Almost there...

So...it's approximately 17 days until graduation, and I am so ready to be finished with school this semester! I'm stressed to the max with presentations, papers, and all the other little odds and ends that need to get done before December 19th. I can't believe it's almost already here! It's December, folks! How did that happen?!

Anyway, I gave 2 presentations today, I have another one next Tuesday and I'm pretty sure I'm functioning on about 3 hours of sleep right now...oh well. I'll be sleeping tonight for sure. :-)

Part of me is starting to get excited about this whole graduation thing. I've got some family coming in to watch it and some of my friends are coming to support me as well. It's going to be a fun day. This is what I'm focusing on. Yes, I don't have a clear plan for my future, and yes, I'm terrified of the real world, but on December 19th, I'm just going to focus on the fact that I will have a college degree. I'm pretty proud of myself for making it all the way through. :-)

I've been accepted at Tech to do some graduate work in the spring, so I'll be taking 9 hours of graduate courses. I'm kind of looking at it as a trial run...will I like grad school or not? We shall see...I'm excited about the classes I'm taking, though. For the first time in a long time, I'm going to be taking classes because I want to, not because I have to. Wish me luck!

In other news, I'm leaving the country again!! Yay!! I'm going to be headed down to Alamo, TX/Reynosa, MX the day after Christmas to help with a huge Christmas event at the place where I interned this summer. I'm super excited! We're going to be holding Navidad (the word for Christmas in Spanish) at one of the dumps right across the border. I think they're expecting to feed 3,000 Mexicans! We're going to be giving toys to kids and some sewing machines to a few of the women. I can't wait to see how God moves during this event! I'm also super stoked to use my Spanish again with native speakers. I guess I'm just pumped in general. It's going to be amazing, and I was starting to get cabin fever...it's time for me to leave the country again, lol.

I hope everyone is doing well and had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Christmas is right around the corner, so I hope everyone is excited and ready for a wonderful holiday season. Remember what it's all about! :-)

Love, hope, peace,
Amelia