Completely..
It has been an ultimately wet and cold summer. Although I am not looking forward to the desolation of a winter lasting 6 months I have not cursed the weather we have had entirely. Alaska - to be sure - is not for everyone, but I can dig the sound of rain falling outside my window at night, cleansing my mind and welcoming sleep.
I got a job and I should be getting an assessment done before tomorrow, so that's good news. I'm now a PCA (personal care provider) for my grandmother, and I'll be making quite alot of money doing it.
This will open the door for me to do other sorts of respit and hospice work in the future, if I am so inclined.
I decided that I want to become a teacher. I've been thinking about it nonchalantly for years, but I think that it would best accomodate my travel lust. First I think I'll stick to what I'm fluent in - English, but I'll also be continuing learning Spanish, so I need to start looking at degree programs and things like that. I could either stick with teaching English here in America, or could broaden that to teaching in other countries while simultaneously picking up the culture and language of the places I'll teach in. It all sounds pretty awesome to me. Otherwise, I'll always have 3 months off in the summer to travel if I decide to stay here in the U.S.
Jobhunt 2006: commence?
I always get rather frightened when things are going well for me, because I know that it will be very soon when things will go to complete and utter shit. And they certainly have for the most part. I hate being right all the time - it just makes me more cynical (and redundant).
Alas, I turn my bitterness toward summer, where my sadness dissolves and I can't help but feel a nagging twinge of optimism. For me they run hand in hand, and at times like these reason has won and I stop fighting it.
nail varnish? a nice coat of lacquer.
There are currently little pieces of nail polish in my mouth. This is clearly punishment for being a nervous person and biting my fingernails. Somehow it just doesn't seem fair.
Ha ha, oh I miss the days when I would blog here in my little nole in the web of 20six.
Things are just going really well for me right now.