Happy Sunday!
I am up pretty early considering there were in fact patio beers last night and my friend and I had a good old fashioned sleepover complete with snacks (pretzels for me!) and a movie. We watched “Stick It” to the wee hours of the morning but somehow I sprung out of bed today.
do you love stick it? or do you love stick it?
Realization: I eat really weird things. Bananas at dinner time, alfalfa sprouts at breakfast. Whatever–it makes me happy!
Anyways, after pouring my heart out yesterday, you’d think I’d be out of stuff to say, huh? Nah. If you missed my post yesterday, I seriously want you to do the homework I suggested. And yes, I just plugged my own blog. Whatever. Read it and then rag on me for promoting it, but only after you do the work 
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Today is looking like a good day. I’m meeting up with some friends for a bike ride later this afternoon here in London. I often drive home to go for bike rides, but I am sick of driving and with my 10 hour car ride Wednesday morning, I think sticking around for a day is a good idea. 
And biking with people here and getting used to living in London is a good thing since I’m thinking I’m going to be here for at least a bit
Speaking of my trip, I’m trying to get my life organized and planned out a bit before I head. I said it before and I’ll say it again, I”m excited for my trip but at the same time there is so much awesome happening at home right now that it’s bittersweet to leave! 10 days is a long time, but I’m going to have a great time biking up and down the hills (mountains?) in Virginia, reading my butt off, hopefully sleeping, doing some solo yoga, and sleeping. Big goals, huh? We are staying at a resort so I believe there’s hiking, tennis, and that sort of thing — I’m sure it’s going to be a blast. I have heard the wireless is a bit spotty, so I think I’m going to need a US data plan to stay connected. We’ll see…sometimes the thought of just getting away and not being constantly linked in is a breath of fresh air, no?
Speaking of that, I feel like the last week or two has just been all about fresh air, so to speak. I’m not sure if it’s because summer school is done, because something in me has shifted, or because of all the fun times I’ve been having outside being active, seeing people, etc., but I feel better than I have in a long time. I still can’t give a definitive answer about what I’m doing in the fall, but I know it’s going to be good and right and perfect. There really aren’t mistakes and the nice thing is if I don’t like where I am, I know I can change it. I know I could be at Columbia. I know I could be living anywhere and doing any job. But just because I could doesn’t mean I have to or that I should! It’s empowering to choose to be open to new things, to leave that space for those new things, and to risk being in limbo for a bit instead of just jumping into the next thing. Yes, life is short, but it’s not that short! My anxiety level is going down about all of this and I’m thinking my trip away will help me sort out some of this thinking…amen to that! 
Of course I have applicable cheese:
Andddd break!
Have an awesome Sunday.
LOVE IT. I could totally tell by the tone of your posts, before you even said it out loud (? well that made no sense but you know what i mean) that your stress levels just totally dissipated once you were free from summer school and had come to terms with the fact that you no longer wanted the RD degree! The level of happy has skyrocketed for you lol. As for the vacay, unfortunately there are no real mountains in Viriginia…but that’s coming from the girl who grew up hiking the mountains of New Hampshire on a weekly basis, so my thoughts on “mountain” might be a bit skewed haha. Unplugging for a week and a half sounds like it’d be AMAZING!! Once a year my family goes to this little fishing town in Maine on vacation, and there’s no internet or cell service – you have to drive an hour away to get it. I tend to get a little antsy towards the end of our stay but it’s sooo nice to just be able to spend your days running, biking, kayaking, hiking, feeding the fish at the dock, reading, and spending some QT with the fam. So. Unplug for a bit and I’m sure you’ll come back with 8 bajillion epically inspiring posts and a sick kit tan!!
summer school should be something you are proud of but also ready to let go of. I can’t imagine doing what you did so I give you major props. Virginia is beautiful this time of year, I went to college there and spent one summer there. Hot but amazing. ESpecially where you will be if it is a retreat type place. I hope you get a lot out of it and I can’t wait to follow you on that journey.