Time of your Life

How long has it been? Too long. Not much has changed but some has. Teagan is coming along quite well and I am doing my best keeping up with things.
Work has been a challenge lately. I love my job but it sometimes seem that for all the hours I am putting in, I am barley paying my bills. Baby's dad is helping out some and I have caught a ton of breaks from others so I'm not complaining, but like I said it is sometimes a challenge.
In fact, life often comes a cross as one big challenge. I have a thing for challenges. I love them! Or to clarify, I love to conquer them!
I have some high hopes for this year. Goals I like to say. I don't necessarily want to start back to school but with only five classes left at Metro, it's a challenge I am bent on getting through. I would like to get into an apartment this fall, so saving up is another summer challenge. The goal here is to pay off my car, and find a place by Teagan's first birthday.
Being a mom is another challenge with a goal set to be not only a decent mom but a good mom. Not just to provide for him things but opportunities, lessons and yes even challenges as he grows up. For now though I am just trying to spend as much time as I can with him and am enjoying him as a baby!
Plans falter, I know. I may miss my goals by miles even though the aim looked good. Things once perceived as challenges may too soon fall under the title of trials.
It takes four times around the same track to run a mile. I have come to realize that the same is true in life. We sometimes have to run the same road many times just to accomplish one thing. I have to remind myself that every road leads us somewhere and every challenge meets a goal. And in the end we are right where we're supposed to be.
Presently I am right here. Sitting at my computer, baby in arms, marveling over the fact that it was one year and two days ago that I found out about my little Teagan. I look back in amazement too because for all the shit that happened last year, I will always remember 2008 not only as a challenge but also as the beginning of the best years of my life. "...make the best of this test and don't ask why, it's not a question but a answer learned in time...it's something unpredictable but in the end it's right" ...I hope you have the time of your life.

As Beautiful as the Day

Last Saturday was a wonderful day. I was running around frantically doing a few errands before work. Trying to get everything done so I could take Teagan back home and head off to work. I was only going in for three hours. So I called in. First time ever. I justified it in many ways.
First, they were hours I picked up and several times I have come in for others when they called in. Second, rarely do Teagan and I get a whole day to ourselves. Third, it was a beautiful day and I simply couldn't pass it up.
We didn't do anything too exciting. I finished my errands, did a little extra shopping and took Teagan to visit his Great-grandpa and grandma. We even went for a walk outside and then to Old Navy to buy my little guy some clothes for spring (how he grows!). It was great, as beautiful as the day.
To top it all off, the girls-Maggie, mom and I- got Coke Icees and rented a movie. Just one of those days you look back on and smile. I know each paragraph should have a minimum of three sentences so I will concur again, It was a wonderful day.