Hello everyone!! Right now I'm relaxing at my parents house. I'm in Las Cruces right now. I've been here for a few days. I'm on spring break. Recently I've decided that I want to run a half marathon. 13 miles!! I started training. I'm planning on running this half marathon in maybe two years . The marathon will be in Memphis, TN for the St. Jude Children Research Hospital. So I told you all of this in order to tell you this next part. While training I sprained my ankle. I pulled some ligaments. I'm supposed to stay off my foot for about two weeks and the doctor said I can start running slowly again in four weeks.

I came to Las Cruces with a lot of important things to take care of. a few of these things are talking to my previous employer about getting my job back. They told me to let them know when I'm coming back and they would work something out for me. this is good news since I'm planning on moving back to Las Cruces. I also talked to a few people about what's going on right now in the relationship area of me life. It's getting complicated. I know that things will work themselves out in time. I'm just sitting back and enjoying the moment.

my previous employer also told me about some medical thing that was going on at the convention center and said I should check it out. so I went it was pretty fun. I got to talk to multiple health care facilities about CNA jobs

I was planning on getting a tattoo while here in Las Cruces but I chickened out for some reason and rescheduled my appointment. I'll be coming back in april to get it.

I will most likely move back in June and live with my parents until my lease in Albuquerque is up. I will be sad to leave ABQ, I really do like it there but it's just expensive. I'm getting paid half of what I was being paid here every two weeks. I have enough to get by and pay bills with a little on the side for groceries and gass but now that the gas prices are so expensive that money I had for those things is being used for gas. I would move back today but I need to finish the semester at UNM because if I drop out then I would have to pay my scholarship back and that's a lot of money!

The one thing I would miss is my church family in ABQ. the good news is that my church has a video campus here in Las Cruces so I would still be able to go the the same church. plus I know a few people who go there that I met in ABQ at Sagebrush in the summer.

I know deep down I shouldn't of moved to Albuquerque. I know it was not God's will for me to go there but I did anyway. I wanted to get away for a while. after everything that happened here I felt like I had no friends here so I decided I would move to Albuquerque where my friend Stephanie was. I've had fun in ABQ but now I know it's time to come back home. I feel like God is saying okay Erica you've had your fun it's time to go home. I have grown so much in my walk with Christ. I had pushed him away and being at Sagebrush and going to bible studies and meeting new people I feel I've grown closer to HIM. It's time to come back home.

Well everyone it's time I went to sleep! I thought I'd update you!!

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Prayer Requests:

*Please pray that things would work our with my move and that it would be a smooth transition.
*Please pray for my friend Katie she will be staying in Albuquerque for 10 months. she has been going to church with me but she doesn't really like to do things by herself. I'm afraid that if and when I leave she won't go to Sagebrush anymore because I won't be there.
*Please pray that I would continue to earn enough money to get my.
*please pray that my transfer to NMSU from UNM would be a smooth one and that I will get the classes that I want.

That's all for this time guys! I love you all!

God bless until nest time
Erica Nicole

Ahhh It's Already March!!

Hello everyone!! It's been a while since my last post! I hope everyone is doing well! I will be in Las Cruces from the 16th-the 20th. I'm hoping to get things done and get questions answered while I'm there. Everything here in Lobo Land is okay. I'm not doing so good in my Anatomy and Physiology class but other things in my life are looking up. I'm feeling great and I'm so happy. I've finally gotten enough hours at Home Instead to get my by. I feel this happened just as I was rethinking everything. I guess I could tell you now. The plans are not all figured out yet I'm still in the thinking on this thought. I'm thinking about moving back to Las Cruces. It is just too expensive here. School tuition for the nursing school has gone up $125 per credit and I"m barely making ends meet. I was getting paid more every two weeks in Las Cruces than I am here. I've put myself in debt with my credit card. I did not want that. while I was out of a job I needed money to pay for gas and rent and utilities so I used my credit card now it's full and I"m struggling to pay it off. I had it almost paid off when I was in Las Cruces. I've been thinking about moving back so I can get rid of this debt and I don't know maybe I have something in las cruces waiting for me. :) The problem is do I move back to Las Cruces in June or July when school is over or do I move back after the lease is up. If I moved back in June or July I would stay at my parents house and still pay for rent up here. I wouldn't want to leave my roommates hanging. I would find someone to take over the lease for me but one of my roommates is already doing that and hasn't had any luck finding anyone to take over the lease. I figure I could pay for rent and still have money left to pay for my other bills. The other option is to move back when the lease is over and find an apartment in Las Cruces. This would also be okay but I want to go to school in the fall. the lease is up in September and the semester starts in August. then I think maybe I could stay for the summer in Albuquerque then move back down in time for the school semester to start and pay for the few months that are left on the lease. I don't know. this is my dilemma right now. Well I still have time to figure things out! Well I hope to see some of you while I'm in Las Cruces! I will try to keep you updated!

This song has been on my mind for quite sometime!
Pieces by RED (one of my favorite bands!)




Prayer Requests!

*Please pray that God would guide me in the right direction and help me make the right decision for moving back to Las Cruces.

*Please pray for my friend katie. she is going to my church with me but I'm affraid that if I leave she will not go anymore because she will not have anyone to go with. I keep asking her to go to a bible study with me so she can me new people and make some friends up here in Albuquerque.

*Please pray that I will get through this Anatomy and Physiology class this semester. This class is killing me.

As always thanks for the prayers!

Until next time God bless,

Erica Nicole