Life is a whirlwind!

I don't even know where to begin right now. So much has happened in the past few months, I can't honestly remember what happened the last time I wrote a post. I vaugely remember writing something about the Energy for Life Walkathon. That took place this last weekend. I took the weekend off of work (which, as people know, I never do).

There are, however a few new developments I should probably get to before I get to all of the stuff that happened with the Energy for Life Walk.

There is, indeed, a man in my life.
Oh my gosh, I can't even believe I just typed that.

I don't even know how I fell for this guy. I don't know what I did to deserve such a great man in my life. For some reason, I fell for him almost instantly. Our grandpas were best friends, so we grew up kind of knowing each other. We graduated together from High School, and he went off to the Navy. His Grandpa, Vern, passed away in April. He came back from his current station in New Orleans for his Grandpa's funeral. Somehow, our paths crossed and he told me he decided to pursue a relationship with me. To this day, I can not believe how I didn't notice he was flirting with me. It seems to me now that everyone noticed, and I was completely oblivious. Go figure.

Brett, who is now my boyfriend, decided that he would give me his phone number so that I could "find his parent's house because his sister's graduation party was memorial day weekend and he thought I should come." Sigh. How could I not have noticed?! I think at that point, I realized it. Anyway, that weekend we spent quite a bit of time together. And......
He kissed me.

Swooon.
OK maybe not....but close enough, right?

Soooo anyway, I knew he was interested, but the problem is, he's halfway across the country. That kind of bothered me, but my instincts told me that this guy was someone I could trust. And trust him I did.

We began talking almost every day. I talked with him on the phone, for a couple of hours a few times. It was then that he revealed that he did not want me dating anyone else.

Ok, maybe the swooning portion is more appropriate here.
But there was something else I needed to reveal. My Mito. Not exactly something that's particularly easy to talk with anyone about, let alone a love interest. And let's not even mention the IC. Sigh. I told him that the outlook for Mito has the potential to be quite bleak. I told him that I was not looking for a casual romance. He seemed to understand.

But then I told him that I was giving him and out, that I realized it wasn't easy and that he could just forget it, no questions asked. He told me that he didn't want that. He wanted to be with me because there was "just something about me".

Slowly, things have started to get more serious. Well, as serious as things can get when you live over a thousand miles away from one another.

He came to Minnesota for the EFL walk, and we were able to spend some quality time together.

I'm not afraid to admit it. I've fallen for him.

So now it's waiting for me to be done with school and him to be out of the Navy. I miss him so much. With the hurricane in Louisiana, I have been very worried the past few days. It sounds like he is OK. Thank God.

This week I started LPN school. My life is now a whole lot of studying. Sigh. It's all for a good goal.

Team Sami was able to raise over $600 raised toward Mitochondrial medicine research!!!!
I am beyond thrilled.
This means more...Hope. Energy. Life.
Things that mean more to me than I can express in words.

So, even though Mito and IC plague me daily, I have more studying to do than I think I have time for, my boyfriend is over a thousand miles away from me, and I don't always feel secure, my life is what it is. A whirlwind. There are many good things going on in my life. Yes, there is a lot of stress, lots of pain, and tons of complicating factors. But it's my life. I believe that life is still a gift. I love life, despite the pain and suffering. The benefits, in my opinion, outweigh the risks.

I continue to look to God for guidance, wisdom, and peace. Things I desire more than I want to admit. The only way I can even think of being secure is to pray to God. To ask him for the things I need to be sustained.

So now, I go on and continue to figure things out and adjust to this new schedule.