Life goals

Most of us have those bucket lists going... well, I crossed one off my list today...

if my feelings were a song...

I have no idea what the title would be. It just sounded like a good title for a blog post. Searching the words "don't" and "know" in my iTunes left not good conclusions about what my song title would be. But the notion that I typed in those two words should give you some clue about how I feel about things. I don't know. I work at a coffee shop. Check. But that isn't what I really want to do with my life. I'm almost positive I'm going to start school in July to get my Masters in Teaching, but is that really what I want to do? I don't know. I was offered a spot to travel the country for a couple months doing a sort of puppet ministry, but is that really what I want to do? I don't know. I live in Haines and I love it, but is it really where I want to be? I don't know. I don't know what life is going to bring me in the next few months or even weeks, let alone in the next few years. I guess it's a good thing that I believe in a God that has my future all figured out, cuz I sure don't. Now if I could only figure out how to trust in that a little more...

Charleston - Richmond - Atlanta - Driving around

So I made it to Atlanta after going to Charleston and Richmond for a bit. I loved Charleston... there's so much history there... it's a geek's paradise. I got to hang out in Richmond with my Aunt Karen and see the historical house that she is restoring, which was awesome. Then I took my final train to Atlanta... I wandered around the city and made it down to Olympic Park, where I joined an Ultimate Frisbee game. It was pretty rad.
I met up with Ashley (future roommate) in Atlanta, and now we're on our way to Seattle. Our first stop was in Mississippi, which meant that I had to go through Alabama... State number 47. Then last night, I got to hang out with my cousin, Caroline, in Tulsa and meet her in-laws. It was super cool to catch up with them. Today we we're staying in Kansas (#49). Barring major trauma, we'll be in Seattle on Thursday night (through #50 Nebraska). I'm pretty stoked.

AT What?

On Saturday, we (cousin Heidi and I) hiked in New Hampshire on part of the Appalachian trail. It was so rad. It was a gorgeous day and i hiked on about a mile of something that I someday hope to hike all of. Eventually. Until then, that mile will have to do for the other 2174...

Check one off the list...

On my list of things to do in my lifetime, seeing the Northern Lights was pretty dang high up there... But on luckily enough there was a solar storm about a week ago, and as a result, the lights were out Wednesday night. SO BEAUTIFUL!
I think it was really good for me to go to Haines. Right now I'm hanging out at the waffle house in Juneau, which is a must on any layover in Juneau that is longer than 4 hours. This fits the bill nicely. I like waffles. I'll be sure to write more on my experience in Haines later.