Long time, no see.

Where do I even begin?  The rest of 2017 was a crazy busy, super speedy blur – with absolutely no time to waste writing a personal blog (which is really sad).  But HOORAY because graduation has come and gone and I am finally feeling free to pursue MY passions.

So basically September 2017 to now I spent my time student teaching, working a 48 hour weekend job (if you think I made a mistake in my hour calculations your wrong), and compiling this insanely massive teacher performance assessment.  To sum it up the last like four and a half months were pretty intense (minus some wonderful days off around the holidays), however the time left me feeling like I really had accomplished something.  This Friday was my last day of student teaching and now I’m kind of in a state of shock.  As I sit here and reflect on these less than ideal past months I realize they weren’t nearly as bad as I’ve just made them sound.  I mean, had I not conquered these last couple of months, I wouldn’t be sitting here feeling as appreciative as I do now.

A self reflection of 2017:

MY BEST. YEAR. EVER. Seriously, looking back I feel like one of the luckiest girls in the world.  I did some amazing things in the last year, and I don’t even care if I sound like I’m bragging, that just shows how happy I am to be ME – which is an accomplishment in itself.

2017

a trip to Costa Rica, ran my first half marathon, studied photography in Italy, visited 6 European countries, moved, student taught, graduated from college & last, but certainly not least, I figured out WHO I am.

Woah, this list leaves me feeling so, so blessed.

So helloooooo 2018.  I hope you are as nice to me as 2017 was.