Hmm...So....new things.. I had an amazing time in Spain with Laura. We basically just partied until normal people get up for work under the cover of darkness daily and enjoyed the parks and open people that we met during the day. We ate lots of tapas, drank lots of sangrias, and spoke as much Spanish as we could. Somehow I still felt well rested and rejuvenated when we got back, and was not dragging my feet at work last week.
I am always confused as to whether I made the effort to update my journal, this blog, or facebook, so I apologize that this blog has been slacking of late. I've been making more decisions and getting a pretty clear picture or what my next year might look like, so I think it's made me start to miss people around here even as I see them each day. I have some pretty great friends in this country...I could easily come back and spend another year here enjoyably and well-off financially and socially, but I feel myself yearning for new experiences to grow through.
I'm not sure if I already mentioned it, but I already have two jobs lined up for the summer...teaching at juvi and being a mom's aid two days a week and going on trips with the three adorable boys who I babysat and nannied a bit before I left. I might have my sisters hook me up with a promotional job at bars while the weather is still nice, too... I want to really experience the Rhode Island summer as I really haven't had a chance to yet. This will be the first full RI summer that I will be eligible to drink at bars, drive wherever I want, and really have the freedom to make decisions as I go in terms of further education and/or a career. I am pretty serious about applying to the grad program in Australia (to begin attending classes in March and stopping to visit some good friends en route), but am really weary of leaving my band from back home.
Obviously, I miss my family and friends, but I am still young and traveling for school will be a good way to help me figure out what I want before I think about settling and such, and I think a year and a half away (with long breaks home over Christmas) would be doable. I just really want to feel it out this summer and see how things are at home...I'm realizing that my goal is to find and reach my potential every day, inspire others to live the lives they are afraid to aspire to, and do as much good for the world as I can...I think that's one of the main appeals of the international development program in Australia is...I would like to gain a better understanding and make better connections in higher places so I might be able to help people on a broader scale.... Even so, I find that the communal level is my favorite place to be on, and there are so many ways of being a blessing that present themselves to each of us every day.
I clearly still have a lot more to figure out, but for some reason I've never worried too much about my future. I am secure in my foundation and ready for what's next. AHH For anyone who hasn't read The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, they should, but his Veronika Decides to Die is even better! Feeling especially mad today =)
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