mandaloo

nothing out of the ordinary with me – just a young girl trying to get this life thing right – just like everyone else.

i was born in elizabethtown, kentucky in november 1982 – i didn’t stay there long, and have always claimed texas to be my home. i’ve lived all around the state, including copperas cove, stephenville, marble falls, and benbrook. just recently, i’ve relocated to north richland hills. my family lives twenty minutes away, which consists of my mom and dad, my grandmother, and my younger brother (five years my junior). i have a basset hound named bacon, and she is my partner in crime. not really – she just sleeps a lot, but that’s just fine with me.

i enjoy my job, which is good since i’m there forty hours a week or more. i’m an environmental scientist at an engineering firm and it’s great. i’m blessed to work with people i respect both professionally and personally. i have worked at this company since early 2000 (i worked there when i was getting my degree) and i don’t plan on leaving anytime soon.

during my free time, i just kinda kick around. i enjoy writing and hanging out with friends. i need to get back into my artwork, which i may do now that i am not living in half of a room at my parents’ house. i’m also usually involved in things going on at church, which usually keeps me busy.

i’m entering a new phase of life right now. starting over of sorts. in 2005, i went through a divorce that altered my five year plan (as well as every other aspect of my life) quite a bit. it all resulted from events that i found out about unexpectedly, so needless to say, it was not on my radar. although it was not a pleasant experience, i felt that it was worth mentioning since it has inevitably shaped some of my thoughts and views of things. i’ve recently moved out of my parents house and back into my own place, which is a step in the right direction. i’ve been so blessed in so many ways that even on my darkest days, i had plenty of reasons to smile.

i’m a pretty happy person. i see joy and beauty in most things and genuinely love life. i don’t know why things happen. i don’t know what’s going to happen, but i am excited for what the next couple of years will bring for myself and those i love around me.