Who am I

 My name is Erika Cline and I am 24 years old. I was born in Martinez, Ca and have moved around most of my life so far. I only speak English my high school Spanish class didn't stick at all. Currently I am living in Chico, Ca with my boyfriend David and our cat Cali and yorkiepoo puppy Calvin.My Race is white and I know I have some German in me but other than that I have no idea. I don't know my real dad all I know is his name is Steve Cline and is a alcholic. I have met him a couple of times when I was really young but that was enough for me. My mom doesn't really know much and her parents are both past but she knows her mother was from Germany. It would be nice to know one day what I am completely but for now I'm okay.
What is important to me... I would have to say family, my values, and my friends. I love my family and my boyfriends family so much and would do anything for them. I have thought about my values a lot in some courses I have taken and now I know what my top values truly are.  I wouldn't say I have a lot of friends but the ones I have I would go to the moon and back for, keeper for sure. One of the most important thing for a teacher to provide is a safe place for children to come to. You never really know how it is for them at home so make sure your classroom is a safe, fun place for them to get aways to.
So who am I, that is a question I have found myself asking myself many times. I have had a tough childhood moving around and just dealing with a lot of thing no child should have to deal with. I moved to Rocklin my junior year and started dating a bad guy not to long after that. He just wasn't a nice guy and we will just leave it at that but it slowed my development even more that the rest of my life had before. I dated him for four years and it took me some time to realize I deserved better and had to get out. At that time I met my best friend ( my boyfriend now ) David, he helped me through a lot of hard times and made me understand how great I could be.
My best friend then left me for school in Chico, CA and I had to grow up on my own. So I did and I waited for him, only seeing him from time to time. Then we couldn't take it anymore, the love we found in each other is nothing like we have ever had before. So now I am in Chico, Ca taking all my classes online at sierra for the last year and a half, David just finished at Chico State and is now on the career hunt. We hope to move back into the Roseville, CA area since that is where most of our family is at but it is where ever his career takes us.
Right now I am on disability at work since someone pulled my chair out from under me while I was sitting in the break room and my lower L5 is out of place and I lost all the stuff that is in between the disk above it. I had to go hire a lawyer and dealing with physical therapy and now pain management. So now my days are cleaning up the house, puppy training, school work, and then amazing time with my boyfriend, we have our shows and love our netflix.
Right now I don't have any children just my cat and dog which are spoiled like they are our children. We have the names picked out for when we have Children one day but now yet. My ring should be on the way soon since we have done some ring shopping and he got my size down plus we already kinda have the whole wedding planned out.
I don't currently work with young children but I have served many tables with children and also worked at toys r us. Next semester I will have enough credits to be able to work at a preschool and that is what I would like to do. The reason I am going to school other to better myself, for my family to be proud and to become a kindergarten teacher one day. I think it is a great career for me and gives me great family hours it fits in very well with my values for m future. I believe this class will help me out a lot with that career path I choose to take.