Six months!

Six months ago today I loaded up my car and headed for my new life in Colorado. I remember feeling so many emotions that day....fear, nervousness, excitement. Looking back, I can't really believe I really did it haha. It's not me to take a risk and go outside of my comfort zone, but here I am! I remember when I told my good friend from work that I was moving to Colorado she said, "I think you can do it. It will be a huge challenge but you will learn and grow so much." Her words come back to me often, because they turned out to be more true than I could have imagined. It has been a tough transition going from my routine, close friends and family an hour away and have to start over. And even though this past month has been difficult, I'm so glad God opened this opportunity for me. For one, Colorado is beautiful, but most importantly, I am learning so much...about me, God, and others. Sometimes I miss my "old" life, but I can't imagine going back to it. It will be interesting to see what I write in another six months =)
 Since the last post, my good friend Brittany and her husband Andrew came and visited us a few weeks ago. I didn't get to see them as much as I would have liked because I worked all weekend and then I got a bad case of a stomach bug. I ended up in the ER on day 5 of it because I was so dehydrated. I blame the altitude=) I'm pretty sure I got it from a patient and I'm holding it against her haha.
  I'm not really a fan of Colorado weather right now....it's always 70's and sunny when I work, and on my days off it's cloudy and 50. What the heck? I'm praying hard that when my parents come it will be sunny and warm the whole time so they can fall in love with Denver and move out here ;)
 I started mentoring a girl and I've loved getting to know her. Last weekend we went to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and had a great time. I think we're both going to learn a lot from each other.

Overlooking City Park with Denver and the mountains in the background.

 A few of my girlfriends and I also went to a Matt Wertz and Ben Rector concert. Absolutely wonderful. I had never heard of Ben Rector before, but I loved him. And their drummer was gorgeous....I might have been paying more attention to him than the actual singers-woops!

Me, Erin, Brooke, Tonia and Rachel

Not the best pic, but my drummer boy is in the black ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 This weekend I'll be going to a Cubs vs Rockies game.....I'm a White Sox fan so I'm not sure who I'll be cheering for. Who am I kidding, I don't really care either way ;) After that I switch to night shift again and then my parents come to visit-yay!  Welp, I think that's it! Bye!