I got the job!

I've officially been offered the job in Utah and I took it. They want me to be there on the 2nd of June to start training. That means I'll be leaving on Friday morning to spend the day up at Friendly Pines, then I'll leave Saturday morning and probably spend the night in St. George, and I'll be in Loa, Utah on Sunday morning.

Its crazy to think I have a real job, like longer than just for the summer or a few months during the school year. I'm not 100% positive what I'll be doing, I mean I know I'll be keeping an eye on the kids, hopefully getting to interact with them and help them, and also hopefully spending a lot of time with the horses. We'll see...but the good thing is that everyone there seemed incredibly nice. When I visited for my interview I was just sitting around waiting for Chad to show up and everyone who walked by introduced themselves to me, asked me if I was applying for a job, etc etc. Everyone was just so friendly, so I'm really looking forward to working there because it seems that people want me there.

I'm wicked excited to visit camp, it will be weird to be there and not be working. But I'm still really looking forward to seeing Emily and Lilly and meeting all the new horse staff girls and seeing how they work. I'm a little jealous of the new vaulting head, but of course she'll never be as good as me so thats ok. :) For the moment I'm just waiting for my car to get back from the shop, then I'll clean it inside and out, repack everything, and head out on Friday. eep! This should be interesting.

Warren, Ohio...oh yeah and Graduation

So I've officially graduated. The ceremony itself was nice, kinda long, especially since I was sitting next to the two most obnoxious girls in the entire world. They left halfway through to get water and a sandwich because they were so hungover and wanted to "boot", which I learned means vomit. The speeches were surprisingly good, Cory Booker was fantastic, Cronholm was Cronholm, and the masters guy that talked about porches was....funny but a bit long winded. I wasn't really paying attention during the actual graduation part, I was mostly freaking out internally, trying to keep my too big cap on, and remembering which hand to shake with and which to take the diploma with.

After graduation was tiring and overwhelming, so many pictures, goodbyes, and answers to the much hated question...so what now? Then my entire family, both sets of grandparents, uncle and cousin neil, jacque, mom, dad, and ariel, and I went out to dinner. That was mildly stressful because my grandfather on my moms side has parkinsons and isnt doing very well with it so we're all worried about him and trying to avoid talking about it.

This morning we all left the hotel, I said goodbye to Kellie and her mom and then Jacque and I started out long drive back to AZ. We're spending tonight in Ohio and then its off to the Great Lakes, and west to be in Utah by the 23rd.

I still have basically no plans for the future, except to sleep alot, visit Friendly Pines and Emily, and get my car a tune up. The rest will be decided...eventually.

Reasons

I chose to start this blog so that I will always remember what it felt like to be lost, confused, terrified, and above all ridiculously excited about life. These jumping off points only come a few times in our lives and I want to remember them. I've had so many adventures, seen so many places but I never keep journals so I don't remember them. With this blog I plan on recording my next adventures, posting pictures, reactions to the world around me, and plans for the future.

I hope you enjoy.

7 Days till Graduation

Its now 7 days till graduation. I have no plan...well thats not exactly true, I have lots and lots of plans, none definite.

Possibilities
- I'm taking the GRE's on Tuesday...so I could apply to graduate schools
- I have a job interview at Aspen Ranch in Utah where I will be a residential counselor for at risk youth...and there's horses.
- I've applied for a teach abroad internship in Russia.
- I've been researching working on a ranch in Australia...outbackpackers.com has a pretty good program for not a ton of money.
- My PeaceCorps application is at the interview stage.

What's amusing is that none of these plans actually use my degree...except that I took some Russian politics classes. So basically what I'm saying is I'm completely lost, which apparently is normal but still scary. I guess all I can do now is go with the flow. If I get offered the job in Utah I could take it for a year and save up so I could travel more in Australia. If I don't get the job, or I visit and decide I hate it, then I can go to Russia and get ESL experience for the PeaceCorps. Or just say screw it all and hop the first plane to Australia.