5 Months and counting

Well hello there my lovely blog followers! I know it's been some time! You may be wondering why I posted 3 other blogs in one day.... Funny story actually! If you read them they all took place at different times. One was (like it said) 14 days before our 1 year wedding anniversary, so Feb 2013. The other was a few months after we got home from our trip to ABQ. The other was at some point, more than likely, during the start of summer. Well I never published them like a ding, sue me!

If you are reading this it's because you are my FB friend so you know all about my sleep, or sleepless, habits! haha My sister told me to start a journal. I know this wasn't exactly what she had in mind but I think writing anything may help ease my mind and make me sleepy. Honestly I'm getting a little sleepy right now.

So what's going on? Same ol' Same ol'. With our time coming to a close here in Turkey I've been thinking a lot about the people I've met, the places I've seen and the different opportunities I've been graced with. For starts I have met some truly AMAZING people since I have been here. If I take anything from this experience it's the people that have come into my life and helped change it for the better and the few experiences that may not have been so much good but taught me valuable lessons!

As sad as I am that we won't get the opportunity to stay in Europe longer I am grateful that we were able to come live in another country. And even though we haven't been able to visit as many places as we had wanted to, I have still seen some beautiful countries and meet wonderful people from all over the world! We still have time for one last big vacation and it is going to be AWESOME! I'm very excited about it and can't wait to get all the details figured out!

I'm excited to see where our next adventure will be taking us and trying hard to look at all the positives of going back to the states. Like I said I was sad and it still upsets me from time to time, but I think for the most part I took my day or two to be really upset and now it's time to move on and deal with it like an adult haha. Lots of good things to come for the Brady family and I'm excited to finish off our last 5 months here with a bang!

It's been some time

I've neglected my poor little blog. I wanted to blog while I was home but to be honest I wanted to take that time to enjoy family and friends. I was going to blog when we got back, I was too sad to write anything. Leaving home the second time around was a lot harder then before. I think it was because I knew that Turkey is my new home and I wouldn't see my family again for at least another year. Not to mention leaving our new baby niece Zoey and not getting to meet baby Lauren (because she wasn't born yet). I've been really putting blogging off. I think it's because every time I think about writing  all I can think about is how much I miss home and how I am ready to be done with this place. I had a great time on our vacation though, it was awesome to get to hang out with family and friends.

What has been going on in the life of Pamela? Well I have been working a lot. Lots of changes at work and with summer around the corner this should be interesting. I've realized in the (almost year) I have worked at the youth center that I love kids and I do enjoy working with them, I am just not cut out for watching mass quantities of kids. Give me 4 kids awesome! You give me 12-18, not so much! Mob mentality as my husband would say, you get that many kids together they take over! Not to mention I don't have my "mom" voice or that stern "knock that sh*t off" voice haha. I think it also has to do with a lot of the time I'm perplexed as to what these kids are doing/thinking.

Life

It is crazy how much my life has changed in just a year. Two years ago I would have never thought my life would have taken the turn that is has. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think that I would live in another country. I am so lucky to have my best friend by my side through it all. With that being said I can't believe that in 14 days it will be our 1st wedding anniversary! This year has really gone by quickly.

Kids

Summer time is here which means I get to spend ALL day with the kids I work with. Working with kids has to be one of the toughest jobs I've ever had. I've dealt with creepers, jerks, stalkers, backstabbers, users, insolent people and strangers that shared WAY too much about their personal life. I have also met some amazingly great people that have turned into, what I hope to be, life long friends. Yes I understand that in most jobs you have your good days and your bad days. I have never had a job that was such and emotional roller coaster like this job. Children are like sponges, they absorb EVERYTHING they hear and see. It really puts into perspective survival of the fittest and how these children are molded  purely by what they see their peers do. It's truly amazing how much you think your habits, good and bad, don't affect the kids that watch you and look up to you. KIDS SEE EVERYTHING! Children are SO much smarter then we give them credit. There are days that I am so overwhelmed with joy at the AMAZING behavior in some of these children, but this is a double edged sword. With all the good comes the bad! It is truly heart breaking to see how mean and hurtful humans can be to one another. It's also interesting to see the sense of entitlement some of these kids give themselves, not to mention how conniving and manipulative they can be as well. I can't be too heart broken about it I suppose. A lot of these kids are forced to grow up so quickly they don't have a chance to be naive or innocent.