11 days. This is the longest I have gone without posting a blog post ever! To be honest, I've hated going so long without writing a post, but I guess I can't complain, since it is completely my fault for not writing a post sooner... This past week and a half since I got back to Saint Louis and started the semester has been extremely crazy and really busy. The past week and a half was filled with classes and day long orientations, visiting family and tons and tons of reading and studying already for classes. I have hated not taking time for myself to just calm down and write and just take time for me. Oh also this week, my friends and I found a yoga studio really close to campus, so I have been going there during a lot of my free time too and doing hot yoga, and hopefully will be able to continue going to classes throughout the semester. I forgot how much I like yoga and how good I feel physically, mentally and emotionally after taking a yoga class. It is very relaxing and de-stressing for me which is definitely something that I need more of in my life, especially this semester.
I am still in shock that it is already the second semester of my junior year!!! Where has all of the time gone?? #butreally
I have always love the Dr. Seuss book Oh, The Places You'll Go. I read this book a lot growing up, and they read it at our eighth grade graduation and our senior chapel. " This book is kinda my inspiration for the next semester, and I guess really the rest of my college career.
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...”
I have been thinking about that quote from the book as well as a few others when I look towards an upcoming adventure that I am going on. I haven't really written about this yet, because I didn't finalize everything until the end of Christmas Break, and the past week has been so busy that I haven't been able to tell you about it. Over Spring Break, I have decided to go on a Mission Trip through Campus Ministry to El Salvador!!! I had thought about going on a Mission Trip over break and Stewart, who is one of the leaders, somehow convince me to get over my fears and apply to go on the trip, and a few weeks later I got my acceptance email. I am so excited to say the least. This is a really big thing for me. Stepping a good bit out of my comfort zone. I am homebody, I really enjoy being home, which is where I usually am over spring break. However, since I am going to El Salvador, I am obviously not going home of Spring Break, and won't be home until the middle of May. 4 and 1/2 months without going home! That is the longest I have ever been away from home in my whole life, it's going to be really hard for me. I am excited nonetheless for this adventure that I am going to go on!
Over the past few month I have had this feeling that I just need to do something different, something eye opening, and something out of my comfort zone. I prayed about it a lot and have done a lot of thinking about it and this trip just kind of fell into my lap. I think this will be really good for me. I think that I will learn a lot about myself on this trip and from what Estewart has told me about it and what we are doing, I think that it will really open my eyes and learn to appreciate the little things in life.
I wish I could write more tonight, but thanks to clinicals tomorrow I have to get up at 5:30 am.... I am certainly positive that there will be more posts to come about El Salvador as it get closer and I get more nervous about going :) Good night!
“So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life's A Great Balancing Act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed) Kid, you'll move mountains.”
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