Assertiveness.

This week I learned to be more assertive in my decisions.  I was making beach plans with Ricky and when plans fell through at the last minute I felt terrible.  I realized that I need to stop under-committing in plans that I obviously don't intend on carrying through and then over-committing in the plans that I know I want to see through.  While Ricky and I didn't go to the beach we did have a fun Saturday together in Raleigh.  We hung out and watched some TV, went to Crabtree Mall, ate at Chipotle, ran to Target, and then spent our entire night at ComedyWorx getting our laugh on.  It was great.  I really don't think Ricky understands how much he means to me.  He's seriously one of my best friends and I know we're not always on the same page, but I can always have a great time with him.  Even when we disagree or get out of sync, we somehow realign ourselves.

What else, what else...I signed up for the EIPA.  I signed up for the end of December so I'm hoping that will be enough time to prepare myself and achieve a decent and/or passing score.  I'm really glad I finally decided to sign up.  I interpreted service today at church and it was definitely a "good" signing today.  Guaranteed it was in part due to the speaker, but I was seriously on point.  Of course, I was not a fan of any of the music.  However, I was satisfied and glad of my interpretation of the message and L. seemed to understand and follow along nicely.

Oh, and I got to catch up with SamIAm today too!  Turns out we may be going to the same church for the time being.  She and Drew, her fiance are starting to come to CNX.  After all this time, I finally got to meet Drew today, on his birthday!  We all went to Panera Bread, had lunch, and caught up.  Sam and I are going to hang out in a couple of weeks and do some wedding shopping!  Whoo!

So, about six more weeks until summer.  The countdown begins.  I'm hoping this coming week isn't too strenuous being that we have an early release day on Wednesday and several field trips coming up.  It will be a crazy week, yet an eventful one.  We'll see how it goes.  :)