Winding down

The days are winding down until the move! Today was my last day at market street until I come home. I have to say I am so blessed to have worked at market street #553 with such amazing coworkers. My lovely friends surprised me with gifts and I'm so thankful I had the opportunity to work with them over the last  year. 

I still am nowhere near finished packing which I probably should work on! Ha. I'm incredibly excited that I get to meet my roommates a week from tomorrow and that I will get to see my home for the next four years at least! 

Today I also made progress with discoverng how to come about becoming a Combat Related PTSD counselor which is such a relief! At Pepperdine a program called friends of veterans was started and the group leader gave me a contact who she things can helps figure out this whole thing! I'm so excited to go to school and to join the Friends of Vererans club as well as a sorority and many other clubs! I'm really most excited about finding a new church. I've heard nothing but good things about the on campus church and I can't wait to attend a service! 

I would really appreciate it if prayers were continued as I am still waiting on one test result from my endocrinologist. God bless!

Decisions, Decisions...(and health update.)

I never really realized how stressful moving is until now. I'm used to having a massive closet that seems endless and now I'm going to a much smaller one. BUT! all 7 of my boxes are packed and ready to be shipped in the morning and I could not be more relieved! Sadly I know this is going to become a yearly thing for school and next summer will be even more stressful as I plan to study abroad! Moving is now about a week out and I'm excited but  slightly sad at the same time. For the first time ever I wont be around family on my birthday which makes me sad but I know I'm going to make some great friends at Pepperdine! I go on leave from my job at Market Street on Tuesday, with my last shift being on Monday. I've made a lot of great friends there and I'm sad to leave but don't worry guys, I'll be back for Christmas!:) This next week is going to be crazy saying see you later to friends and finishing packing but I could not be more excited to move to Malibu! I hate the heat and the cold so Malibu is the perfect place for me. haha!

Today, I also recieved a call from my doctor about some tests I had run earlier this week. As many of you know this last year has been very stressful with my health issues. For those of you who aren't aware, my current diagnosis is Hashimoto's Thyroiditis,which is an autoimmune disease based in the Thyroid. I currently am hyperthyroid which means I am producing too much Thyroxine. I've been on medicine for the last year and as of Tuesday  I began to show very slight improvement as my goiter has shrunk a minimal amount. Back in December, I was also diagnosed with Anemia. I had a Iron Injection in may and as of early July i am no longer anemic, Praise the Lord! However, they aren't sure what caused me to become anemic, so i had a test for Celiac disease on Tuesday and I am happy to report that the test came back negative. I am also awaiting the results of a test I had done for Cushing's disease(I will give an update when I find out.) Migraines have also been diagnosed so i now have medicine for when I get one which is wonderful! I would  greatly appreciate prayers for my health and upcoming move and that I would always be Salt and Light to the people i encounter!

Packing day!

I move to Pepperdine on August 15th so I have just a little over a week left here at home. We're shipping most of my stuff and it's being picked up Friday. As usual I have procrastinated as much as possible so I began packing today! Man was that a bad idea. I have way too much stuff and it's hard to choose what clothes to take and what to leave at home. Plus I took over our living room with boxes and clothes(sorry mom.) As august 15th grows closer I'm growing anxious and excited. I'm ready to start this new chapter of my life but it's a little scary to be completely on my own for the first time! But I'm incredibly excited to see what God has in store for me at Pepperdine!