*Bashful Smile* Hey Guys. :)
It's the first day of december, it's a saturday evening, and I'm up for some blogging. I haven't blogged in awhile cause I get so caught up in the fact that someone might actually be reading this, that I get a little spooked and never actually post. So my blogger dashboard is filled with about a million and one drafts from this year, and I've only posted once back in July.
Well, it ain't gonna stop me this time! I'm gonna blog, dang it!
Who's stoked for Advent 2012, eh? This girl is. Tomorrow morning, the christmas music will be blasting and the Christmas season will begin! Advent is probably my favorite liturgical season of the year (Lent taking a close second place..) I'm always dumbfounded with the amount of grace that is up for the grabs at this time of year. We have the opportunity to start new habits, to delve deeper into our spiritual lives, and make a home for the baby Jesus in our lives. Of course, this is the case throughout the year. There's never a bad time to strengthen your spiritual life. But there's something special about knowing that the entire church is doing it with you. Your faith community, and the whole world is preparing for four+ weeks for the gift of Christ. It makes me smile just thinking about it. Christ is present, and he gives us these times as invitations to "snuggle" up with him. My family always makes an effort to pray the rosary every night during advent. I always feel like that's the time when my family is most present to each other, when we're praying and we're hearing each other's prayer intentions, and together we're making an effort to become closer to God. And something beautiful always comes out of it. We tend to be more patient with each other, or more joyful, or whatever it is, we're a happier family. So I'm excited.
School has been decent. I've started my second year of Running Start at the Community College. Things are going a lot smoother then they were last year. I think I've gotten the hang of studying and being a full time student. It really is a big deal to accept the fact that school is your life for the time being. I've had to set aside my theatrical endeavors for the time being because I simply cannot commit the time. And that does grieve me. It's hard to see my peers taking on those commitments and seemingly being able to handle both school and their after school extra curricular's, and then looking at my situation and thinking "... I have one thing on my plate... there's no way I'm taking on anything else." I have to force myself not to compare myself with others, and just remember that I will have opportunities later on, but right now, school is priority. *heavy sigh*
Currently, the plan for my future scholastic endeavors is that after I finish up my AA degree this spring, I'm gonna take a year off. Reason being, I'm far too diverse in my interests, and I can't decide what I want to choose to do. I could go to culinary school, I could study theology, I could be an orthodontist, I could be a photographer, the list goes on and on, and I'm just not ready to put my money on anything yet. plus, I'm young. I'm younger then most seniors, not to mention I'm graduating with a two year college degree... so ya know what, I think I can afford a year off. I'm stoked. I'm planning on taking over the world during that year. It's going to be wonderful.
Alrighty, I think that's all for now. It's my bedtime. I wish you all the best!
