temporary home

Everyone wants to leave town and travel when they're young. I went out and traveled the world, but I always came back home. Home has a way of making everything better, always. I dreamed of traveling when I got older and never settling down. It was only recently that that I realized that's not what I want. Years ago, I couldn't imagine living anyway for more than a few years. I wanted to be able to pick up and more at a moment's notice.

I wanted to have roots but never really put
them down too long. I wanted to travel my whole life and see everything I could. I dreamed of going to big cities and to small villages alike. But now all I want to do is put my roots down in my county. I mean I didn't even leave my county for school. I just went to the other end of it (about an hour away). Of course I still want to travel when I can. There is so much out there to see and experience. The great thing about teaching is that I can travel in the summers. And believe me, I plan on! I mean I haven't stopped traveling and am student teaching overseas!

The other week, I was driving around my hometown after the holidays and break was officially over. At school, I had an apartment waiting for me with all my stuff in it. I had classes and two jobs to pick back up and roll with for a year. And all I wanted was to never have to leave my hometown. I have grown so attached to everything it has to offer. But at the same time, I loved that my county was home to both my "home" and my school "home." I love everything about college life right now. This year is going to be the best one so far I think! Senior year and independence look good on me :)

However, I realize that, in the words of Carrie Underwood,
this is my temporary home. This will not be my home forever.
I will not be here one day but in a much better place.
But for now, this is what I have to say about my hometown:

These roads are mapped out on the back of my hand.

These buildings are homes to so many memories.

These people went from friends to family.

This is where I learned to live, to laugh, and to love.

This is where I learned to drive a car and play lacrosse.

This is where my heart found it's home on the corner of

"The Middle-of-Nowhere Street" and "Suburbia Ave" in Perkasie, PA - Bucks County.

back to the grind

This is my dad's favorite quote after breaks

when everyone is getting back into a schedule.

"Well Kels, tomorrow you are back to the grind!"

I was at a preschool for the past 2 week for a class 

- aka teaching, observing, and playing with 4 year olds.

(Oh did I mention cleaning up throw up and peed in pants.)

It was so much fun though! The kids hated to see me leave :(

It was a very sad day - I miss everyone of them already.

But that was more fun than it was work or class.

So today I head back to my apartment for my first day

              tomorrow as a SENIORRR!!!!!!

So it's back to the grind: class, work, babysit, homework.

18 credits part of the semester and 21 credits for the other part.

Oh plus 20 hours of work (Admissions plus babysitting) each week

and then homework. Its about to get really interesting really fast!

I start this year with an apartment, 2 amazing jobs, and a full school load.

Summer is going to be packed with class and teaching as well.

And then in the fall I start my final semester of classes before student teaching.

Yay for senior year though :) I can't believe this is going by so fast.
College has been one of the most amazing experiences of my life!

Oh and don't worry - more about my amazing break in future post :)
I'm saving that for a raining day when I'm missing 1pm wake up calls,
1am runs to Wawa, and not worrying about anything but answering the
who, what, where and when questions every night haha!

Boo-Yah.

that blue ring

Whenever I think or hear about a blue ring -

Princess Catherine's comes to my mind.

[I'm over calling her a Duchess.

 She's a Princess in my mind!]

And today is the Princess' 30th Birthday!

So Happy Birthday to Princess Catherine

[who is still Kate Middleton to all of us as well.]

We all envy your royal husband,

you're amazing hair and body,

the perfect style you grace the world with

[especially those hats], your elegance, 

your genuine heart, and so much more!

Happy Birthday Princess :)

commitments

Happy New Year!
It's officially the year the world "will end."

2012 Commitments.
[I hate the word resolution.]

I hate how everyone is suppose to come up with resolutions,

and even though I hate it - I still do it because I always want to.

So this year since I did 21 things I decided to go lighter on the commitments.

I wanted to pick 5 things to really commit to because 2+0+1+2=5.

I wanted to do things this year that will become habits and roll into other years.
But make the commitments more realistic and less idealistic like years before.

I wanted to make some resolutions that really required hardcore commitment.

So drum roll please....

1. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

I want to do my part in going green.
I also don't want to spend an arm
and a leg in this new apartment.

2. Stop tailgating.
Some would think I was from Jersey...
nope I just have a need for speed and
it bugs me when people drive slow.
But I need to work on my tailgating.

3. Be healthy at least 70% of the time.
It's hard to do it constantly so
I aim to change enough of my habits
so that I'm healthy at least 70% of the time.
Therefore exercising and eating will be strict
but not insanely strict like before.

4. Be more patient.
I have high expectation of people and
become frustrated when I'm let down.
I'm working on it but this year I really
need to learn to be more patient and gracious.

5. Put Him first.
We all do it - put people above God.
It's a natural thing to do but a very empty one.
So I want to work on always putting God first,
and running to Him first before others.
People always let me down - but He never will.


Well peeps..there you have it!
Now what are your resolutions?!