Friday, April 5, 2013

How did I get here?

" I may not have gone where I intended to, but I think I ended up where I needed to be."~ Douglas Adams.

Today was the day my first ski season on a ski patroller was supposed to end.  That however was not the case.  We have two weeks left in the season still! This last year has been amazing!! I don't know if I will ever have another year like it! 

I keep saying that I am not the person I was a year ago and it's true but I'm also not the person I was 6 months ago.  Or he'll even 3 weeks ago I feel like sometimes.  I have figured out who I am and who I want to be more importantly.  To think that 4 months ago I was convinced that I was only going to be a patroller for one year that's if I made it home everyday without having quit like I considered so many time.  

And now I think I have a great job one that I love and am excited to come back to next year.  Which brings me to this summer... What I am I going to do.  I had accepted a position in Kentucky again this summer but the pay was a stipend and now that I'm trying to be an adult( scary I know!) that ended up not cutting it due to some financial issues.  

Drum roll please!!!! I am staying in Vermont! All summer!  I will working at Camp Plymouth State Park as a park attendant, I will also be in charge of the concession stand as part of this job.  I am so happy to be staying in Vermont!! As much as I love traveling I also love Vermont especially in the summer.  I still hope to visit Kentucky and would love to visit one of my friends I met while I was overseas last summer!! Time will tell of that happens but I'm working towards getting my current dream job.  

I am not sure how I got here but I am sure glad for the bumpy, painful and occasional down right awful road I've taken cause I am extremely happy!