Just thinking..

So today is a pretty important day for several reasons and it has got me thinking quite a lot.

First, it is Mother's Day back home and I miss my mom a lot! I wish I could be back in America to give her a big hug and take her out to dinner tonight - next year for sure mom!!

Next, my birthdayyyy is coming up in 2 weeks!  I can't believe I am going to be yet another year older!  I am so excited to celebrate my 21st is the big and beautiful city of London all weekend and then to celebrate again with some dear friends in New York City over the July 4th holiday.. and then celebrate another time back in Raleigh after that!  :)) Yayy for extended birthday celebrations!!! Haha!

 Also, it is Graduation Day at Meredith College.  I am so sad that I am not able to be on campus to celebrate the achievements of my wonderful MC ladies.  I really do miss you all so very much and I know that you all will be extremely successful in all you do.  Best of luck always!!  Especially to all my dancers in the class 2010, I want you all to know just how much each of you mean to me!  You all are some of the most genuine and unique people I have met in my life and I am so thankful to know you all.  Thank you all for being the incredible women that you are!

This whole idea of Graduation has me really thinking as well.  I know that I am nowhere near finished with my junior year of college... seeing as I still have countless hand-ins and assessments to complete within the next 7 weeks of my last term here in London.. but it has hit me now that I am officially at one year until I graduate.  Where has the time gone?  How am I already preparing to be a senior in college?  Where will I go after I am finished?  Will I stay in Raleigh and teach or will I maybe move somewhere else in the country.. or even move out of the country, to England or somewhere else, to pursue a Masters of some kind?  Who knows.. I guess I have another year to think about it. Haha - any suggestions??


Only 7 more weeks of classes left and 8 weeks left here in England.  It's impossible to comprehend the fact that I have spent the past 8 months of my life living on my own in a foreign country.  If you had told me a year ago that I would have done all of this.. I would not have believed you.  I can not believe that I have made it all the way through this journey.  It has been a fun, hard and life-changing experience living here in England for a year.  I have learned so much about who I am as a person and who I want to be in this world.  I have been exposed to some of the most breathtaking sights in the world and have encountered some of the most precious friends ever.  I am so thankful for this year abroad.. no matter how many nights I have gone without sleep, how many nights I spent in a foreign hospital with the flu or kidney stones or how many times I started bawling from the thought of missing out on so many things at home.

That's it for now.. I guess the best lesson I am learning presently is just to live completely in the moment.  It doesn't matter what happened yesterday.. or what could potentially happen tomorrow.  What matters is today.. right now.

Much love always - cheers :) mk