New School, New State, New life

Things started out a bit bumpy with my transition to living in the St. Louis area. To be honest, my first week of school was miserable and I cursed ever moment of it. It snowed almost everyday and when you have to walk a considerable distance from the metro station to the classroom it makes things difficult. Living in California my whole life, I had a very naive concept of the snow. I really thought that it stopped snowing after Christmas, apparently that's not true. I had also never really had to drive in it before and as Kevin puts it, "My car wants to be in California."Plus the snow creates this black sludge on the side of the road and when cars drive by very fast, the sludge ends up covering you. That happened to me more then I would like to admit. I will say that the transition has gotten easier. I enjoy my classes, the snow is melting, birds sing on my walk to school, and things could not be better between Kevin and me. Who is Kevin you ask? Well Kevin would be my new boyfriend. Anyway, I truly believe this is where I am meant to be...for the moment. My next destination is yet to be determined, but I have decided that I need to start planning some kind of trip so that I have something to look forward to that will pull me out of this bleak winter season.

New Direction

It's been awhile since I last wrote and many things have changed since then. As you may know, I have worked very hard to get accepted into the University of Washington. I succeeded and planned on attending this January. I went to the school, attended orientation, signed up for classes, and even bought rain boots to survive in Seattle. At the last minute, I decided to leave that dream behind and take a leap of faith. I felt like I was supposed to be in Illinois, so after 3 very long days, here I am. It's scary and still a mystery as to why I am supposed to be here, but at the same time, it feels like home.