Tuesday, May 5, 2009

it's time to pack the bag.

Right, so I haven't updated the cyberworld in a long time, but I don't have the energy or the desire right now to fill you guys in on lots of details that seem so far behind me now, so let's just cut to the chase:

- I finished my semester in Vienna in the beginning of April. It was really great overall and I took a lot from it.

- I moved back to Germany and was planning to only temporarily stay here in Diez to visit my friends, but days turned into weeks, and I'm still here. In between, my friend Matthias hooked me up with a job nannying for his older brother's kids, and it's going really well.

- I decided 5 minutes ago that I'm leaving my nanny job at the end of next week. I might give it longer, in case my knee and ankle need time to heal,  (I re-sprained my ankle and cut open my knee) but I should survive. 

- I'm going to travel like originally intended...I don't know all the details, but it's going to happen.

- When I'm done traveling, if I still want to stay in Europe for the summer, the family said they'd welcome me back as a nanny for the remainder of the summer. Or I'll return "home" to the good 'ole US of A.

...we'll see. So that's the updates.

Also... I really feel so distant from some people at home right now. My good friend Angie is getting married in about 2 weeks and I haven't even talked to her since around Christmas time.  I really miss her, though, and wish her the absolute best on her journey ahead. Everyone's getting it together- that's for sure. Taking a hold of their lives, getting married, getting pregnant, getting "real" jobs. It's good. I'm happy for them, I really am.

...I'm not ready for that chapter, though. I'm just not ready.