Greetings from the Last Frontier!
As I am sitting with chattering teeth, ice-block hands, goose bumps under my chunky sweater, listening to "Espacio Blanco" (Taylor Swift's Blank Space in Spanish on repeat), and gazing out the window at the white snowy blanket, I feel at peace. Which is mega weird. Because like, my mind is pretty much constantly running at a zillion miles an hour, trying to focus on the now rather than the future . And the energy I spend on that basically sucks out my life and consumes my being like the dementors the wizarding world has to face. But this sense of peace. It's weird. WHAT IS MY LIFE COMING TO? I haven't come to any conclusions about summer or my future in general, so I don't really know what's going on or why I feel this serenity... dang. Now I'm stressing myself out about thinking why I wasn't stressed. Shoot. Well, it was nice while it lasted.
This summer is still totally George Clooney and Anna Kendrick 'Up in the Air'. I have no idea what I'm doing. Do I stay in Juneau and work? Do I peace out from this beautiful city and head back to the midwest where I can get my summer tan and train for a marathon (on rollerblades, not tennis shoe--that would be worse than laying in a bed of seaweed) while still working, or do I find some other adventure to conquer? It's only February and I already have to make a commitment for JUNE, JULY, and AUGUST in less than five days. Ultimately, whichever decision I go with, I know I will be content. It's just that which is the one that I will be the most content? Maybe I'll just pull a Forest Gump and hike across the country.
Other than that massive dilemma, things have been going really well. I've been keeping busy with homework (naturally), programming, and working on other miscellaneous things. The biggest thing I need to conquer is my application for Eau Claire's education program (due at the end of February). It's just tedious. But if I don't do it... then... I'm pretty much screwing myself over and further prolonging graduation. Which I don't want to happen. Because this girl is ready to peace outta school and enter the real world #somedaysoon
I also at some point need to take an oral exam for Spanish to get certified to teach the language...which I'm probably not ready for after taking off about seven months of the language... so... that's kind of scary. But I've been playing my Spanish music on repeat, reading in Spanish, etc. Hopefully I'll be ready by the time I get back to WI. If not, then, once again, I am potentially prolonging graduation... EEP.
What else, what else...?
The snow is beautiful. It's frackin' cold outside. I slip all the time. Despite the hazardous cold weather, it's all still SO beautiful and continues to exemplify how awesome God is. The other day I took my GoPro and got some footage of campus and what not, but my computer is being super slow, so uploading it has been a challenge. But I will have video for you soon! Until that moment happens, my pictures will have to suffice. MUCH LOVE!
Also, THANK YOU TO WHOEVER SENT ME FUDGE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHO DID IT. MAYBE IT'S MY LONG LOST VALENTINE. OR A FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND WHO LOVES ME. PLEASE REVEAL YOURSELF.
- A
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| The result of a 2 AM donut craving |
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| Ready for 7 AM girl's Bible study |
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| Ready for 7 AM girl's Bible study |
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| Dawn and I might look warm, but we're actually freezing |
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| Settlers of Catan |
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| Brittni just lost. And is not happy. Like, at all. |
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| Eric is unhappy about his loss as well. |
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| Brittni is still pissed that Paul won. Eric is (for some reason) happy about the results, and I just look super weird. |
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| Casino Night -- the program we've been planning for hours, days, and weeks since January. The before. |
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| The after. |
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| WHO SENT ME THIS FUDGE?! |
