dedication

the one word to which I am "dedicating" my 31st year of life to.
to myself
to doing my best at school
to my goals
to my heart and it's needs
to listening

I am so excited for this new year.
I move into my apartment today in Kila, so I'll have a new address friends.
I have a new roommate, a girl! Jessica. She's an opera singer who moves over here from NYC, her summer internship at the MET!!! She and I will be living in the cutest of cute apartments above a little garage right next to a lake closer to town. Kalispell that is. Being the "big city" near here where I will attend school M-F and work my ars off for the next year. And then, after I take my state boards, my plan is to road trip it across America. West coast-east coast in my car. I am going to go to Texas, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Omaha, Chicago, Michigan, Tennessee, Florida, North Carolina, and New York. I will then, leave my car in NYC with HP and take off on an airplane to Europe where I will be taking some graduate classes in London or Paris and travel a bit over there for another 6 months. Or at least, that's if time and money can afford it. Sounds amazing huh?!?!?!
The excitement level and level of dedication grows daily and I am proud to say that. After many, many, many years of wandering, roaming around doing amazing things, and getting to know and love amazing people, I am choosing now, to pursue my dreams. My goals, my hopes. And with fervor, determination, hope, encouragment and humility. Because honestly, without the greatness of the trinity and who they created me to be, I would be, in one word, without.

So, three cheers to life! And the pursuit of dreams and joy and whatever else is making your life go round. I am Kristen...hear me roar!