Un-Married Woman

I see all these people that I've known throughout my life who have blogs. And when I look and see who exactly these people are-they have a few similarities. They're married, usually the wives, starting or have a family and want to share their life and words with family and friends.



But what about me? I love to write! Butttt--I'm not married...I'm not a wife...I'm definitely not starting a family (unless you count Lola and Oliver-dog and cat)..and the big question-who would read my blog??



Who will find my life and thoughts interesting enough to take the time to see how I'm doing and what I have to say? Well this is my conclusion:

I'm an unmarried woman at the age of 23 who LOVES to write.

I love to share my thoughts and life with pretty much anyone! At my age I'm still learning and going through a lot of developmental and life changes that writing about can benefit me in so many ways!

Though I don't have the same life as some of my fellow bloggers, I still have a pretty eventful and joyful life that is very much worth sharing with friends and family!

And if they don't want to read my blog...FINE! I don't care because I still get to write! :)



So here we go!! Young Un-married woman ready to blog!



I graduated a little over a year ago from Texas State, Dec 2008. It's been a pretty rough year trying to find what I want to do, follow my passions, and landing my dream job--WAIT A MINUTE! This economy is much too awful to be able to follow and land anything! Find whatever you can and just put up with it! Feel lucky! :\



Not exactly what a recent college grad goes to school dreaming about. And I definitely didn't go to school for 4.5 years to wait tables!! Which is exactly what I did for almost a full year.



Last January I started waiting tables at a piano bar in San Marcos. (Secretly dreaming that one night they would call me to stage to sing a ballad and my voice would be loved by all and my stardom dream would take off!!)--Didn't exactly happen that way. After many nights of not so much business and walking out at around 2am and only making $13, things started getting stressful. My whole life I heard that waiting tables was quick, good money. And this piano bar was one of the nicest and coolest places in San Marcos...where was everybody?? For months I struggled to make ends meet. I had to swallow my pride and call Mom and Dad at least once a month to help me out with bills. There were many times, most the times, that I literally had no money... no loose change in my car... no savings... no credit card. Literally nothing. Every night I would worry about how I would make it to work without running out of gas and praying that I would at least make $10 so I could put $5 in for gas and have a little more to be able to get some food. This waiting tables thing was not working out for me!

Many events happened while working there (got a concussion from somebody throwing a keg shell across the bar and "luckily" hit me right in the noggin!) and 6 months later, I took my low tips, walked out and never returned!



*I must add that a few nights they DID call me to the stage to sing, this is when I discovered that I truly do have stagefright but made it through some songs just fine! It was fun but made me oh so anxious!!



While I was waiting tables at the bar, I also decided to get my teaching certificate. And I also had found a preschool teaching job in Buda (only 10 min from San Marcos). Yay! Things were coming together! I was on a path and knew what I wanted to do. --Not so quick...

The preschool job paid $7/hour--whattt??? I didn't even make $1000 a month. AND I was still working at the bar so making little tips there, working till 2am and then having to wake up around 6 to get to the school by 8. And on Saturdays I had my teaching certificate class from 9 am-4pm. No rest...No money...No life...NOT WHAT I HAD PLANNED FOR POST-GRADUATION LIFE!

Seeing what other people my age were doing really depressed me. So many friends from high school had found jobs, had gotten married or engaged...and there I was working at a bar and not making anything of myself. I was so envious.

But here I am a year later with a teaching job that I start next week! In south Austin! I'm so excited to start! I live with my boyfriend and we are going strong after 3.5 years! AND I am independent! (Not as independent as if I lived alone but you get what I'm saying)

Life is good. God gave me a year of struggling and growing so I could learn the hardships that some go through. I am so thankful for everything that He has given me including the life-learning and building experiences that I had to rough through the past year. All I have to say is...
GOODBYE 2009, HELLO 2010 it is sooo nice to finally meet you! :)