Crap. Time has gone by again and I have not blogged. I promised myself I wouldn't let that happen. Well. Since my last post I guess I still don't feel like anything very exciting has happened... at least nothing I would want to read about if I were you. Which you obviously are doing. I guess to try and make it slightly interesting, this week was my first full week of actually coaching the kids gymnastics. I have found it pretty enjoyable so far and although some of the groups are a bit crazy, some of the kids are really lovely. I do forget that children take a lot of effort. even to just keep them entertained for an hour it can be really difficult. And I continually think of SuperNanny and all the things I will not allow my children to get away with. It is still a bit hard to come up with really basic ideas to keep the little ones busy, but even by today, Thursday, I am feeling more and more confident in my coaching that coming up with ideas on the spot is getting easier. It helps the more I learn what the kids abilities are and then how to pick things they all can do. I must say, I could not be happier about hopefully getting paid soon because this job is pretty much my only income and I am more broke then a starving college student. Even worse, I am a poor traveler. ha.
I keep trying to convince Makenna to come visit me because at least there is more work down here and she is in similar financial crunch as me. Although, it is significantly colder down here. I realize I say cold and people don't think that's possible because I am in Australia, but as Bridie has told me, were not just in Australia, I am in Melbourne! It is completely different. Right now it is 50 degrees out and its 1am but it is also raining and windy today SO it feels much colder. Where Makenna is, I am pretty sure it is still in the 80s. I am liking Melbourne more though as I get more comfortable here but I also am excited to get to see other parts of OZ after I make some money.
However, now with grad school, my time here is going to be cut short. I have officially decided to accept my admission to Arcadia University this Fall, if I can manage to get them the paperwork in time from here, and therefore will be coming home around July 16th so I can make a variety of important events at home and then move myself across the country to Philadelphia. Talk about a big life change. But one I couldn't be more excited about. It has pretty much consumed most of my thoughts for the last week and I have weighed the pros and cons, but, like my dad said to me the other day, all we can do in life is try things and take risks. I have tried things in the past, and some have worked out and some have not. I tried my internship in DC, which was a total bust, but then I studied in Belfast and that was incredible. If this is what I am meant to do it will work out and at the very least I feel really good about attempting to take a step to start a career I have always dreamed about. If it turns out not to be what I need or want, then I will reevaluate my plans and try something else. Either way I will learn something along the way. What matters to me right now I think is change. It is the main reason I moved around the world and have ended up in Melbourne in the first place. Because I felt stuck. And I don't think just moving back to Issaquah is my answer.
Anyways, now that I have rambled forever, I am going to try and get some sleep. Tomorrow is Friday, so another weekend of work at the club and I may have a date next week. I will keep you posted if anything really exciting happens. Love and miss you all
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