Growing Up

There hasn't been a whole lot of blogging. Partly because I'm hardly home. When I am home, I'm doing a lot of cleaning and organization and sleeping. Also, I'm drafting an EPIC post of a wishlist for news I will share with you shortly.

Ok, I officially got the job [as elusively mentioned here]. But I don't start til January, so I have some massive free time currently. Now, what is the job? Well it's something super exciting. I will be a teacher's assistant for a special education class for middle school students. It will be full time work with benefits. This is my first really professional job, which is wholly new, exciting, awesome, and a wee bit nerve wrecking. I wish I had more to stay about it now, but like I said, I haven't started the job yet. This is something that I've actually wanted to do at some point in my life. My mom did this for years and it's always had a soft spot in my heart. Now it's finally happening!! I get to be back in the school environment that so much is a part of my life!

Next incredible news is, so long as this job stuff pans out and other procedures I need to do, I will finally be moving out into a place of my own. I will take over a nice little townhouse that my best friend and her husband currently live in. So far, this is the most perfect situation I could ever get my hands on. This potentially will happen in April/May and I am sooooooo eagerly waiting for it to be April already. This aspect is what's been on my mind every day. I'm obsessing over it completely. I really can't express how much this means to me. I've come to tears a few times already. The great thing is, I'll have this place all to myself. No roommates, no family. Me. Me. Me! Ideally, I've always wanted my first place to be just mine, but I know with most rent costs that it would probably be very difficult to come by. But it's gonna happen!! And rent will be super cheap.

As for now, I'm trying to get a normal sleep schedule, which isn't working out all that great. I'm estimating that I will have to wake up around 6am for work. Which is only 2 hours after when I usually go to sleep. So that definitely needs work. I'm also cleaning out my room and my house to make room and organize all my stuff to make the move easier. [See how much I'm already obsessing?!] I am also slowly acquiring professional attire with my extremely limited funds. I'm planning an entire list/blog post towards all the things I need and want for my new place. I'm also keeping open ears and eyes for anything that anyone is getting rid of and things I could possibly take from my home. Almost every day I'm calculating and recalculating what my financial situation will be like and what I need to spend on what, how much I'll have left, and anticipating the possibility of finding work during summers. I'm drooling over IKEA catalogs. I'm scanning Target for work clothes. I'm having daydreams of how I'll decorate the place.

What I'm most proud of, is that of the major, yet broad goals I've made in my life have been accomplished. For instance, I wanted to go to college, I was going to go to college. And what did I do? I graduated college with a bachelors. I wanted to learn American Sign Language in college. I did just that. And in the past couple years I've made this goal/promise to myself that I must leave my home before I turn 25. Which gives me a year, and I'm making that happen also. God, I'm so happy!!

Needless to say, when I'm not busy preparing for all the awesomeness, I'll be blogging a lot about this stuff. And yes, once I do get into the grind of work, I will still be blogging. I imagine I'll have lots of interesting and emotional stories to tell.