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Welcome to 2017

I'm off and running with another semester. Four days of driving back and forth for a total of 200 miles a day, 800 miles and week, and an oil change every 6 weeks. I sometimes think I'm crazy for doing all this, but I have this overwhelming feeling of accomplishment. I have never felt this exhilarated in anything I've done before. I have confidence, independence, and finally some self-worth.

I have to give a huge shout-out to my adviser. We met on the first day of class this semester and we figured out how I could add a few more classes to my schedule this semester and would be able to graduate a semester early. Now, there is a downside to all of this excitement. I'm taking 25 credits, which equates to 10 classes - 9 on campus and 1 online. There are many days that I think I'm crazy for doing this, but I keep reminding myself that it will be all worth it in the end!

On another note, I am back to writing for Chicz magazine and had a short article published in our January/February edition. I was also asked to write a short piece to contribute to our church's Lenten Devotional for the congregation. The 40 day devotional booklet will be distributed to all members of the congregation as we go through Lent. I will post my contribution on Ash Wednesday and provide the link to the full booklet if anyone is interested.

With the New Year most everyone makes a resolution....I have never actually kept a resolution, but I also haven't felt better than ever in a really long time. My main focus for this year is to just continue to grow, and be the best version of myself. I continue to learn something everyday about myself. I look for challenges and find ways to overcome them to prove to myself that I have the strength to do anything. I have found an amazing group of friends at school, regardless of the age difference. They are challenging me in different ways, and are great people to collaborate with. All of us have different backgrounds and have so much to bring to the table. I am so excited to be spending so much time with them this semester. A handful of them will be student teaching next fall, which will be so exciting for them. I'm hoping to be able to travel to Boston for a Shape America conference in March...more to come on that later.

Miss K and I started a new thing to start out 2017 right. Each week we write down one good thing that happened that week and put it in a mason jar. At the end of 2017 we will open it up and look at all the fantastic things we did over the last 52 weeks. With her being 4, sometimes she doesn't quite understand what it means....but I just go with it. We talk a lot about show-and-tell. My hope is that at the end of the year, I will have a fantastic list of 52 great things, and not just a Top 10 list.

My stack of books is calling my name......not really, but I've been putting off reading in every single textbook since 8 a.m.

Until next time.......

XOXO

~A

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