Beginnings

Today is the first day of my Senior Year of College. I've had one class, Persuasive Writing (yes, I procrastinated my last English class for as long as I could...). At the end of the class, my teacher gave the assignment to write every day of the semester. It doesn't matter the medium, it can be a blog, journal etc. so I decided to use this as a reason to revive this blog. I won't write every day, but I will write a lot more, and my posts will contain more words than pictures.
That being said, I've been thinking a lot about change lately. A couple of weeks ago, I turned in my badge for a job that I had (off and on) for over 5 years. It was bittersweet. Mostly sweet, because I was incredibly excited to do something (anything!) else than assemble traffic sensors. But it was also a little bit scary because the reason I quit that job was because of school, and for the opportunity to have a different job. Change is always a little scary I think, because it's just unknown. I don't know how this new semester is going to go. I don't know what my new job will be like.
I used to think that there was going to come a time in my life when things would be done changing for a while. I thought that when my husband and I were done with school, and he was in a career and I was in the home with our children, that things would settle down and stay the same for an indefinite amount of time. But then I realized that even if school/work schedules aren't changing, lots of other things will. Babies turn into children so much faster than I wish they would, and when I'm home with our kids, my life, schedule and routine will consistently change as they do. There will always be the change of the seasons, there will be happy times that drift into sad times and back again. No matter what happens, I can always count on the fact that nothing is ever going to stay completely the same.
Sometimes this concept is really hard for me. I want things to stay the same, I'm comfortable with where I am. Even though I was counting down the days til my last day of work, a big part of me didn't want to see the summer end because Kevin and I had developed a really fabulous routine. I knew that as soon as school started, we were going to have to completely revamp our routine. It's going to take a while to reach a point where I feel that we have reached a comfortable place. And the funny thing is, by the time that happens, the semester will be almost over and it will almost be time to start over again.
So I'm deciding to embrace the change this fall. Times will never be the way they were this past summer. But we have amazing memories that we can fondly look back on, and wonderful pictures to help us remember. And the best part about change is that is provides opportunity for a new adventure. Here's to many adventures this school year. :)