2011 in review

well, i end this year very differently than i started it.
different job.
different school.
different home.
a lot has changed over the year.
i got promoted and then let go.
i graduated from ASU (well i am about to at any rate, done with all my exams!)
i decided to completely switch career paths and will be starting at gateway in the spring to complete my prereqs for a new program.
i moved back into my parents house.
i dont tend to do well with change so i view it as a miracle that i am still sane at this point.
although the people around me might tell you that im not...

first thing next year i dive headfirst into a new world. one with medical terminology, bio, and bls certifications.
and no, im not going to nursing school.
at the beginning of the year i said i wanted to find a way to give back and i guess i have found it.
when you go looking you never know what direction god will point you in, and this certainly isnt what i was expecting.

but for now, i will enjoy my 5 week break, watch a lot of NCIS, spend time with my friends, family, and of course my baby jones, work a lot, and enjoy the holidays.

Oh Dr Seuss

• You have brains in your head.
  You have feet in your shoes.
  You can steer yourself
  any direction you choose.
  You're on your own.
  And you know what you know.
  And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.

• You won’t lag behind, because you’ll have the speed.
  You’ll pass the whole gang and you’ll soon take the lead.
  Wherever you fly, you’ll be the best of the best.
  Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.

• I'm sorry to say so
  But, sadly it's true
  That bang-ups and hang-ups
  Can happen to you.

• You can get so confused that you’ll start in to race
  Down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
  And grind on for miles across weirdish wild space,
  Headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.

• The Waiting Place… for people just waiting.
  Waiting for a train to go or a bus to come,
  Or a plane to go or the mail to come
  Or the rain to go or the phone to ring,
  Or the snow to snow, or waiting around for a Yes or No
  Or waiting for their hair to grow.
  Everyone is just waiting.

• Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite
  Or waiting around for Friday night
  Or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake, or a pot to boil,
  or a Better Break or a string of pearls,
  Or a pair of pants or a wig with curls, or
  Another Chance.
  Everyone is just waiting.

• No! That’s not for you!
  Somehow you’ll escape all that waiting and staying.
  You’ll find the bright places where Boom Bands are playing.
  With banner flip-flapping, once more you’ll ride high!
  Ready for anything under the sky.

• On and on you will hike, And I know you’ll hike far
  and face up to your problems whatever they are.
  You’ll get mixed up of course, as you already know.
  You’ll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go.
  So be sure when you step.
  Step with care and great tact
  And remember that Life’s a great balancing act.
  Just never forget to be dexterous and deft.
  And never mix up your right foot with your left.

• Will you succeed?
  Yes you will indeed!
  (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)

• Kid you'll move mountains
  So... Be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray or Mordecai Ale Van Allen O'Shea,
  You're off to great places!
  Today is your day!
  Your mountain is waiting.
  So... Get on your way