Life is Good!

It's amazing what you can do when you set your mind to it! About a month ago, I had some serious negative feelings. Nothing drastic, but I was just not happy. A lot of stuff at work was frustrating and absolutely not fair (when it totally could have been), and Jack was going through a severe "I don't feel like listening to you" stage. I felt bored all the time. Matt was coming up towards the end of his Phase 2 training, so I had to do everything around the house by myself. Needless to say, I was not in a good place.

Then my parents came and visited. My mom taught me some new knitting stitches and got me some yarn, so I can now try my hand at knitting something more than just scarves. I think I severely needed that interaction. Since then, I have also become closer with a few of my friends here at the Air Force base, good enough friends that I now don't feel weird asking them to do things with me.

So in the last few weeks, I have told myself that I will enjoy everything more, and guess what... I have! I don't feel bored anymore! My neighbor Nicole and I go to the gym together and have started baking cupcakes every week... just because we want to! I'm not sure if it's the exercise or the sugar that's making me feel good, but that doesn't really matter :) My friend Erin and I occasionally grab some coffee if we don't have to work and our dogs are best "frenemies." Jack is listening more, and even though he still likes to jump on people, he is getting better, especially now since I have more people coming over to visit.

The work situation isn't all that better, but I won't have to work there forever. Working with the locals here frustrates me more than anything, and I don't always agree with how management runs things, but I'm not letting it bother me as much anymore.

I just need to keep my head up! We will be out of here before we know it!

So far, Nicole and I have made Red Velvet Cupcakes, and we're going to tackle Cafe Mocha Cupcakes today. I made pumpkin scones yesterday, anyone have any ideas of what else I should make????? I think I'm going to try (Key) Lime Coconut cupcakes, Nicole has a recipe that is apparently very awesome!

Peace out, and keep those attitudes positive! It's amazing what you can accomplish when you think positively!