It's about time for a vacation, if I do say so myself. I've been on an epic adventure for the last year since graduating from Warren Wilson. Let's look back for a bit:
I moved out of the dorm at Wilson, drove home for a few days, and then drove to Maine to work on a schooner until October. Or at least that's what I was planning on. As it turned out, working on the boat was miserable. I was so depressed. It became clear to me very quickly that I would not be able to stay there for the next 9ish months as I had previously planned. And I was also told by a wonderful woman that I met who worked on another boat that if I gave a two-weeks notice that I would then be fired. So I left. I just packed all of my things back onto the boat without telling anyone and left. It went against every grain in my good-work-ethics body to leave like that and then call later to say that I was not coming back, but it was the best decision I could have possibly made. So Scott drove up to Freeport, ME and we spent the weekend camping at a nice little campground and figuring out my next moves. I decided that I would try to get a job(s) in Freeport and find a place to live, and if that fell through then I would move to Littleton with Scott and try again for a job there, and if that also fell through then I could always just go home to Chapel Hill. It was worth the adventure. I collected, filled out, and turned in about 12 applications in Freeport and then went to stay with Scott's grandparents in Kennebunkport while I waited to hear back about jobs. Then I started looking for a place to live. Scott found a couple looking to sublet a room in their tiny house right outside of Freeport. We went and looked at it and it was perfect! I got three job offers, took two jobs, and ended up with one almost-full-time job for about five months. It was probably the best thing that could have happened. Then as time went on we realized that Scott and I were not going to realistically move to Maine together at this point in our lives. So on Christmas Eve I had my last day at my job and moved to Littleton. I spent a week visiting my family and then started looking for jobs in and around Littleton. I applied to about five places, and started waiting for phone calls again. Then my grandfather passed away and I took advantage of the fact that I was currently unemployed and spent about a week with my grandmother after the memorial service. It was wonderful. During that time I got three calls for jobs. I came back and was hired at EMS in Acton! I have been counting my blessings with getting jobs and have felt so fortunate to have found great places to work. I worked at EMS for about five months and spent some wonderful time living with Scott. He decided to go back to Wilson to finish school, which is taking us back to Asheville, NC! We will have gone full circle, on an epic adventure, and end up back in the place where we met and fell in love, a place that we both are so happy. A place where we can jump out on our own and nest and make it ours. I couldn't be much happier!
Right now I am mid-road-trip-move-back-south in Ypsilanti, MI visiting my friend Leigh. We've decided to treat this week like a vacation and rest and relax and enjoy our time together. And after a year of moving around, it's nice to have a vacation before I get back to looking for jobs and places to live. The plan is to stay in Asheville for at least a few years until Scott is finished with school ... and who knows, maybe we'll stay longer. Here's to an adventure called life and all the wonderful places it is taking me and all the wonderful people I am surrounded by.
I continue to count my blessings.
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