Happy New
Year’s Eve… Eve, Y’all!
Yes, you
all read that correctly—today is New Year’s Eve Eve, and I also want to state
for the record that I am not the originator of that phrase. I’m quite certain
that someone else came up with that phrase long before I did. Remember, it is
written that there is nothing new under the sun.
Well,
today’s blog post promises to be a gooden—but then again, when have I ever
written a bad blog post? In any event, it looks like it’s about that time to do
some more reflective thinking, as is evident by the title of today’s blog post.
For whatever
reason (Lord only knows why), I woke up at around six o’clock this morning, and
I was unable to go back to sleep. I just lay there in the bed and looked up at
the ceiling. Since I was wide awake, I started thinking about my inevitable
return to Rust, and right then and there, I realized that I grown some more…
maybe not in stature, but more mentally than anything.
Gramma
Jewel was absolutely right—time surely brings about a change. For those of you
who knew me two years ago, I seriously dreaded leaving Southern California
altogether when it was time for me to make my Rust debut. Fast forward to two
years later at this present time, and I’m seriously excited about returning to
Bearcat Country. I think I touched on this in yesterday’s blog post, but I have
really grown and matured within such a short time… and I just realized that I
have also grown spiritually as well. Now,
I will admit that I haven’t attended church service at Rust as much as I do
when I’m at home, but I do make up for it with two hours of scripture reading
and prayer. My Sunday morning routine at Rust has gotten so to where Ruby joins
in with me, and those two hours turn into our own personal Bible Study.
I also
thought about how I have been a lot more talkative as of late. My mom said that
it used to be I would be a wallflower, but lately I’ve been the life of the
party. I guess it has everything to do with the fact that I am focused on my
goal of being the best damn kindergarten teacher in the world… and
incidentally, I need to start thinking about my internship when I return to
Rust next week. In any event, I have noticed that I’ve gone from a shy little
introvert to an upbeat little extrovert (I’m still gonna be little; that ain’t
gonna change… LOL!).
And my
goodness—my attitude as of late! It seems as though everytime I’ve got to
return to Rust, I embrace it, albeit bittersweetly. However, two years ago, I
was kicking and screaming about wanting to stay home and transfer to at least a
community college, but looking back on it in retrospect, I’m glad that I stuck
with my decision and made the best of it. I’m still in shock that I’ll be
graduating in about a year. It really seemed like yesterday that I was a
freshman at Rust. Well, much like I said when I I did some reflective thinking
last year: “I’m here to show the world, so bring it on!”
Until
tomorrow, y’all take care!
Hugs &
Kisses,
Natasha
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