Uh oh, I slacked again!

It's been 3 weeks... I tried to make myself blog once a week, but failed. I'll try harder now.

Well the past 3 weeks haven't been all too eventful. I did run the Susan G Komen 5K Mother's Day Weekend. It was amazing. 16,000+ people joining together to for such an amazing cause. I definitely teared up once or twice during my run thinking about how many people this terrible disease affects. I am by no means a runner, and I struggled a little at times, but I kept reminding myself that if my grandmother can fight breast cancer, I can run a race in celebration of her.

I got to see a friend from college last week. Kelli and I had classes together in PR and she was up in ATL for training. We went to a Braves game last Wednesday, and my Braves won! I was so happy. It was so great spending time with her. She's such a great person. Too bad she had to move to B'ham and not Atlanta! It reminded me a lot of college and made me miss all my college friends.

I joined a group that is associated with the Boys and Girls Club. It's a young professionals group that volunteers and does some things for the children of Atlanta. I hope this group is what I expect. I've been trying to find a place to fulfill my passion to help people and I hope this is it.

I've also signed up to begin a bible study through NPCC (North Point Community Church). This doesn't start until August, but I'm so excited to start and meet some great Godly women. I want to surround myself with people who will continue to help me grow as a person, and as a christian. Hopefully this is the group to help me do that. I'll keep you posted on that as it gets closer!

I'M SO EXCITED for Jessica DeLoach's Bachelorette Party this weekend! Fun girls weekend ahead. Elizabeth and I have been planning for the lingerie shower while we are there and we have everything ready. I cannot wait to see these girls and meet a few others (Jessica's HS friends/friends from home) while we are there!



Happy 1st year of marriage Caleb and Elizabeth! I love you both!



Last but definitely not least, Jonathan and I celebrated our "1 year" last weekend! We aren't 100% sure when we exactly started dating so we decided that it was the weekend of Elizabeth's Wedding. It's been a great year of growing together and growing as individuals. I'm excited to see what is in store for us. Love you Jonathan James!



I hope everyone has an amazing Memorial Day weekend!

The Five Love Languages

This week has been a busy one. I spent 3 days on a work trip, my first offsite training! It was scary, but fun. I was in Kansas City and Wichita. I felt like it was the first day of school when I was getting ready that morning, I swear I changed my clothes like 5 times. All went well though, and I'm proud to say, I think they are all ready. I rounded with one of our current users as well. For someone who hates hospitals, maybe the healthcare field wasn't the best idea.... I did make it through the day without passing out or feeling sick, so maybe I'm getting better! I hope so at least!


This trip let me have a little down time which gave me the opportunity to finish a book I have been wanting to finish. I bought Gary Chapman's "The Five Love Languages" a few months back and I almost forgot I had it until someone mentioned it to me a few weeks back. Well, thankfully I finally had some downtime where I was able to read it. I HIGHLY recommend this book to any and everyone.

Gary Chapman first wrote "The Five Love Languages" for married couples, but quickly realized there were quite a few singles also reading it so he wrote some other editions including singles, teenagers, and children. I read the Single edition, but plan to read his original version soon.

I found some of the scenarios in the single edition kind of silly and the dialogue very unrealistic, but the message was a good one.

It talks about each person has a primary way that they feel loved by the people in their life. Each person may have a different primary love language, but everyone pretty much falls into one of five categories. The five categories in which a person feels and expresses love are quality time, words of affirmation, acts of service, gifts and physical touch. He goes into depth and further breaks down each of the categories and explains each.

It was so interesting to read it and really think about my primary love language (quality time) as well as the love language of those in my life. While he did intend to write this for those who were married (or getting married), it also relates to the love you have for family, friends, significant others, coworkers, etc. It lays out the way to make a marriage/relationship with a gf/bf reach its full potential, not fizzle out after the initial "honeymoon phase," and continue to grow throughout life. But beside that it will help you strengthen friendships and make you the best friend you can be to each particular person.

I plan to use the things I learned in this book to make my relationships grow, to feel closer to those I love and to show them more often that I love them. It may seem like common sense, but you would be surprised how it will relate to you and your relationships with those you love.

I sounds like I'm doing a commercial for this book, ha nothing like free publicity. It's great though, if you're interested Amazon has it for like $8.99.