optimism

There is so much to love about my life right now.

Jon was accepted into University of Virginia Med School. OK, not exactly my life, but nearly so. I have been there all four years while he studied, struggled, and succeeded, and now I see what it all was for. I shared a little of his sacrifice, maybe a lot, and now I can share in his joy. I am tremendously proud.

I got an interview for a position working with foster children. With opportunity comes hope, and I have been clinging to it like a life raft while drowning in a sea of disappointment that tutoring children with autism isn't what I'd thought it would be.

So many good library books are in my possession right now! Just finished The Princess Bride, currently devouring Angels and Demons, with Everything is Illuminated, Olive Kitteridge, and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies waiting in the wings.

I am interviewing at Sac State early next week, which means a) generally good things for my future, and b) a long-overdue visit home. Lately, homesickness has left me feeling empty. Just getting to see my family, even for a brief time, will be so incredibly restoring.

Jason Mraz is on shuffle on my iHome. That pretty much says it all.

Oh, and this: Love is real, it is not just in poetry and stories, it is truth and it will follow you everywhere you go from now on. Isn't that the truth.