Day 629: Lindsay Lately.

I've been on such a long hiatus, I'm not really sure where to begin.

Does anyone else agree that the week before finals is actually worse than finals week??? (although not by a lot.) I was seriously at school doing group projects, presentations, taking tests and studying every single day for hours on end. I would go to school in the morning, then come home at night. This was by far the hardest semester of school I have ever done. SO GLAD IT'S OVER!!!

So my family came to visit for a week and half for their Spring Break. It was so much fun having them here and they were able to see me get my Intercultural Peacebuilding Certificate. Now what does this mean? I have been studying Conflict Resolution for the past year, and love it. It has seriously changed my perspective on people and conflict as a whole, and it is something that I want to pursue. I am now a certified mediator (yes, I can mediate your conflicts now) and I feel like I have accomplished something major and worthwhile.

My family and I spent Easter together and I got in a lot of beach and shopping time. We ate out at some really delicious places, and took too many underwater pictures. It was sad seeing them go, but I'll be going home in July, so not too far away. I am staying here to work (no more school!) and figuring out my life plan while beaching it up for the next 3 months.

I am so close to graduation, but still have decisions and choices to make, which is really stressing/freaking me out. Remember how I said I wasn't going to plan any more? Well I have been, and my plans are continuing to fall through, which has really been disappointing me. It's frustrating, but I'm trying to remain positive in knowing that I will be placed in the right place at the right time. Lately, I've been feeling like I'm a day late and a dollar short. It seriously sucks.

I was watching How I Met Your Mother the other day (yes, another HIMYM reference) and the narrator was telling his kids how every single decision he had made, had taken him to a specific moment, and if those decisions would not have happened, he would not be where he is today. He goes on to say, if he knew what everyone was doing for him to lead him to that moment, he would hug them, and thank them for sending him on his way to that moment. I agree, I think every decision leads us to something bigger in the end. Although the choices might appear small, the decisions we are making now really do effect our future. Anyway, that's my take on life right now. I have no idea where I will end up being this Fall, but that's the beauty of it. I have options, and I know that wherever I end up, it's where I am suppose to be at that moment in my life.

listening to: Gotye- Somebody That I Used To Know.