Happy 29th Birthday to me! ^_^ 

 Hello again everyone! I remembered that I said I was going to update about my birthday and since it's the weekend, I figured now would be a perfect time to do it. 

Well....I had a very fun and eventful 3-day weekend. For Saturday and Sunday, my mother and I got together, and she bought a hotel room for us. Partly as a birthday present for me, and partly because I was invited to a wedding of my friends jaynneboae andhellerasagiri . But it was really nice to get away. It's the first time in a long time that my mother has EVER followed through on anything. The wedding was really nice, and I danced until I couldn't anymore. I loved it. I saw some new and old faces. It was a Jewish wedding...the first that I've ever been to. So to see how things played out and some things were missing, some things were different altogether, etc. was very interesting. 

Then afterwards, my mother and I retreated back to the hotel and I knocked out. I like to be that tired. So fast forward to Monday. I got so many birthday wishes on my Facebook page, it was crazy! Good thing I anticipated that would happen and put my phone on vibrate Sunday night. ^_^ I think Facebook is an awesome thing at times, but when it comes to birthdays, I wonder...if I made it so that my friends didn't get the announcement on their pages when they log on...would they remember?? Probably not. And that's sad. Anyway....Monday, my mother and I left the hotel, because she had to go to work and she just took me home. I lounged around for a few hours and then later in the night...around 8pm...my co-worker picked me up and took me to the Cheesecake Factory! ^_^ Though it was no surprise, because we had agreed to this days before. I notified other friends and they came as well. So it ended up being a total of nine people! I was very impressed, happy and thankful! 

But that was pretty much my weekend. I apparently have other stuff going on for June and July. June, I have a baby shower in Lynchburg that I am attending, and July I have yet another 3 day weekend to look forward to(Since the fourth falls on a Monday this year), as well as Kings Fest with my friends Kat and Ashley. So I am excited. 

But that's about it. Yays! ^_^  

 Today is my birthday. :) Woot Woot. :) I will post about how this day ends later. Maybe. So yeah, happy birthday to me. 

 First off, Happy New Year, everyone! I haven't really been active here lately. I would apologize, but I haven't really had much reason. Nothing new, nothing not-so-new. But I hope that everyone is well(at least that's what I see in your posts).

So since I have nothing to say. I will leave you with this: 

For one day only, you get to ask me one question. Any question you want. But everyone who asks a question is guaranteed some sort of honest answer. The only caveat is that you must be logged in; I'll be ignoring questions that are anonymous under the assumption that they're trolls If I'm brave enough to answer you should be brave enough to ask.

This post is to let you know that I have volunteered to participate in the Out Of The Darkness walk next month(October) to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Since experiencing my own personal loss of a close friend to suicide, as well as having struggled with depression/suicidal thoughts and attempts myself, I feel that now more than ever I should be a part of helping to bring awareness and help to those that are silently struggling with things in their lives and don't know how to approach it or ask for help.

"That's great, Nikkia!" you say. "If there is anything I can do to help, please let me know!" Well...as a matter of fact, there is. I need to raise money. My personal goal for my walk is $150. I'm not the type of person to ask for money...but it's for a good cause and you can rest assured knowing that your money would go towards either educational programs/resources, research, campaigns, etc. But anything you give would be more than appreciated. And apparently it's 100% tax deductible.

But if you can do nothing else, please spread the word about this. Below, you will find the link to my "fundraising page".(It tells you all that you need to know about how to donate and gives you more in depth information about the foundation) Feel free to forward it on to other friends/family, etc. If nothing else, cruise the website and just be in prayer that all this effort will not be in vain, and that God will use that organization to help to save lives.

http://afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&eventID=1092&participantID=125990

Thanks again!

Iron Man 2!!!!

 HI EVERYONE! 

This weekend was a lot of fun filled with lots of "belated birthday" goodness. Saturday, I hung out with kat928 and we went and saw a play which was really interesting. Then, we went to BD's Mongolian Grill! I love that place. It was my third time going with her and I had a blast. It was different this time,  because there was much that I wanted, but couldn't eat. So I had to think of other things to mix together, and I was not disappointed.

Sunday, I went to church.(After much contemplating about it, which is a bad thing)--But I figured, if I am sitting and thinking that hard about whether I should go or not, I should go. So I went, and I felt much better. Afterwards, I spent the rest of the day with jaynneboae .  Our original plan was to chill out at the beach, but that did not happen. As we were on our way to find food before our trip, it was raining. Hard. So majority of our time was spent thinking of places to eat and locations of those various places. We collectively decided that we were in the mood for steak. So, we went to Outback Steakhouse. It was my first time, and I looked at the menu and saw salmon, I KNEW that's what I wanted. So that's what I had. And I didn't(and still don't) regret getting it! It was so flavorful!

Then after that, we walked around Springfield Mall, Borders bookstore and then headed back to my side of town, walked around, got ice cream, and then departed. It always feels nice to walk around Old Town with someone. Sometimes, just being alone isn't as exciting.

Other things that are happening:

I now own an iPod nano, and Sony Dock for it. And I couldn't be happier with it. It will do for now, until I can afford to get a better one that will hold all of my songs.

I am moving yet again. Closer to my job again. With a friend from my church, and I can't wait. Hopefully this will stay permanent for a while.

I have made an appointment to meet with a therapist. Hopefully this will work(in general). Although, I am realizing a downfall with this one person and her timing. If I move...she is across the street from my job. The bus that would take me home would come at 8:24pm. Our session would start at 8. Hmm. Which is one of the main reasons that I wanted to find someone who would be available on the weekends. But anyway!

Other than that, things are good right now. We shall see how things play out.

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