We're Going to Be Moving... GAH!!!

So, as you can probably read from the title, Richard and I are going to be moving. Like...really soon. As in, "the end of this month" soon. Holy. Crap.

But seriously, where did all the time go. April, I graduated from college (finally), and I wrote about the time going so super quickly. Now here I am again, writing about how time is going super fast. But let me give you a little bit of background for the fastness of this move and the "why" behind the move.

As you probably know by now, I moved to Provo, Utah in 2010 to begin my college career. In doing so, I switched my major, met and married my husband, visited India, and graduated college. This has taken me five years to do. Come this past April, I started looking for work. Now, remember, I am in PROVO, UTAH where college degrees are a dime-a-dozen. I had interviewed for several jobs, and I did well in all of the interviews. At least, those interviewing me said that they liked talking to me, that I would do well in the job environment, and I felt good about all of these jobs.

Yet, I would always get a call, and even one person emailed me rather than call me, that would say "Yes, we loved you, but we decided to go with someone else. But if something else comes us, we'll call you." Boo. I hate all of you.

A combination of this and many other factors, we're going to move. And we going to move to Oklahoma. Richard has a job secured there, and I have a better chance of finding a job myself. We're
going to move onto a new chapter in our lives, one that is sorely needed.

So, the next time I write, it'll most likely be from our new home. Till then, enjoy this picture of me as Rainbow Dash! :D

Talk to you later,
Ashley

Again...It's Been a While

Yes, yes, I know...I know...I've been crappy at keeping up with this blog, but give me some slack. I've been writing in my journal that I have here in India with me, as well as writing up field notes, so I may not always write to write again online. So yeah, just deal. Anyway, just want to let you all know that I am indeed alive and that this past week has been great actually. And I'll tell you why. :)

I haven't gotten a lot of interviews this week, but those that I have gotten have been so full of information and so amazing and just interesting! that I don't regret not having a lot to do. Relatively speaking anyway. I still have a lot to do, but it's just been so interesting and just so amazing!

Just some thoughts though, that I think I at least need to write down. First things first, leaving in another country...it's a bit like madness! Such a different culture, different food, and just everything is different. But it's a good thing, it's been stretching my mind as well as my opening my mind to other things that I would have never expected in this life. Don't get me wrong, this is a great experience! This has been an excellent experience for me and I am lucky and happy to have done this! Wow...so many exclamation points....

Thought number two: sometimes, there are personalities that don't quite mesh together the way that people want them too. Yes, these people can be the nicest, kindest, more adorable people in the world, but there's just something about them that will rub you wrong. And you have no idea what it is, but they will just rub you wrong. It can, and is, super annoying to deal with it. That's the thing about this Study Abroad for me. I have learned that there some very annoying people in the world, and you just have to deal with it. Even if that very annoying person is yourself. And it has been me, I can tell that I have been very annoying at times, as well as been very annoyed at others. I will say this though, I have learned how to better work with others, at least a little bit.

And my last thought: I have a little over 4 weeks left. I am ecstatic that I will soon be home with Richard and my friends again, but I am also a little sad that I will be leaving those people that I have made friends with here as well. Like the girls in the house, Durga, Gowri, and Sailaja. They have become my friends and I don't want to leave them. And I can't forget Mumuksha. He's Durga's baby boy and I have grown so attached to that little boy that it's going to be hard to leave. It's one thing to say that I'll be a little glad to leave India. It's a completely different thing to say that I'll be glad to leave these wonderful people behind, which I won't be. I feel like I've come to know them in such a way that I don't want to leave them. But I'll have to. This chapter of my life will be closing soon and so I'll have to. This has been an amazing chapter!

I know that I sounded really depressing just now, but trust me, I'm not. I glad to have been able to come to India and to experience something that will both further the use of my education as well as make me a better person in general. At least, I hope that is what will happen.

Talk to you soon,
Ashley