2011
I am grateful for what 2011 brought me!
I spent a really great semester with my closest friends at school and am happy that, even though they have graduated, we can see each other frequently. I took the last of my education classes and really started to get excited about student teaching.
I spent 10 days in San Diego, CA on a service trip learning about the issues of immigration. I spoke with many individuals from many different walks of life. It was one of the most eye opening experiences I have ever had and a few words alone cannot simply sum up how the trip altered my mindset. “Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” And so many of us do not realize, or choose to turn a blind eye…
The summer, thankfully, came with a camp counseling job that was hot and sticky, but paid and gave me some funny lines to remember that kids say the darnedest things!
Last semester was the craziest, most stressful of my entire school career. But it was also the most rewarding by leaps and bounds. Mrs. Morgan became a mentor and a friend that I know I will always be able to talk to. Mr. Carlin gave me rides home and a good laugh every day. But, most of all, it is he students that have touched my life. I have, cliched I know, learned far more from them than I tried to teach. I still miss them terribly. I hope that, one day, I will be able to recall some of their names, the fun moments we had, the rough moments we had and the moments I had at the end of each day where, even though I was exhausted, I smiled because I have found something I want to spend the rest of my life doing!
This year, my relationship with my parent has been much better than it has been in the past. Bella is still my BFF and I am glad we can both be on he same page. She can make me laugh and forget anything else in the drop of a hat. It is easier to accept that Mr. Jim is gone, but in a better place. I have seen Nana aging, but am happy as long as she is happy and safe.
I am so, so thankful to have had Bryan in my life for two and a half years now. He is the best person that could have ever walked into my life. He is my rock, the one I rely on when something goes wrong, the first person I want to talk to when things are going great. I am difficult and have no idea how or why he has put up with me for so long, but he has and I am blessed. I cannot wait to spend many, many more years with him, the man of my dreams.
2011 has been splendid! And I know that 2012 will be just as great, if not better! El Paso, last spring semester, graduation, finding a job… It will be a journey, even if I do not get to a certain destination in only 12 months :) I am extremely scared and excited all at the same time.
Bring it on 2012!!!
