… life is always changing. Sometimes it comes and goes in waves, like the beat of the ocean.  Or sometimes it has an odd beat, like a heart muscle palpitating in the thoracic cavity.  Sometimes it varies day by day just like the days of the four seasons vary.  Regardless, it always changes – the question is, do you change with it,  or do you get lost within it?

I have changed a lot since my last last post here on this domain.  I have grown and matured in ways I can’t even begin to describe.  I have met a wonderful man, and I am happy.  I have stopped biting my nails because I have felt stress-free.  I have been doing good in my classes, and am starting to even do my own undergraduate science research on phthalates.  I have also been looking into student groups, professional groups, medical schools, and so forth.  I have really been trying to figure out what I want to do with my life and what makes me happy the most.  I am blessed that I love science and everything to do with science, so my possibilities are endless.

My faith and spirituality has been renewed the past few months.  The power of prayer is truly amazing, and what a gift it truly is.  Many of my prayers have been answered through the delivery of my boyfriend to me.  I know that is so cliche to say, but I always speak the truth.  I was always convinced good things happen to good people, so I have always tried and will always try to be the best person I could be every day I am given the greatest gift of all – another breath, another second, another chance.  There is someone out there that won’t receive that precious gift come tomorrow… so if it is me, I am glad that I lived today to the best of my ability.

Our story is quite an amazing one, we actually first came into contact with each other on a political forum, and then actually physically met at this huge political rally in DC.  It’s great to know he has the same political ideologies as I do.  He is a true American patriot, and I find that amazing.  Our quest to bring back the Constitution is better together, no doubt, but I am a bit biased.  There’s only one tiny thing about this man that is going to take a while to get used to… he is a New York Yankees fan.  And what team does Nikki despise with every bone in her body?  The Yankees.  Who is the Yankees rival team in the greatest city in the world, New York City?  The New York Mets.  What is my favorite baseball team?  The Mets.  This is going to be pretty interesting, no doubt.  But in the end; the Mets will be victorious this year and all will be good.

Life has just been amazing.  I’ve never been happier.

This is the busiest I have ever been in my life.  I’m trying to get money together and save it.  I’m an official graphic designer for the Revolution March, so that has occupied a lot of my time.  I’ve made a lot of graphics – lets hope they all help.

Summer is just starting to kick off.  This week the high temperature’s are going to be in the 90′s – and sunny, so hopefully I can get a lil’ bit darker.  I want to throw a baseball around for a while, but no one wants to play catch with me… bummer.  Maybe I will start blading again, or start skateboarding again.  In a way I miss that ‘lifestyle,’ I used to love doing that everyday and got a thrill out of it.

I have started a diet – Medifast.  Pretty much what it is is you eat 5 of their meals each day and then a ‘Lean and Green’ meal.  I am so full on this diet, I have really struggled to eat the complete 5 meals.  In 2 weeks I have lost 13lbs, and couldn’t be happier.  What can I say, the college cafeteria food was NOT good to me.    What can you do.  I have also been working out a lot.  I’ve been doing the ‘Slim In 6′ DVD’s.

I miss Eric.  His parents are being strict with him again, and they’re starting to act up.  It’s amazing how they treat him like a 12 year old, even though he’s almost 20.  Let’s see… they took his car keys, his mom has been driving HIS car around, and she refuses to put gas in the car, even after she used HIS gas that he paid for.  Poor kid.  I have to get him away from there.

Life’s been hard… but I’m still loving it. 

One year of college is over and done with. I’ve changed so much, but they’re all positive changes.  I love college so much – I have been home for only a few days and I already miss it dearly.  I just miss the peace and quiet – I miss sitting at night in my dorm room with the window open, listening to the river and the birds, and the sounds of the frogs croaking for mates.  I guess that’s why I love Biology.

But I have changed so much as a person.  I like to call it ‘entering womanhood.’  I was young and naive, and I thought I could have life handed to my on a platter – now I know that is not true, and I have to work hard everyday.  I used to push myself aside and focus on everyone – now I know how to balance myself and my friends, which is something I could never do.  I realized there were times I bitched and moaned about my workload, and my hard times, and looked around me and people were going through so much worse.  I don’t take anything for granted anymore.  Every new day is a blessing that I am so grateful for.

Anyway, I’ve become addicted to PostSecret.  Some of the secrets posted on there make me cry, some make me smile, but all that I have seen so far impact me.  I wish more people would read these secrets – some that you read will truly make you thankful for what you have.  Some secrets are so wonderful to read – they’re the good in the world people search for day in and day out.  You read of unemployed citizens finding money and donating to charities instead of spending it, you read of people changing someone’s life.  Something so simple impacts me so much… it doesn’t really take much to make me happy.  PostSecret reminds me there are good people in the world – that, even in a world full of lies, anger, war, and devastation, good can still prevail.  Thank you PostSecret.

In other news… I love standing up for people, animals… things.  I’ve taken a stand for something that is very important to me: my country.  I have been tirelessly campaigning for a presidential candidate.  I have never once been so excited for a cause.  I am happy to say I am a ‘Ron Paul Conservative,’ and that my first presidential vote will be for Ron Paul.  My conscience will be clean; I am not voting for a ‘lesser’ of two evils, because even a lesser of two evils is still an evil.

And I will leave you with this (quick plug for Apple!):