Best day of 2011 thus far

I just want to dance. :) That's all I have to say. Granted, my spine may strongly disagree with me. As for today? My spine was shown who is boss. God has been so unbelievably amazing, as usual. His blessings are neverending, and I can proclaim that He is worthy of all praise. Today has been incredible, and I shall begin at the beginning. At approximately 12:14 this morning I added a new wolf to my wolf pack. Haha in other words, I was lucky enough to call myself the girlfriend of Mr. Nathaniel Golden. I'm a big fan. :) I went to bed shortly after our conversation ended, deciding not to take a pain pill. I thought, if I wake up with pain, I'll take a pill then. Fortunately, I did not wake up once with any sort of back pain. This morning I woke up and tried to get myself ready to get out of bed. Normally, I can feel my muscles start to tense up and it scares me. This time, there was no tension. I sat up, and continued to feel no pain. Every other morning at this point I begin to ache/cramp/hurt ridiculously fast and have trouble walking. Today? I stood up and felt nothing. I couldn't believe it. I even started poking myself on my hip and side just to make sure I wasn't losing feeling in my body. Nope. Sure enough, I was pain free for the first morning since my surgery. Just wait, I thought. The pain will come. I ate some lunch and watched the second half of the "8 Simple Rules" episode I wanted to see. After that, I finished up an application that has been taking me quite some time to complete. I feel much better now that that is off of my shoulders. I did a few random things here and there, still waiting for the pain to show up. Nothing yet. Mom got the mail, and guess what was inside? My diploma! I am officially a college graduate. :) It was so amazing to open up that envelope and see that piece of paper I have worked so hard to attain. I also got a sweet pink watch in the mail that Sarah bought me. She got it from hello-somebody.com and the proceeds went to feeding orphans. I LOVE it and want to buy watches for all of my friends now, hehe. If you want one, head to that website and give their merch a look. It's a great cause. :) I started to make a few laps around my house and suddenly got somewhat tired. Sitting down on the couch, I succumbed to its comfy cushions. I ended up falling asleep and took about a 30 minute nap. That felt fabulous! I woke up and started to get dressed for the evening. While primping, I was able to do everything on my own without any help. Man, that feels good! I can see the progress more now than ever, and I know I still have much room to grow. I can't wait until certain restrictions are lifted and I can get even better. However, I must be patient. :) Nathaniel arrived and had to chat with the 'rents for a bit while I finished getting ready. We headed over to Shay's for a bit so I could see my beautiful goddaughter. It was awesome to get to see Shay since it's been so long. I missed her bunches. And that cute little Autumn? Precious as usual! She was jabbering along, just having a grand old time. We left there and went to his house. The cooking of the hot wings commenced, and we just chit chatted. It was good to talk more with his roommates that I haven't talked to as much. The boys cooked up some delicious wings, and we ate 'em up! Along with some edamame of course. Soooo delicious. That made me miss STL and visits to the Drunken Fish with my ladies! It will be bittersweet heading back there in two weeks. After dinner, the guitar playing and singing began. Man those boys can make some music. I'm super jealous, considering I never learned guitar. I sang along to a few songs, trying not to mess up the beauty they had created haha. I had a great time just hanging out and listening to their jam session. Eventually it was time to head home, considering two of the boys have to be at work in, oh, 5-ish hours. Great dinner, good company, fun times. :) He took me home and here I sit. Still pain free. What is the deal? No idea, but I love it! Pain or no pain, God has blessed me with SO much that I am thankful for every day. Wow...Sometimes when life should suck really bad, God has a way of turning into an incredibly beautiful situation. That's where I currently stand. :) On that note, sweet dreams everyone!