The First Day of My Life

SHALOM!! Wow, it's been a loooong time since I last had time/prioritized writing on the ol' blog. It mostly just makes me sad because the last time I wrote I was still in Jackson... ah. I could use a sunrise paddleboard sesh right about now...too bad the whole town is covered in SNOW now! BOO! I hate the cold... except when I'm trying to be optimistic or when it's Christmas day.

So, I decided after seeing tons of old friends this joyous Thanksgiving weekend I should probably update the masses (yes, I'm egotistical and hope that masses of people read my blog that I write on about every six months or so... sue me!) on my life!!

This week is dead week. And that's exactly how I feel... mostly just tired of being stressed. I knew this would be my hardest semester, and I proved myself COMPLETELY right. The great news is that if all goes well the next two weeks shouldn't be too terrible, which is always great! Plus, we play BYU in the Spectrum on Tuesday and I might just cry tears of joy when we beat them. (Again, optimism) And after finals next week, I'm headed back to Idahome*.

Once January hits, I'll be headed straight back to work for my last semester! WHAT?! Craziness!! I think I'm still in denial about being old enough to graduate high school, let alone college! But I am really truly excited for what is next in my life... I'm hoping whatever it is pays well and let's me have fun. The dream job would be working in sports marketing. (So if I sign on with the Celtics, I'll let ya know!) But if I don't end up with that, just marketing and promotions in general would be fun, I think. I would love to work for a company like Patagonia or North Face and work with outdoors equipment businesses/companies (partially because I love the atmosphere of companies like that and also partly because I would hopefully get a discount).

For right now, I'm just job hunting and trying to figure out what I want to do next. The best part about it all is that it's up in the air right now. This time next year I could be in Switzerland for all I know! Woah, that would be cool. All I know is that once May hits, it'll be the first day of the rest of my life. Except it doesn't have to be. I might end up in a job I hate, find another one and love it. Or, I could find my dream job right out of college. Or I could find a decent job that pays me to go to grad school. Who knows! That's the beauty of it! Okay, enough with my free living rant...

Ultimately, I'm not sure where I'll end up... I'm hoping to have a better idea of that by the end of this year, or a few months into next, but if all else fails I know I always have a sweet twin bed and a fat beagle to go back to in Poky. ;)

THAT'S IT! That's my life right now. And now I'm gonna watch some Gilmore Girls and hit the hay. Finance comes bright and early tomorrow!

-Maddie

*I pretty much only use this word ironically. However, today in the car as I was riding back to Logan, I realized my children will probably make fun of me for being part of the generation that invented this phrase...well, among other things.

And to go with the theme and title, everyone should listen to this song. It's stellar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztGPYPArAyE