I. Love. School...imagine that!

I am about to say something that has never been heard out of my mouth before...

...I am LOVING this semester of...wait for it...SCHOOL!!!!

No, seriously. My classes this semester are insanely awesome!! Elementary Methods and Volleyball/Softball are my favorites :)

What you may ask makes these classes so amazing? It's a simple answer...people.

My Tuesday/Thursday is synced with some incredibly special people. Some that I now call close friends and others that are striving towards the same goal as me. I have found my "crew", my group, my posse... I've found people like me. I've found those who are athletes like me, enjoy sports, and are working towards becoming Physical Education teachers.

It's a great feeling. It makes conversation simple, and easy coming.  We flow with everything. They get me when I talk.

A few that I've gotten to know this semester that are pretty amazing people are Danielle, Abby, Jess, and others.  So cool. So real. So on the same page as me.

It's kinda funny when I think about how I love to write out that lesson plan, and I only get nervous right before the teaching lesson starts and then even though the thought is in the back of my mind that this is for a grade...it doesn't matter. It excites me to think "today I get to practice teaching!"  It's a really awesome feeling.

I'm learning new things. I'm learning how to take old things and make them new or how to adapt them to my surroundings. 

I feel that as I've grown in college the way I've grown the most is learning how to communicate with people. It's more than knowing how to talk. It's knowing how to be involved in someone's life by simply observing, paying attention, and catching the little details.

Life is full of surprises and changes.  In my life personally 90% of my relationships/friendships are only meant to last a very short season. I'm okay with that because during that season I'm having the time of my life and making memories that will last forever.  

I've learned this semester that the easiest way to make the best of a situation is to find the joy hidden beneath the sorrow.

Why you may ask am I talking like it's goodbye forever? ...it's just what's on my heart right now.

Christ in me is the joy. It's my job to let Him shine.

> the scholarly Realist

P.S.

hehehe...I've still got the shock factor ;)