So this is my life. Graduated. It feels absolutely wonderful, scary, adventurous, and completely liberating. Nothing is holding me back, oh wait.. except student loans, but other than that... the world is my oyster and I am in Mayo. I am not going to lie, this was probably the worst thing in the world to me at the time of graduation to come here. It felt like I was going back, and that I was settling. But, with one class holding me back from having my diploma, and no job in sight.. back to Mayo I went. My whole world seemed to be crashing down because who would want to leave their life already complete with their friends, 2 targets, 2 chick filas, an apartment, and even though a crappy bookstore, a bookstore nonetheless. Yet here I am.
At first, I missed everything about Lakeland, even the horrendous drive, and now here I am content, miraculously sure of where I am at right now. Along with the dreaded thought of moving into my parents house, was the town. There are no chick filas, not a bookstore in sight, and no such thing as a target except target practice. You would think I would be bored, ready to die, and then... as life does, it flips you. I have made friends in the most unlikely characters ( such as my dog Nana and a cute little man named Pax and his mama Codie) and invested myself in places I didn't expect to. I have started writing and not just this blog. :D I applied to sub and if the kids don't kill me... I am thinking about trying my hand at teaching. between cleaning houses, babysitting, tutoring, and working at the consignment shop I have been busy!
It isn't the life that I envisioned for myself right out of college, but it is a start. I am getting the opportunity to breathe, I am re-evaluating, and learning that life never happens the way you think it... and coming to the conclusion that is okay. That is even a little exciting. I take my Spanish class in the summer and by then will officially have my degree in hand. :D Till then, expect lots more of these... expect my adventures, my crazy stories, and definitely expect more of me. Welcome to my life.
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How uncertain life is for a college grad nowadays, but how much more uncertain for the English major... Two years out and I'm still searching. That's simultaneously the curse and the beauty of an Arts degree...we don't graduate with all the answers, only lots of questions. :)
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