Monday, June 30, 2008

My sister Amber would like me to post the pictures I have from a couple weeks ago. So here you go!
PS... I might have found a place to live in Knoxville at a reasonable price I will know for sure by the end of the week! :)

Danni










Friday, June 27, 2008

Work work work!

So my title pretty much explains my life right now. Most of my time is dedicated to my job, but I absolutely love it! I was explaining to a friend the other night what I do and what Youth Villages is all about. And I started to realize just how passionate I was about this company and what they do. It is so rare to find a job that you love. And I think I have found it! My co-workers are so awesome and supportive! My supervisors and mentor have been such a huge help! This internship has been such a blessing! Yes, I work all the time but atleast I love what I am doing and it keeps me busy for the moment.

Currently I am looking around at apartments and searching for maybe a roommate, b/c it is definitely very very expensive to live on your own. So my goal this week is to go out and look at apartments and get a list of prices so I can narrow down the search. Then I can finally set up a budget for myself since I will pretty much be on my own in a few months.

Other than the stresses of work and apartment hunting I am great. My older sister, nephew, and brother-in-law came to visit me last weekend and I had a blast watching my nephew he is the most adorable thing ever. Thanks for the visit guys! I love it when people come to see me, it's nice. I do miss my family, but I think I like it here in Knoxville. I see myself staying here for atleast another year if not 2. I also see myself working for Youth Villages in the future, they are everything I need in a job. Counseling is something I really enjoy doing.

No pictures this week, sorry I have been way too busy to take any if anyone wants to visit me soon I love company! 2 new CD's to check out are Coldplay - "Viva La Vida" and Jacob Dylan's new album. They are awesome! Also, a band to check out is the Everybody Fields. I went and saw them at Sundown last night and it was like a slower version of O.A.R. so check them out too! One last thing, if you are in the Knoxville area, check out Trio in Market Square it is such a cute restaurant and they have great food as well.

Peace and love
Danni

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Releasing some tension...

Well it has been a little over a month since I have written on here, so I thought I would give everyone a little peak into the events in my life. Well I have started my internship and I am 6 weeks into it, with 7 more to go and I am loving it so so much. I learn something new everyday, and also no day is the same which I love. You gotta love change, it's always exciting! Speaking of, I have to do a transport tomorrow to Cookeville, which is scary but exciting b/c it's something different. I love helping out around the office and doing what I can to help my co-workers b/c I care about them. Support systems in the office, is what I am doing my research project on, so that should be fun. I am trying to come up with new ideas and new ways to make life easier in the office. Since I am interested in the recruitment aspect of Youth Villages I am currently working on a marketing packet for the supervisors to take with them when they pitch to companies what Youth Villages is all about. All in all, as you can tell, my internship is going great! I work all the time and hardly have time for a social life, but I make time on the weekends.

On my social life aspect I am single again. Yes, I was dating someone, but he screwed up so I'm just taking it as a blessing in disguise, I have too much going for me right now to have a stupid guy distract me, which he really wasn't. I am not going to go into detail of who is he or what he did b/c that is way too personal to put on here, let's just say we will be friends b/c having grudges and loose ends just is not good. :)

My family life is ok. A couple of weekends ago I got to hang out with my 2 sisters and mom a lot so that was nice. We talked about old times and my sisters and I went to our old dance studio's recital and that was fun, it made me miss dance even more. I danced for 13 years so I miss it! I have not gotten to see my dad much, which makes me sad at times b/c I miss him and I miss our talks that we had. He is a busy busy man, and I understand that but I worry about him sometimes. SomeONE is taking advantage of his kindness and it is just not fair. Some people can preach all they want about how they go to church and they pray and read the Bible, but if you do not show your Christianity through your actions in all aspects then I don't know what to say. I am not going to mention names on here b/c heaven for bid I get an order of protection on me too! But I will say to those of you who know who I am talking about (and I hope that person reads this) pray hard for this cruel person with no heart for hurting my family and home. All we want is to get rid of this person and move on but they are giving us challenges in doing this. And I hope this person can really wake up in the morning and really feel like they are doing the right thing. Sorry I had to say something on here, b/c it is a release for me for all of the anger that this person has caused for me. When it comes to my family, I am very protective of them and when I see cruelty for no reason it makes me mad. Just no that my home belongs to my family and my animals, not you so stop claiming it to be yours. Go on and mess up someone else's life please, and just leave our's alone! I know our family life is attractive b/c we care about each other and my dad loves his daughters and we actually love seeing him, can't really say the same for you and your situation huh? You can go and try all you can to do some legal thing against me like you have been with my family this whole time, I bet the courts are having a hay day with you. But it is called FREE SPEECH so get over it, and I have not mentioned your lousy name. Now I have said my peace, do you get some guilty pleasure over being money hungry? My dad does not owe you ONE PENNY! If anything you owe him! God bless you, I am going to pray for you night and day b/c you definitely need it with the mean and cruel things you have been up to.

Other than my whole anger outburst, I'm great and loving life! "Love is all you need!"

"If everyone wished for peace as much as they bought a television set, there would be peace."
-John Lennon

Peace and Love,
Danni