Day 366: Blessed, and Excited!

I began 2008 determined that this would be a good year. I was starting with zero and unsure of what direction to move in. I had no idea what would come.

I have been incredibly blessed. I pushed myself more than I ever had, bit off more than I ever had, and it all paid off. I am a teacher now. I was accepted into a stellar teacher certification program, became one of the top students, and I’m a teacher now (which can be a mixed blessing). I have finally moved into my own place, which I love. And I have found the love of an amazingly devoted man with all that I’ve looked for in the past. We have a ways to go, but one day at a time is working great.

I had no idea on day one that any of this would happen. I’m making it. There is still plenty of work to do, but I’m getting there.

New master plan: I will teach the next couple of years, but will be applying to graduate school next December. God willing, I’ll be a student again the following fall. It’s time to conquer more dreams, get that master’s and doctorate, then get myself on the professor track.

I’m also at work on my first new short story in over a year. And, hopefully, I’ll be in a writing group soon, which will keep my lazy self working regularly.

Now, I still have the next semester to get through. Teaching has been even harder than I had ever thought it would be, and I was thinking it would be pretty damn hard. But, I will drag my students tooth and nail if I have to to their success. We have unimaginable work to do, but we will do it. Failure is not an option.

Measuring this year in love, it has been huge. Friends and family have lent unimaginable support. Every time I thought I was at one of my ends, in flew someone with their cape. It was amazing how they came at just the right time, every time. And running into Mr. Man was a pleasant surprise as well. We have come into this with no illusions, but willing to put in the necessary work and not looking for anything to come quickly.

It has been a challenging, wonderful year, and I still have so much room to grow. There is no limit to what I can do, and I will be doing even more next year than I did this year. This blog is over, and I don’t know how often I’ll be able to blog next year; I’ll be busier than I was this year. But I will be blogging. I have to get this journey into words.

Life is good.

Thank you.

Measure in love.

J