Graduation

Just some graduation pics. BA here I come!!

To Jeff~

There is never a reason to be afraid of me~no matter how life turned out for either you or me I will always love you and hold a special place in my heart for you. You were always such a good friend to me at times when I really needed a friend. You were so fun to pick on and I remember your laugh and how easily you were embarrased about little things. Every time you cross my mind I still pray for you and that no matter what decisions you have made or what path in life you have chosen that God would still be your guide and that His angels would surround and protect you. You mean a lot to me and I want you to realize that I will always be your friend and I'm here whenever you need to talk. Call me anytime and WRITE ME BACK!! =)

With all my love and friendship,

Deanna.

SSSSSTTRRRRREEESSED!!

Oh my god I'm stressing. I have in my possession 3 finals--two for economics and one for business law. This does not include the final I have on Monday for stats. I literally felt sick tonight because of the pressure. So not good, so I need to get it out out my system before I go nuts. Just this one weekend and I'M DONE!!! At least done with Gav. =) I've gotten all my paperwork in for SJSU so two more years of that and I'm really done. I'm seriously considering getting my CPA license. I think I would regret it if I didn't get it. But we'll see. Well I must go so that I can finish budgeting and start working on my finals. I think I'll just go to bed actually~I have to work tomorrow and I'm so tired. Until next time...

Nothing Funner

I don't very often do this because I always look stupid and Stef doesn't mind looking stupid (she has HUNDREDS , MULTI-HUNDREDS of these. No kidding. But these were ours. Click on them to make them bigger. So its just the two of us and she looks stupider than me...so we can show these.

HALFWAY DONE!!

Oh my god! It has taken me FOREVER to reach this point. You look at my transcripts and you can tell when I really started to get serious about school and finishing it. Right around the time that I would "just go to Gav and finish." So I'm finally halfway done this May. I'm going to SJSU in the fall to get my BA is accounting. After that, who knows. I'm thinking I'll get my CPA license and that'll pretty much guarantee that I can work from home. It will all kind of fall into line--I'll be done with school about the time that Mat and I have been married 4-5 years. Then we'll start thinking about a family. OMG I said that out loud!

Mat just got a really great job working in San Jose as an admin assistant. He handle's the president's calendar and all the other admin stuff...so wouldn't that make him an executive assistant? I don't know, but I'm glad he got it. Poor guy has 13 hour days by the time all is said and done. He hops on the bus at 6:15 and cathes the LightRail up to San Jose to work for 8 hours and then come home the same way. He does look awfully cute in his suit and tie! I could sit and stare at him...for like 10 minutes. LOL.

We just had slurpee fest youth night at the church. It was so fun. We played dodge ball! I haven't played that since I was 7. And once I started playing I remembered why...I wasn't even on my side for a minute before I was whammed on the back of the head, yeah no one fessed up to that one.

Well 'tis late and I'm off to the wizard, the wonderful wizard of snooze. Till next time, just keep bugging me to update...

JUST FOR YOU!!!

UPDATED. =) Everyone...this is Gabe when he was 16! He's much fatter now! LOL. He told me I needed to update my blog, so here you go!

Marriage

Mat and I celebrated our two year anniversary in January. It has been such a fun two years. Getting married young is definitely not something that I would easily recommend. We have worked really hard at our marriage and making it a good one. We've had to learn a lot and I wouldn't dare kid myself into thinking that just because we have a pretty good system down that the rest of our lives is going to be smooth sailing. I think about when we have kids, the different financial struggles/blessings we'll go through and what life has in store. Already we've hit one real major bump that I think we have handled beautifully. And it was hard. There were tears, some repentance involved and definitely a life changing attitude. But it made all the difference in the world to have a husband who would work through whatever we were going through with me and admit any wrong-doing. Understanding my side and I also having to do the same thing. I don't think we have an ordinary marriage for a couple our age, we both do our best to keep it fun, light-hearted yet growing at the same time. God has been good to us in every aspect. I remember there was a time when I didn't and felt I couldn't trust God with our financial situation and doubted that things would work out but in hindsight (and I have carried this from that point on) He has always made a way somehow. I love John P. Kee's song called Everytime. The lyrics say:Evertime I turn around He keeps making a way for me. I remember a time when I would hear that song and think Yeah Right. But I have learned to lean on God and it has not been easy. Even when Mat was laid off it was like, Okay...now what. But every time He has made a way. There are times I still struggle with surrendering complete control, but He's still working on me. He's still working on my husband and He is definitely working in our marriage.

I Think I Disappeared

Work, work, work, holiday, work, work, work, finals, work, holiday, work...yeah...I think that about sums it up. I think in about 4 more days I'm going to end up throwing another holiday in there. And then...back to work. One of these days I'm going to take a day off. I feel like I have disappeared on the face of the world. My life is one long schedule, so to reconcile that I am now going to go shopping. Macy's. Have no idea what I'm going to buy but just the whole concept of getting out of Gilroy sounds FABulous! Well I am being picked up right now--got to go. I'll be back to the real world later on tonight.

T-I-C-K-E-D!

I am so mad! Or offendend is probably more along the lines of what I am feeling. I am taking a general business class with this professor that is wacked! He is like 72 years old, near deaf and just a general all around bad professor. He never comes to class prepared to teach, can't work the power point effectively and when it is up he never knows what they next slide is going to be because he hasn't studied it. He can't keep track of his own grading system and well...you get the point. I have never had such a bad teacher. And I'm definitely not the only student in his class that feels that way. My counselor knows this as well. So anyhow, we had to turn in a resume project. The project was to write a resume with a job description, qualifications and job experience that we intend to have in 15 years. Basically where do we want to be in 15 years? I am going to school to get my BA degree in Accounting. Next semester I will finally have my AA in General Business and then hopefully within a year and a half will have my BA. In 15 years I will be 37 and don't want have to be working at all unless I want to, but did put down what I would like to do if I had to. So what did I put? Well I'm going to use my degree naturally. I put down that I wanted to be an independent financial accountant. Because if I do work I would like to own my own business and work on my own terms. My resume said that it was to be a telecommuting position so that I could work for home, and handle the books of a small business, whether it be mine or another company. So I turn in my resume and he writes back, "Alright but you are not aiming very high." I was livid. I ASKED him what if we owned our own business and said then just put down what I would look for in a candidate. I thought about Denice and how she has always been into school, plans on getting her Masters and then going for her Doctorate in Linguistics. That's great! I am so happy for her but I couldn't handle going to school for that much longer, and feel like he is degrading me for not wanting to. Who knows what I still may become. For 2 more years (which I think I could handle) I could become a CPA. Do I plan on it? Maybe. Let's see where the road takes me. Anyhow--okay I am now done feeling LITTLE! I am successful is so many other areas of my life. School has never been my strong suit, but this semester I have put in so much effort that what he said really bothered me. I mean I must be doing SOMETHING right when I get my first offer (THEY are asking ME) to handle the books of a new start up company because they have been so impressed with my work and what I've done with their other company. Perspectives? Am I over-reacting. I am really trying not to let this bother me. Because no matter what I know who I am, what I've done and that no matter what I become I have a great support system around me.

My Beautiful Aunts!

Introducing to the World: These are my beautiful (and very smart) aunts!!