January 6th (monthly update)

Greetings from home!

Hello dear blogging world, which I really am so fond of. It's been far too long. I'm full of NyQuil at the moment, and it's getting late, so I have to make this quick otherwise I'm going to fall asleep on the keyboard and drool will kill my computer, and I'll never blog again. 

I'm hanging out with my family (minus older sis) here in Gig Harbor, enjoying the changing seasons. Christmas was lovely, and sleeping and watching movies all day long had been really lovely, too. But now the decorations are down, I'm sick of being sick (this cough will be the death of me, I swear!), and I'm ready to get on with my life and enjoy a heart rate that jumps here and there. 

School starts tomorrow at BYU, which I now call my former** school(!). Yikes. There's more than one handful of people that don't agree with that decision, but for right now I feel quite strongly that I made the right decisions, for one reason or another. I feel awesome. A weight is off my shoulders, and even off my heart, being here and not there. It's a huge relief (as was selling my contract there). But sit around and wait for my life to happen is not what I plan to do here, either, so I'm toying with a few options, and always interested in more ideas. Here are the options so far.

Option #1: Move to Germany as an au pair. That would mean probably a year away from the states, nannying, having a place to live for free, an awesome opportunity and great place to learn the language, and the ability to travel all over Europe relatively low-cost which I've been dying to do for years. Also, my older brother will be living there in a city in the area, which would mean weekends in Italy or England or Switzerland with him. Not bad, huh?

Option #2: Meet a guy. Like, a really great guy. Date him. Decide Germany isn't a good idea. Date him some more. See what happens. Marry guy. Or break up with guy and go to Germany. (Seriously, this is an option.)

Option #3: Get a job here. Get an apartment here. Buy a car here (because apparently I'll be swimming in monies if I do all this). Be Matt and Heather's other 3rd Wheel Best Friend. With the potential of fulfilling option #2 in the process. Jk. Kind of. 

Option #4: Never stop coughing, find out I have a life-threatening disease, die.

Option# #5: Go back to Utah. Hate being there. But be happy because I'd be living in Chelsey's closet. And we're happy when we're together. 

I'm thinking we could vote on all of these? Okay, go.

So you think I'm a mess of a confused person who has no idea where she's going? Well, obviously. But I'm happier than I have been in a long time. Maybe years. At any rate, I'm going in the right direction... whatever that means.

So here I am. I haven't dropped off the face of the planet completely. Only a little. I bet by the next time I post anything I'll have something really interesting to talk about. Until then... Happy New Year! 

**For those who think I'm throwing my life away, don't freak out.  I got this.