Times They Are A Changing

    Hello all!! Well I have made some big decisions lately and I am excited to feel like my life is really about to change and grow! I have decided first off I AM MOVING TO NASHVILLE!!!! I can't wait I am so excited! My lease is up at my apartment on December 31st and then I am going to Nashville. I will student teach hopefuly in Wilson county next semester and graduate in May. I have already started looking into grad school and I am trying to get into Tennessee State University or Vanderbilt. Those are my top two choices. I have interviews and campus visits set up at TSU on November 6th and one still in the works for Vanderbilt hopefuly around the same time. I signed up for all 3 of my praxis tests split between Novermber 14th and January 9th. I will also be taking the GRE on October 24th. I am trying to get a job right now to start saving more money for next semester since it is going to cost quite a bit to move, but I have faith that God will provide!
     I am so excited to make a change in my life. I feel like i am finaly taking control over my future and making things happen for myself. I just woke up one day and decided I am going to do it and I am going to start taking the initiative to get everything i want in life. It is empowering to know that I can make a change, and to know that no matter how scary it might be once i take the first step things will start falling into place. I love Cookeville and I have had so much fun here but it is time to move forward. I can't stay in college forever and frankly i don't want to. All of my friends are for the most part gone. I love everyone I hang out with here, but I feel like if i don't act soon my life is gonna pass me by. David is trying to get a job in Nashville to and I pray that he will be able to move home soon. Things are starting to move realy fast and it is so exciting! I can't wait for the next chapter!!!
     The running... I ran 6 miles total last week, not my best week ever and i have run 2 so far this week and will be going tonight. I desperatly need new music on my ipod, but other than that its going well. I am so happy the whether is changing. Fall is my favorite season of the year and there really is nothing like taking off into the cool evening air and just being able to detatch and think. Running truly is my own personal time and it is a blessing that I have that. I need to keep it up. My weight loss has just stopped at this point and i need to kick it back up hard core for the next couple of months to get ready for the wedding and to get ready for training for the marathon in April! It would probably help if i stopped going out so much. Over the summer I think it was a big help when I stopped drinking, and I think it might be time for that again. I love socializing and hanging out but in my group of friends when we hang out its usually with a 6 pack and all those empty calories are not helping the fight at this point. haha so we will see what happens next!!
    Well now im off to drop my application off at starbucks! wish me luck!!! Love ya
-Emma