School = Pregnancy!?!?!

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It's the start of the school year.  All the students are showing up with there books, new pens, and binders on top of binders [I sooo look forward to the day when everything is digital and binders are a thing of the past]. This is a time of anticipation and hope.  The year is still young, and the excitement is fresh.

Somewhere buried in distant memories are the struggles of last year, but those are faded now.  The remembrance of long projects, all-nighters, and cramming parties have given way to thoughts of friendships being re-established, dreams being pursued, and life goals becoming more of a reality.

I look at school sort of like pregnancy.  I just want to say to the girl, "Did you forget what you went through the first time!?"  And the answer is invariably, YES!  Well, maybe not totally....  As much as it would be nice to attribute such actions to long term memory lost, I think it is so much more than that.  It's as if, with perspective, we are able to balance out the pain of an instant with the benefit of a life time.

The truth is that I am pumped for this year.  I have so much anticipation for what I am going to learn and how I am going to grow.  Are there going to be hard times?  Sure, but it is so worth it, which is why I am back for more!

First Day of School!!

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I am leaving today for orientation!!! Ahhhh!!  I am sooo excited.  We are going up to Trinity Pines Lodge in Cascade, ID.  I will see you all next week!!

With the wind in my face and my stomach in my throat, I hurtled downward toward the icy river below.  A second earlier I was standing on the uppermost truss of a bridge, my feet solidly planted on the metal beneath me, and my destiny in my own hands.  However after taking that epic step, all control was lost.  I had no other option than to ride out the free fall, and enjoy the exhilaration from which there was no returning.

Splash!

Frigid waters encapsulated me, and tried to steal the oxygen from my lungs.  Frantically, I paddled my arms to reach the surface... and air.

As my head broke through the