It's Official!

It is official! I am leaving on October 29th for Germany! I will be taking a course at a language school in Hamburg for approximately six months during which time I will hopefully travel all over Europe. There is still much to do in just over a month and knowing my procrastinatory nature, it won't all get done until the week before I leave. Or the day before, you know.

Other exciting things could be happening these past few weeks. At the IHJA "A" Circuit Medal Finals I won both the Marshal & Sterling Adult Medal Finals and the IHJA Adult Medal Finals. I even got interviewed and there is an article here about it! The following week I finished up the show season in Kentucky. Both of my parents were able to come and a fun time was had by all. I'm super sad to be done with horse showing for the foreseeable future, but with so many other exciting things coming up, I can't really complain!

New Adventures

Today is the first day of orientation at Smith College and it's got me thinking a lot about the coming year. Although I'm super excited about my gap year, I am a little jealous off all the people starting a huge new adventure today. I love new adventures; I want to have as many adventures in my life as I possibly can. But, despite the fact that I am not embarking on a new adventure today, I have one coming in just two short months. And then? Then I get to experience what a few hundred awesome women are experiencing today. I still get to go on their adventure, I just get to have another one first.

Also, I have realized why Smith doesn't start until September 2nd: Because most people will probably travel to MA the day before, i.e. the 1st of September, i.e. the day the Hogwarts Express leaves, i.e. my college is basically Hogwarts.