Back Again

I was thinking today of my plans to travel to Europe and to work and experience the country there, and I thought of my last travel experiences in Brasil. Which led me back to my good friend Blog, whom I have not spoken to in so very very long. And I thought "Perhaps I should pay a visit to my friend Blog and see what I have been missing all these months." And I've found that I've been missing a lot! Reading over past blogs helped me remember all the things I did and recounted on this beautiful little page, and then looking even further into the past I found other experiences that I hardly remember worthy to be written down for blog-browsers to enjoy. And yet, most of these posts weren't all that bad! I will say that there are several that could use some spicing up, to say the least, and some in which I should have at least read over before posting, but all in all, it was a pretty safe and somewhat enjoyable read. Probably only for me.

So as I was catching up with Blog and reminiscing about the past, I wondered if maybe I should catch good ol Blog up to the present. Since Fall at USC I have gone through Winter, Spring, and Graduation at USC, followed by my current situation of Summer in Columbia. Believe me, Columbia was one of the last places I wanted to be for the summer, but it was the option that opened up for me. I can complain, and I probably will. :o)

My summer thus far has consisted of a painful yet necessary entrance into "the real world." *cue scary music* Which of course I have decided to exit as soon as humanly possible. Sure, I like working for a living. Being completely reliant on my own work to gain money has indeed opened my eyes to financial responsibility (i.e. being broke a few times) and I'm currently working on that situation. But good Lord, must all money be won by long hours in an office with no window and uncomfortable chairs? I do what I can and what I must, but inputting address into long lists of people who think they are extremely important is not my idea of a career. Which is why I have decided to go abroad again. Career can wait- I want to see the world! So, if all the plans carry through, I will be going to England to work for about 6 months, and return from there to see what kind of new fun I can get myself into. Perhaps I am running from responsibility, but at least while I'm running I'm getting all sorts of great ideas and going past all kinds of cool places. I keep thinking that if I keep roaming I'll find that one place I want to stop in and stay a while. So let the roaming commence!

Well, let it commence as soon as I can get through a summer of monotonous copying and writing and stamping and addressing.