"I Hate To Break It To You Babe, But I'm Not Drowning."

What an eventful past month. Anyone who has followed this blog knows that I am always lacking in time and energy during the summer. Because I only work, eat and sleep, I really don’t have time to keep the blog up and going regularly. With that said, I have to say that this summer has been nice. Besides the constant rain, the summer has been moving along rather swiftly.

As I said, I’ve been working a good deal. I’ve had a few 60 hour work weeks and have never had less than 45 hours a week. It’s good for me to keep busy and good for the bank account. I’m very lucky to have a job that I enjoy and can put in a lot of hours at. I’m also very lucky that the majority of people I work with are pretty dang awesome.

Right after graduating I was very nervous about finding a job or even landing interviews. I was beginning to think that I had missed my opportunity at a job for this next school year but then I was hired on in my hometown, home school district. So yay, I have a job. I will be teaching 3^rd grade and I’m a little nervous about the age but I’m also very excited.

Now, the hard part. Moving.

I don’t think people realize, and I myself hadn’t really thought about it, but I have been in Juneau since 2009. Come January I would have been here four years. Wow. I’m not really sure how I came to this point in my life where I am an adult and am independent and am enjoying life, but I certainly am not willing to lose that. Now, I’m moving back to my hometown, a place that I swore I would never live in again. I’m excited to live close to my family again but I’m not thrilled that my family is located in Missouri…the good old bible pounding…biased…sometimes racist…and totally close minded Midwest.

Don’t get me wrong, not all the people there are that way. But man, are the people different here in Alaska.

It’s also hard to think of packing up my entire life and moving it. Since I am no longer driving across the US, I am selling my car and that makes things more difficult. I have accumulated so much stuff. I mean…what am I going to do with my TV and DVD player? What about my longboard, and all the clothes and shoes. I’m exhausted thinking about it. I have already shipped eight boxes of books back to Missouri. I guess I'll figure the rest out eventually.

Let the fun begin.