This is real.

Hello Friends! Yep. This is real. I'm actually moving in one week. It's going to be crazy, but I'm excited  to get started on this next adventure!

So, I graduated from UT in May and while making my after undergrad plans, I considered a lot of different options. I felt strongly about taking some time in between my undergrad and getting my masters, but I seriously didn't know what to fill that gap year with. I thought about several different options and programs, but I felt so unsure. I never would have thought I would be someone who graduated with absolutely no concrete plan. But I did haha. The past few months of summer have been a whirlwind of busyness, which was a good distraction from not having future plans. However, after my week in Colorado with my Favorite Capernaum friends, my life took a quick turn!

These are my Capernaum friends and I in Colorado

I think I had been so overwhelmed and nervous about my next step, that I couldn't take it. It's like I kept thinking Okay, God when are you going to tell me what's next. I literally moved out of my house the weekend I got back, and my plan was to just "backpack through Austin until I figured it all out". God had a different plan for me. My friend Christina suggested I look into a program called City Year, this was seriously last Tuesday, and in the past week and a half I've called, applied, had two phone interviews and accepted a position as a City Year Corps team member with the Sacramento, California team! It's sort of ridiculous how soon it's happened! 

Today will be my last day in Austin. As  I think about all my WONDERFUL friends and family here, I begin to wonder, what's wrong with just backpacking through Austin again? But I know that God has big plans for me in Sacramento, and I'm excited to see what they are! I know this next year will bring with it it's fair share of joys and challenges and I'm stoked! I have never moved somewhere where I know absolutely no one. I have to try to find a place to live within a week! Some might say this is scary! I would agree! But it's an adventure! 

It's going to be really hard saying goodbye to all my friends in Austin, but it's really not goodbye, it's just see you later! I hope if you're reading this blog you know that I love you, yes you, very much! There are so many people I care about here and I'm going to miss y'all more than either of us know! Don't forget about me just cause I live in California! Come visit me! Skype with me! Read this blog!