A small update and then some fun stuff...
This summer I had the amazing opportunity to visit London with a small group of students from ESU. That trip has caused me to be bitten by the travel bug and I'm making preparations to possibly teach abroad after I graduate.
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| Overlooking the River Thames and The Houses of Parliament |
Graduation is in MAY! It's hard to believe that I'm nearly done with my college career. Four years feels more like the blink of an eye. I will move to Mulvane, Kansas over winter break to prepare for student teaching. I will be student teaching at Maize High School. (fingers crossed, my application is only unofficially approved)
As for now, life is a whirlwind. I recently had an emergency appendectomy and have been struggling with some health issues and I'm FINALLY feeling healthy again. I've been able to get back to the gym and I'm sleeping much better.
I'm currently holding two jobs, one on campus and one as an after-school leader. My on-campus job has given me the oppurtunity to publish a couple of articles in the university's alumni research magazine.
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Life is, good. (crazy, tough, scary, but good)
I'm learning, with much patience, to really take one day at a time and to not get overwhelmed. Yes graduation and massive relocation is looming on the horizon. I'm taking step to prepare myself but I'm also trying to soak up every minute along the way.
With the loss of many young people I knew this summer and early fall, I have begun to take inventory in my life and decide what I REALLY want to do. At this moment, I want to see the world. This is going to be tough, and it's probably going to suck a lot, missing family and Ry and the friendsies in my life, but I'm not willing to live with the idea that I never took that leap and followed my dreams.
As my friends and family surrounding me, I would ask that you keep this huge decision of mine in your prayers. It's not one I'm taking lightly, but it is one that has been a long time coming. I feel like at this point in my life, this is where my journey is headed and I hope to have each and every one of you along for the ride.
A quote for today:
“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things – air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky – all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.” – Cesare Pavese
BRING IT.
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| Millenium Bridge and St. Paul's Cathedral |