Reflections since China

Things to do:
-finish all those old blog posts that I started (i.e., New Zealand, Western China, etc.)
-revamp the site
-become more technologically savvy
-get someone to help me (hint hint) connect to other blogs and do other things to make this one more interesting ;)

My life has taken interesting turns. In general, and recently. I graduated from college with a Bachelor's degree with relatively no idea of what to do next, and BAM! God drops a golden opportunity in my lap - a chance to go to China. That decision was a very difficult one to make, but I will never think that it was the wrong decision.

That decision stretched out into 2.5 wonderful and challenging (in many ways) years on the other side of the world, only fueling the fire of the travel bug in me.

Last year, summer of 2007, I returned home from the field. It took me a while to get going after that. Believe it or not, returning to America after living abroad for a significant amount of time takes some readjusting and getting over reverse culture shock. :) "Wow! This grocery store is Amazing! They have everything here!!" Ahhh those were the days....

Almost exactly one year ago I began my tenure at Bloomington Hospital as a "nurse tech" (aide). Interestingly, I know that many of the orientees in my group are no longer there. Why have I stuck it out for an entire year, doing jobs that most people I know would never do? I think it mostly has to do with my personality. I get joy out of meeting people's needs. A hospital setting provides may opportunities to meet people's specific needs in an often specific way. I am also currently taking classes/pre-requisites to prepare for nursing school. It's only taken me several years to figure out not only that I *want* to enter the health professions, but also that I am *capable* of entering such a demanding field.


What have I learned? ... Well, that's a subject for another post. ;)

The Information Age

To my one faithful reader out there (you know who you are): this is shamefully overdue. But, thankfully, now that my house has internet I will hopefully be able to make this a slightly more interesting little corner of the internet. Yes, we just got the internet. Yes, we also have running water and electricity. :) Still working on a little thing called "heat" though....

More to come, stay tuned!!!