Leaving Limbo...at least, for now

I started this blog last summer when I was feeling pretty down about life and needed a way to talk myself through it and make light of the confusing stage of life that I've been in.  I made it through the summer, and in the end I felt like it was a good experience and one that I needed to learn from. BUT that doesn't mean I'm keen to do it again, so you can probably imagine that I've been pretty anxious about this coming summer and the following school when many of my best friends (including my amazing roommate Hope) are leaving on LDS missions.  I've been applying for jobs and scholarships and auditioning for plays and constantly making tentative plans, and finally it all seems to be falling into place.

And so...here's my plan:

-I'm getting a job this summer. A real job! In Jackson Hole, Wyoming at the Jackson Trading Company store. Super nervous and excited :)



-I've been offered two scholarships by the school (thanks to some really awesome donors) so I will definitely be staying at USU for a while...but I'm taking a semester off because:

-I'm going to CHINA!!! I'm heading to the land of Mulan and Kung Fu Panda to teach English for semester with ILP. I'll be living in the city of Zhongshan, playing with and teaching adorable children everyday, and having a whole new kind of adventure.  (I'm leaving in August, and at that point this blog will become a sort of travel-log for my mom and anyone else to follow while I'm gone.)

<---here is Zhongshan.


Not having a plan is scary and stressful, but it has sure made me grateful when experiences and opportunities come my way.   I'm super excited!!!!