I'm sure that I will eventually write a blog about something else ... maybe :-)

The best things happen when you're dancing

Tonight (well, last night), I went dancing! As I mentioned in my earlier blog I love to dance and meeting those people on the cruise fed my dancing bug. I have been slightly frustrated in my dance class because I have been dancing with different partners every time and each partner has a different lead style. But, tonight was so fun. I danced with Ruwan and he has the basics down, doesn't try to add anything extra on his own until he's sure he has the new steps down pat and was just a ton of fun to dance with.

Isn't it funny that some people are so laid back about dancing that if you have a misstep they laugh while others look ready to yell because you didn't do it perfectly the first time?

Anyways, I love my class and I am so excited to keep dancing. I hope and pray that this is something I will get to do for a very, very long time. I made the decision to do what I love no matter what and I am truly enjoying myself.

Starting out

Hmm, so what do I say in my first blog post? Do I bore you with every little detail of my some what uneventful life? Perhaps, I'll drone on and on about politics, let's not and say I didn't.

So, I will bore you with the little details. I just took a cruise in October and I am hooked! I went to the Bahamas, St. Thomas, and St. Maarten. It was amazing and I now scheduled to go on another cruise in September 2009. This cruise will be to Labadee, Haiti, Jamaica, Grand Cayman and Cozumel. While on my cruise I met a group of people who go every year and call their cruises "Salsa for the Soul". They have an instructor that comes with them and teaches them how to dance. So, the cruise I am going on next year will be with them. This leads to another subject ... DANCING!!!!!!

I LOVE TO DANCE! And, since meeting this group I have developed the ballroom bug. So, twice a week I am taking ballroom lessons at a local place called VaDance http://www.vadance.com/. Everyone there is amazing and they do group lessons which means I do not have to have a partner. This is a good and bad thing since not all partners lead the same but I am still learning so much. So, each Monday and Thursday, I look forward to my dance classes. And, I am so lucky because my friends Ashley and Peter are taking lessons too. This makes the class even more fun.

Well, my lunch break is almost over now so I will write more laters.