It's going to be Huge.

I have a feeling that my life will be changing dramatically in the near future.  At least, I hope so.  I am hopeful for a lot of changes in the next few years, but there's a big one coming up soon.  This May, I will graduate with a B.S. in Psychology.  Finally.  It took me eleven years, three different periods of enrollment at two schools, an super-extended maternity leave, and a lot of work to complete a stinkin' four-year degree.  I wonder if graduating at 29 is even more exciting than at 22?  The sense of accomplishment, finally finishing as a single mother, is going to be huge.

Now, for the changes:

I'm hoping to create some designated free time.  Maybe this will come naturally with Sophie getting older & more independent, or with a lack of homework.  Time to read the growing list of books I have my eyes on, time to take walks, time to clean and organize.  I want to go back to the volunteer position at Children's Hospital that I ditched because it was upsetting.  I want to continue blogging, even if it's to a minimal audience...I love to write, and I hope that at least one person is comforted/inspired/anything by something that I say.

I need some new friends.  Not that there’s anything wrong with the friends I have, I just need some more.  So, for the first time, I have reached out to my “online friends.”  They are in fact not friends at all (yet?), since I have never met them or spoken to them, or heck, even seen them in real life.  They are a number of bloggers who I have been following for years…silently….creepily?  These are women who have really honestly entertained/humbled/inspired me, and I figured it’s time they knew it.  Some of these blogs are hugely popular, and I don’t actually expect for many authors to respond to my meek comments left anxiously and haphazardly on their most recent posts…but, maybe.  More than anything, I just wanted to thank them.

I want to get married&haveababy&move.  I have no doubt that all three will happen in the next couple of years, but...I need to gather my thoughts on the best order...I have extreme anxiety about having a baby anywhere but Children's Minneapolis, but I so badly want to move.
To Arizona.
And soon.