SUMMER!!

What I wanna do for fun!

~learn to play guitar and/or piano!
~read, read, read
~Date a lot
~bonfires/picnics/bbqs
~summer night walks and drives
~play in the park/swing on swings ♥
~learn to drive stick shift
~summer concerts!!
~work a lot, save my money so I can go somewhere awesome before I get a big girl job next summer
~knit/crochet. I found the most fantastic book at b&n for them--I need to go buy it
~become better at creating deeper connections with people
~become a better cook
~walk from the kaysville tabernacle to the bountiful temple with my old stake!
~eat at a street taco stand. still haven't done this from last summer!

also, now that the semester is over, I've thought about what I really want out of life...and I think I've decided  ! Remember when i had 2 options--audiology or law? Last semester was killer for me for my csd major work--I like (like being the key word) the classes in theory and enjoy learning, but the tests were sooo hard. I don't know that I love it enough to keep going. I really just want to travel at this point in my life. I know that will make me the happiest. so, after I realized that I can still get the TESOL certificate, I have come to the conclusion that that is what I think I should do. I've never imagined myself as a teacher, but I CAN teach. I taught my cutie 4-Hers for 2.5 years and I loved that. I know that teaching English will be different, but I loved the difference I was able to make in kids' lives when I was teaching and I hope I can in some small way do the same when I go abroad. That is what is most important to me--making a difference in someone's life. holy cow. this is NEVER how i envisioned my life, but it just feels so right. cheesy, but my heart is pounding as I type this and as I've thought about it. I want to go abroad for a year (or ?) and come back and go to law school. ahh. I do know this, that as much as I am a planner, life never turns out like you plan! so I never know what will happen, but I HAVE to jump in with both feet. I can't wait, and I'm so happy and I just feel like shouting from the rooftops!! yay for using my linguistics knowledge for something useful. I really do love it, geekiness and all :) :) so so happy right now! love life, and love you people too!

xoxoxo,

ash