Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Sunny and Cold...and Mika

Coming from California, I had no idea what affects the weather has on someone's behavior and emotions. It took all of my energy to be peppy and happy in the winter, and now that the sun is coming out more frequently with warmer days, my moods have started to match more effortlessly. When it's a cloudier day, everyone's mood matches it as well. We just don't really have that in Orange County.

School has finished, and we are here now planning for the next year. After a week of planning, I will begin 3 weeks of my school's summer camp program. Then, in August, I will head to France to visit Mary and Andrew! YAY! Then to Barcelona, Spain for my birthday, and then to Ireland for an Orthodox tour of Irish Saints with Metropolitan Kallistos Ware. After I return, I will move (yet again) to another apartment. Hopefully, this will be the last.

I'm beginning to really feel the stress to finish up here and get moving with the rest of my plans. I am planning another year here, and then moving on toward furthering my education. I have so many years ahead of me, filled with so much to accomplish, but I'm ready to get going. I know I'm here to learn Russian, but my life here is so busy that it's almost monotonous. Is that even possible?

I feel the winds of change a-comin'!