Hey, guys! Long time, no see. As I predicted, I'm coming out of post-Narnia depression, just in time for all the family to come over for Christmas. I got a letter back from Rotary yesterday and now my future has been decided. Well, the next year of it, anyway. It turns out that I will be going and living abroad next year! Before you ask, I don't know what country yet. Rotary doesn't let you choose, but they let you choose your top three-ish choices, but that doesn't mean you'll get to go to any of them. My top three so far: Belgium, Sweden, and Denmark. My semi-plausible plan: go abroad, come back, go to college, then come back over winter break and guest star in Narnia (maybe as the witch!).
While it's great to know what I'll be doing next year, I'm just slightly freaked out. Suddenly, I'm a grown-up, moving away and living under my own steam. Everything is so final. This is my last Christmas at home. My last birthday (17!). I've been crying a lot lately. I don't know why, but I tend to cry at the silliest things sometimes. Even when I'm not particularly sad, I just well up sometimes. Then I feel silly, since it doesn't really fit with my picture of myself. Motto #3 of mine is "'Cause I'm fearless". Fearless girls like myself shouldn't get all emotional like that. (I've been watching Firefly, so I kinda start thinkin' in Malcolm Reynolds-style half-western fancy talk.)
For your reading enjoyment, I'll list out as many of my mottoes as I can.
#1. The secret to creativity is hiding your sources.
#2. Don't force it, just get a bigger hammer.
#3. 'Cause I'm fearless.
#4. It'll grow back.
#5. Never put a sock in the toaster.
#6. "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." -Einsten
