New Found Love of Singleness.

Since January, I have been following The Single Woman on Twitter (@TheSingleWoman) and she has really inspired me in more ways than one. She inspires me to wait for the person who God has for me. But most importantly, she has shown me that the single life is a blessing and not a curse. In fact, it is something to embrace. I can use the time to accomplish my goals and dreams. I can have "Me" time which could include me eating a carton of Ben and Jerry's ice cream and watching a sappy chick flick and bawling my eyes out. I don't have to worry about checking in with someone all the time. I'm free to learn who I am. Once I learn who I am, I will know who God has for me.
On April 16th, she posted this in a column on her website www.thesinglewoman.net It is something that couldn't be further from the truth...
She might be the bravest woman I know.

She walks the unaccompanied path. She has her own back. She asks for no favors. Not an ounce of independence does she lack.

She has moments where she feels as though no one sees her. She feels them LOOK at her, but do they really SEE her? She gets catcalls when she walks down the street…yet she goes to bed alone.

She’s not afraid to change her mind…but petrified to change a tire. She makes her own decisions…but can’t make toast without burning it. Her idea of a three course meal is a Lean Cuisine. There are shoes in her cupboard where flour and sugar are supposed to be.

She’s sassy and feisty on the streets…but some nights her tears fall on empty sheets.

She has moments where she KNOWS she’s sexy…and moments where she doubts everything about herself.

She screws up…a lot. She stumbles and she falls. She gets it wrong as often as she gets it right. But she never gives up the fight.

She has bad hair days. She’ll buy a new dress at Target and pray it passes for something a little fancier. Some months she struggles to make her rent and her car payment in the same month. Because she bought too many shoes? Sometimes. But the only pair of designer shoes she has in her collection are a pair of Christian LaCroix that she got half off at a sidewalk sale.

Sometimes her friends let her down. They don’t always say the right things. And the elusive “One That Got Away”? She still can’t cut the strings.

She has moments of panic where she wonders if her Prince Charming got lost somewhere, or decided to settle instead for another less complicated, less stubborn, less independent princess. Sometimes she don’t know where she’s going until she gets there.

She hasn’t got it all figured out...far from it, in fact.

But she loves God and she loves to dance…and she’s her own “Better Half.”

The bravest woman I know?

She is the reason I do what I do.

She is The Single Woman.

She’s me…and she’s you.


--I love the part where she mentions that the single woman is "her own better half" I never even saw it that way until I read this.
But it is 2:11am and I just wanted to write something. Hope those of you who read this were inspired and know that you aren't alone when you're single. You have the two most important people you can have... GOD and YOURSELF :)
jbaybay :)

Day Off.

So it's a beautiful Friday here in Wisconsin AND I'm off of work!! That never happens!! How am I spending it? Sitting INSIDE on my computer doing school work/job searching/doing my whole social networking thing/updating my iTunes with some amazing music and I also have "Say Yes to the Dress" on. lol. Life is good!
Watching "Say Yes to the Dress" has me thinking about marriage and all the planning that goes into a wedding. Some people put SOOOO much money down on just a dress!! If it was up to me, I would get married in a park or something in a simple outfit/dress. I would never pay $7,000 on a dress that I'm only gonna wear once!
Okay. Just throwing that out there!! lol.
I have become quite the acapella junkie :) Ever since I watched the Sing-Off, I've gotten hooked! I have always liked music and I always thought acapella was pretty cool. But now, it's something totally different. I love seeing what can be done with the human voice alone. The beats. The tight harmonies. I LOVE IT ALL!! ----> even more reason for me to pursue what I want to pursue :)
Well I should get back to school work! Pharmacology :) Woot woot!
JBAYBAY