Blog On!

I've become rather fond of the whole blogging affair while abroad, but felt as though my previous blog captured my abroad experience just perfectly enough for me to leave it at that. So after a couple weeks going back and forth with wanting to simply continue with Penciling the Earth and new blog titles, here I am. I still consider myself somewhat in a transition stage, trying to adjust to everything from sleep and diet, to driving, to working overtime to not working at all to working part-time, to living back with my parents. It's a lot, but it was much more drastic on the other end so I think I can handle it just fine. I'm back at the YMCA filling in gaps here and there, and I'll be picking up some holiday hours at Border's Books. Neither are exactly career advancement positions, but they'll last me for a bit while I get my stuff together. I'm obviously looking for a full-time gig with benefits...which I didn't expect right away but is still a little disheartening when you find a job you actually want. The tendency to pressure myself and get down is still something I have to fight, even after I feel like I truly did do something extraordinary. It shouldn't be a feeling of disappointment or back peddling, merely a new season or chapter. And I have been LOVING my time this past month and a half. Mornings to read or write away at the coffee shop, afternoons to shop or nap, Saturdays at the winery or dinner with the folks, and entire days with my good friend and her sweet little baby. Sigh...