future.

let's face it. i have problems blogging. it's not my thing...yet. but it will be. reading blogs is a little bit my thing. i do it several times a week, sometimes daily.

i have been wanting to blog about my future for a while now. because it is what's on my mind. i kinda wanna fast forward the next 13 months. maybe if i close my eyes and wish real hard... the reason for this longing for the future isn't that exciting things aren't ahead, but it's rather that more exciting things come in 13 months. hopefully.

here's the plan:

summer - get through biology and family finance (not a problem, cause i love that class) the next 2 weeks, then children's literature during summer term (also not a problem, because i feel ok about spending $600 plus on reading children's books), and maybe try to have a little fun in between. i am planning a vegas trip for my birthday, and another to visit my wonderful friends/family, the hålands. i am also going on a solo road trip to portland and seattle to see long lost friends. plus, we have about a million small and large parties planned for the summer. if only the sun would start shining.

end of summer - graduate (well, walk for graduation, which is technically happening in dec.), then drive to d.c. with my lovely mother, hitting up the entire southern part of the united states. :) a life long dream.

fall - student teaching in d.c. i am excited and nervous at the same time. it will be an experience for sure.

dec. 2011 - done with byu and a bachelor's degree in elementary education. say a tearful goodbye to the u.s. (for now) and go to norway.

dec. 2011-jul. 2012 - live and work in norway. i have a home at my dad's, and since he loves me very much i get to save money on rent and food. :) i plan on getting as many jobs as i can handle and just save, save, save (which i should be well equipped to do after this semester of family finance). my ideal jobs would be an english teacher at a high school and a translator for tv. we'll see.

13 months from now - come back to this wonderful country, more specifically north carolina. that is where i want to go to grad school. i want a master's degree in elementary education, possibly administration. there i would live alone (at 26 that will be about time - not that i have not thoroughly loved my room mates, because i really have), and i would finally have a car (because i will save up tons of money working in norway :)). i will meet new people, and live in a beautiful place.

maybe the fastforwarding seems crazy to some, but i am longing for grad school in north carolina and fantasize about it almost daily. maybe it's wrong, and i really should focus on enjoying the now. actually, not maybe. i know that's true. i should. but the last school year has not exactly been enjoyable, and i am still suffering from the blues caused by the past 8 months. however, i have a goal to be happy and enjoy provo before i have to leave. and i will miss it, despite how much i am longing for a new place.

but how wouldn't love to live in place like this:

image from: http://www.lifeincary.com/upload/chapel%20hill.jpg

that contains places like this:

image from: http://www.chapel-hill-nc.com/images/CH/729615_0.jpg

that's it for now. peace.