Playing Catch up!

wow. it has been a lifetime since i last posted. sorry about that! so i'll just catch you up on everything...
okay, last time i updated was February 16th i believe. yikes.

February 27th, my beloved and gentle grandpa Goetz passed away after a long battle with cancer. i still miss him very much, and think about him all the time. i can't wait to see him again, as well as grandma Willis, whom i also miss terribly all the time!

as a believer it brings me joy to know that i'll see them again soon. but i cant help think about how non-believers cope with losing a loved one? for them there is no hope, and the end is...the end. i cant imagine.

umm, i cant remember if i told you about my finger incident, but its all healed up now, you cant tell anything happened.

school is still chugging along. i'm waiting to take my first proctored exam, but im not able to take it until i finish paying for the semester...almost done!

okay, this has been my most recent challenge...my job at Michael's, where i've worked for almost 3 years, has cut my full-time job to part time. they are changing the format of the store once again, and the job i had no longer exists. i also recieved a pay cut. so Monday i started my new position as a replenishment associate. i work the 5 am shift and get off at 10, which gives me the whole day to work somewhere else.
to make up for my lost hours, i got a job at Bath and Body Works in new market square. they dont give very many hours, but i sure do love working there! unfortunately, i am still looking for a job, preferably full time, because im still not getting near enough hours from both places.

my nephew Caleb is getting soooo big! he looks like a toddler! he needs to stop getting old. :) he is learning stuff so fast. i havent seen him for a while. sometimes i have dreams about playing with him hehe :)

i currently live in an apartment with my sister Hollie. our lease ends in June, and i talked to my parents and have decided that i will, yet again, be moving back home for a while to save for money. which was my original plan before i moved here. so ill be taking a step back. its kind of embarrassing, but im lucky to have such understanding parents! :)

hmmmm. what else? im still technically single, but the man i love is still a huge part of my life. haha love is crazy, and doesnt have to make sense to other people. especially when it doesnt make sense to me.... :)

anywhos, ( im almost done, i promise) idolatry has been my most recent struggle. living on earth, its very easy to get caught up in the world of materialism. and to focus on a human, or object, more than our Savior. but God is so wise, he finds ways to sneak our attention. oh, i love Him.

welp, i think that is it for now. thanks for reading!
(hopefully the next post wont be so far away)

stay healthy, Juls.