Wrap up. Oh boy.

Well, life exploded into a non-stop glorious chaos since I last posted here.  Last I wrote, I was wrapping up my life in France, my first school-year of teaching high schoolers, the longest time I had ever been away from my family.  Last I wrote, I was in a whirlwind of goodbyes and looking forward to seeing my people at home again.  Last I wrote, I was deciding which socks had few enough holes in them to make the journey across the ocean.  Donnie and I were weighing bags, discovering they were WAY under weight, and began last minute shopping trips to figure out what treats to bring home.  (Answer: Pommeau, Lillet, and Speculos.  Sooo worth it.)

And life hasn't calmed down a single little tiny bit since then.  Less than two weeks after getting back, I started working at a full-time job, taking care of a room full of charismatic toddlers who light up my life and leave me drained at the end of the day.  I'm teaching a theatre class to elementary school aged kids which has been nothing but eventful, but I'm learning a lot about myself, namely that that age group is not my favorite to work with.  I'm rethinking what comes next, knowing that teaching is in my future, but maybe all of a sudden, early education is something I care more about than I realize. 

And Donnie and I are subletting an apartment for the summer (which we secured over facebook before coming home), and we signed a lease for a new apartment which we began renting on July 1, and so while being in possession of two different apartments, and in all our spare time, we are painting the new place and gradually making it feel like home.

Next stop... Getting cats? 

 I may not get around to keeping this blog updated as life scurries around me, but it's been a great adventure.  I promise that I will not stop searching for and striving for my dreams. 

Gros bisous.