adieu 2010....

It is hard to believe that 2010 is almost over. Time for new years resolutions. Even though I tend to think that new years resolutions are stupid, I write them down anyway and attempt to do them for the first couple weeks of the new year. I am sooooo excited about several things that I won't be waiting for the new year .Tomorrow I start my Tri training (the swimming and running parts). The very thought of a triathlon kind of scares me a little. I am by no means a strong swimmer...I can manage to not drown myself but that is about it. The other night I had a dream that Starla and I were doing our first triathlon and we were finishing up the swimming part and realized we didn't know if we had bikes waiting. Kind of hard to finish a triathlon without a bike. lol. Also, while I am sharing my goals I might as well share the rest of them....I am also training for a karate tournament in March. I have SO missed competing and will be nice to get back in the groove. Now if I can just talk my brother into competing too it will be like old times:-)

ok, so I have another goal for 2011. This is something really big for me and I have been hesitant to say much about it to anyone. Why? I don't know. Maybe because once you start telling people your big goals there is more stress to complete it. People are now watching you to see if you are going to do what you say you are going to do. I recently asked myself what I wanted to do back when I thought I could do anything. What did I have a passion for? What did I dream about? I dreamed about traveling...about flying. I had really wanted to go to Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology but life happened and I just wrote it off as never happening. I still don't see that happening, but I do see me getting my private pilots license. I will be taking my first lesson in January and will go from there. So what do I want to actually do? I would love to work with/ volunteer with organizations like JAARS (Jungle Aviation And Radio Services) or IAMA (International Association of Missionary Aviation) and provide support to missionaries. This goal is SO BIG for me; heart starts pounding and my stomach feels like it has butterfiles in it everytime I think about it for longer than 15 minutes. For the first time in my adult life I feel like I might know what I want to do when I grow up:-) I am 100% sure that this desire is directly from the Lord, so I know that HE WILL provide and open doors that need to be opened.