It's official

Yesterday I found out the news: I'm accepted to the two-year master of public policy program in Erfurt, Germany. I couldn't be any happier (well, maybe if I had a magical packing device, then I could indeed be happier). I started packing tonight even though my flight is on July 29th, so I've got packing on the brain. I guess since I'm starting a month and a half early, maybe the process won't be too bad. I know I can already ship my winter stuff, as Texas will be 95º+ until I leave.

The news came at a great time. I was just starting to map out my next plan if I weren't to hear back positive news about grad school. Now it's just a matter of sorting through everything, selling A LOT of stuff including my car, many trips to Goodwill, canceling various accounts, and working 40 hours a week.

Oh yeah, work. This week is the 2nd week of camp with campers actually present (before that it was 2 1/2 weeks of training for the counselors). Camp has been going really well. On top of finding out news about grad school yesterday, today I found out I'm counselor of the week, and my boss surprised me with flowers. And thanks to my wonderful co-counselors, we organized an epic game today involving a huge field, buckets of water, sponges, and capture the flag/dodgeball rules. Today was a great day. I'm thinking tomorrow will be pretty cool too - we're taking the kids rock climbing.

I'm feeling really thankful right now. Everything seems to be falling into place. And I don't even have to play the waiting game. I'm working at summer camp, moving to Germany, diving right into my internship, and the week my internship ends, grad school starts. Why is it that I never really leave myself any free time??

Hopefully the next time I write in here I'll have put a dent into the packing/organizing/selling of stuff. Until then, cheers!