Keeping My Promises

Almost a year ago, I made some promises to myself. I think I've done an exceptional job of keeping those promises, and in some cases, exceeding my own expectations.

However, I am only human after all, and it's easy to get side-tracked by everything that life throws at me. So as a reminder to myself, I am renewing my promises to myself.

I promise to love myself unconditionally and not base my happiness on the other people in my life.

I promise to remove and distance myself from people and places that make me feel disempowered. I worked too damn hard to let anyone take my power from me.

I will continue to appreciate and celebrate everything that is unique about me. Yes, I am special, and those close to me know just how special...

I will remind myself that I am a Phenomenal Womyn, and continue to draw my strength, courage, and wisdom from the womyn in my family, my circle of friends, and my community.

I will continue to be thankful for my wonderful family, friends, and community.

I will nurture myself and keep myself healthy. RunTheaRun.

I will never prioritize the happiness and needs of others before my own.

I will continue my pursuit of real and unconditional love.

I know that this might seem a little selfish, but I don't think there's anything wrong with taking care of myself in the ways that I see fit. I'm always down for folks, but I just need to make sure I keep myself in check. I have to keep myself on my toes so that I don't take myself for granted, where I'm taking care of everyone else but me. I worked too damn hard to lose sight of my individuality once more. I need to put myself on a BIG time out every now and then to make sure that everything is healthy and balanced in my life.

I am the "PRO" in Procrastination

I swear I don't do it on purpose. Maybe it's the stress that I thrive on. Or maybe I'm just really over doing school work right now. In any case, I've found a way to distract myself from studying for finals by posting new pics of Paul and I.

He never updates his blog, so the only way you can catch a glimpse of what's going on in the world of Paul and Thea is when I post pics. Here are some recent pics from my trip to SoCal. We went to the USC Spring Game and I got to see Paul gush over the USC football players, as well as Stanley Havili's biceps. Haha.

I had fun at the game, even though I don't really follow USC football. I'm just a bandwagon fan. I'm not even trying to front. I know about being a football widow and all, but damn, some of the fellas are hella messed up for leaving their kids out in the cold to get some autographs. Haha. One guy told his kids to stay by the 40 yard line and "play", after assuring them that he would find them later.

I am also very proud of Paul because he was inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society. He'll be graduating with a 3.8 from his credential program. Hooray! There's some pics above from the induction ceremony.

See you all after finals! Toodles!