It has been almost a year since I last posted. For those of you who manage to keep up with my constant moves (or "evolution," as I prefer to call it), you know that the last year has not been my favorite, nor am I sad to see it go. It challenged me on many levels, and while I appreciate how it helped me grow as a person in an abstract way, it sucked to deal with it in the every day.
That said, 2010 has been pretty kick-ass so far. I moved to Eagle County on the first day of the new year to start my new life as a teacher, and while it's been pretty hard to leave the community that I consider "home" (especially after six months back in Denver), I am so happy to be back in the mountains and starting along a path that challenges me and allows me to move forward in my life.
My birthday is tomorrow. Dirty thirty. For a while, I was pretending that it's no big deal, but as Brianne and my mother can attest, I've been a little freaked by the whole deal. There are certain pressures that exist whether I like it or not, and my path has been a little more serpentine than most so I am missing pieces that society tells me I should have. I've been constantly reminding myself that I wouldn't want to live my life any other way; that I am blessed to be where I am; and that I have to keep the opportunities open for good things to happen.
I'm sure there will be more musings about life, love, and fear. For now, I wanted to let out my inner dork. The video above is part of a free lecture series that Yale offers online. In those moments when I realize just how little I know and how much more I want to, this is a goldmine. So freaking cool.
