Wake me up when the Army is ready to let go...

Thats the themes of my Myspace and Facebook lately. I really am disliking the weekends now. They take too long and bring absolutely no opportunity for me to hear if my orders have come in or not. So, I'm happy its Monday!! I really have nothing much to say today, so I think I'll make this a short blog. But I just wanted you all to know, I'm feeling better. I look at this process as a divorce. When I was determined to lose the weight to get into the Army, I told myself I was engaged to the Army. I married the Army when I signed my contract and my honeymoon was the lovely basic training in South Carolina (I'm typing all of this with a huge smile on my face) and now, we're going through a divorce. We've decided its better on both of us if we split now instead of prolonging the inevitable...

Ok I've lost my mind, but its a fun way to think about it...if you think about it :-p

Its been a rough 24 hours...

Well like the title suggests, I'm having a down spell again. Mom called last night and informed me that my Great Great Uncle Fred passed away on Tuesday. We weren't really close, but we did share our special dances at the family reunions. I'm going to miss that. That news was enough of a weight to break the camels back, or tip the scale over, which ever terminology you prefer to use. Anyway, I cried and cried and felt just awful inside. I fought myself on calling someone, and then I realized I needed to call someone. So I called one of my Chaplains that I'm quite close to. He quoted some scripture, reminded me of the good times, and even had me laughing. I talked to Nick when he was done with dinner, more tears fell. And then I fell asleep and slept the whole night through and only woke at 0430, 0545, and then when my alarm went off at 0620...thats quite an improvement compared to what I'm used to sleeping on that awful mattress in the barracks.

I'm drained, mentally exhausted, physically exhausted, and for some reason my back has decided to start hurting again today despite the fact that I'm on my pain management meds...this vaccums!

I'm so thankful of the awesome support system I have online, on phone, in person! I am so blessed!!

Happy Birthday Manda!!

We all have friends in our lives that have always been there and will always be there for us. For me that is the entire Wigant family. Amanda is like the sister I never got to have. She's such an amazing woman. She and I can go for weeks, months, even a year or more without talking much at all, and as soon as we see eachother, its huge hugs, maybe a few tears, and then its like we never stopped talking. Her friendship continues to bring me through each new day. If I don't get a txt or an email there's a comment on my myspace page, just letting me know I'm missed and that she loves me. She's one of the coaches for the Senior Comet's squad and has helped keep me involved with all of the Comet's teams. She's been my cheerleader while I've been away with the Army, always providing a sound board (so-to-speak) for my rough days, and always willing to give cheerful advice when its needed and more than anything has always been open arms for the hug that I needed.

Thank-you Manda, for always being here for me. I love ya and can't wait to be able to coach side-by-side with you wearing our purple, black and silver!! I miss you, and don't worry, I'll be home as soon as they let me go!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETIE!!!

A new plan...

Alright guys,

I've had it with looking at my pictures or looking at myself in the mirror and not enjoying what I see. Its time for me to start loving me, and to make healthier changes to help my body and prolong my life. A great friend of mine has lost an amazing amount of weight, and so I asked for her help. She pointed me to a web site...

www.sparkpeople.com

Its free and helps you track your progress, set goals, gives you meal and work-out plans, so YEAHHH I'm starting on my trip! I will keep you updated on how it goes from time to time, I also have a web page on their site if you'd like to check it out, the web address is listed below!

http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage.asp?id=AUNTIEEMWOODARD

Have a healthy day!!
Here's to the new me!!

Hold Me Jesus...

I can think of nothing better to express how I'm feeling today than the lyrics of an amazing song I downloaded on my phone to help me through days like this...I'm fighting so hard to keep smiling, my subconscience has now started playing tricks on me in my dreams. Last night I dreamt I was riding a bicycle home, (however it was my home in Washington) anyway, I knew the way, and I just couldn't get there...It was taking me forever to get there...I awoke before I made it, I couldn't even see the house in the distance. Thats how I feel, like I'm never going to get there.

"So Hold Me Jesus, Cause I'm shaking like a leaf, you've been my King of Glory won't you be my Prince of Peace..."

Here are the lyrics...and my prayer today;

Well, sometimes my life
Just don't make sense at all
When the mountains look so big
And my faith just seems so small

CHORUS:
So hold me Jesus, 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace

And I wake up in the night and feel the dark
It's so hot inside my soul
I swear there must be blisters on my heart

CHORUS

Surrender don't come natural to me
I'd rather fight You for something
I don't really want
Than to take what You give that I need
And I've beat my head against so many walls
Now I'm falling down, I'm falling on my knees

And this Salvation Army band
Is playing this hymn
And Your grace rings out so deep
It makes my resistance seem so thin

CHORUS

You have been King of my glory
Won't You be my Prince of Peace

this is song is sung by multiple artists, the one I have down loaded is Big Daddy Weave.

So Proud of the Comets!!

The Comets Cheer Squad (the one that I mentioned a few blogs ago I'll be helping coach next season) finished the year off with a huge BANG!! I'm so proud! They took 1st and 2nd places at their last competition...got a paid bid to National's (they aren't going this year, too short of notice and too much stress for the Seniors) and I hear made front page of the Sunday Chronicle...Check them out!! I'm so proud!!

http://www. daily-chronicle. com/articles/2008/04/06/news/news02.txt


Energym Comets Allstart Senior Squad Performing


The Comets get pumped for the trophy presentations!


Team-mates embrace the seniors after their last performance!


Senior Squad Coach Amanda Wigant, Director Sheri Wigant, and Senior Coach Kristen Heath embracing after the 1st place announcement had been made!

As Promised...

Here are the pictures from my trip to Washington DC!! What an awesome trip it was! This was the first trip that we wore our uniforms on, even though there were planned protests all around us on one of the days, Americans and even people from other countries, China, Korea, etc, were very adamant on showing their gratitude for these men and women who went to war and came back injured. It was unreal, and brought many of us to tears on many different occasions. Enjoy the photos!! If you double click on the slideshow, you will see the pictures full-size with captions!!