Long time, no write

It's been over a year since my last blog post. Let me tell you, a lot can happen in a year. Where should we start...

sister

My story left off with my staying with my sister over the summer in bahston. That was the longest time I've spent with my sister since I was 7. You'll be happy to know we get along quite nicely, and it was very, very difficult for me to say goodbye to her, my niece and my brother-in-law. It was a wonderful experience and I'm so glad I was able to spend some quality time with my one and only sister.

my sean-y boy

Along with saying goodbye to my sister, it was also hard to say goodbye to the northeast, as my love, Sean, was still working at camp in Pennsylvania. I was surviving off our 23 hour visitations in between 2 or 3 weeks of not seeing each other. Leaving the northeast meant saying goodbye to Sean for over a month. As we drove up together, the original plan was to drive back to Arkansas together. However, I had to leave early as I got my very first teaching job in Colorado.

colorado

And so, I made the drive all by my lonesome from Boston, MA to Rogers, AR. In case you were wondering, that's about 1,489 miles. I drove 10 or 11 hours one day, and 11 or 12 the next. I started talking to my car. I spent about a week in Arkansas and then my wonderful parents and I loaded up a U-haul and made the drive to Colorado. My parents helped me move and am eternally grateful. However, they had to leave as soon as we got the boxes in and I sat on my floor and cried. It was scary being in a new place, a new state all alone. I unpacked some, and started work, and waited until my sean-y boy got done with camp and made his way here.

growing up

Teaching proved itself very difficult. I work in a high-risk, low-income school and it's not at all what I had been prepared for. I had a lot of ups, a lot of downs, I cried a lot, I yelled a lot, and I smiled a lot. I know this next school year I will come in much more prepared than I was for the last. It'll be another challenge, but in a different way. I am also now an engaged woman. Sean proposed to me right after the school year ended during a lovely weekend getaway in Breckenridge (when you live in Colorado you can do weekend getaways in Breckenridge). Today marks the 99 day mark. Super exciting.

keeping up

I will try and continue this blog, if not for sharing my life (which I don't believe to be all that interesting) but as a journal of sorts as I can type much faster than I can write. Keep in touch.