So it’s been over 3 months since I blogged on this darn thing. It’s really because I don’t really have much to say or much going on, but I am going to try to be more vigilant, because I’m sure there are sooo many of you who actually care. I guess it’s more for my piece of mind, to vent things, ya know?
Well first of all, I took my trip to Munich in March and had a fabulous time!!!! I have some great pics that I want to upload, but can’t do it right now seeing as though I am at work. See how productive I am being? But I will post soon and talk about the trip.
What I am thinking about right now is how every time I turn around, someone else is engaged, or getting married, or having kids, or buying a house. And I am doing none of those things. I’m living at home with my parents (still…but it’s sooo close to work and so much more affordable), no man, no kids (thank goodness, I’m not even close to that point in my life yet, too much I want to do), and not buying a place because I want to get the hell out of here. I just sometimes feel like I’m still a kid, instead of getting up and going to school, I am getting up and going to work. Other than that, it’s not much different. I feel like all these people my age and younger than me are starting their “adult” lives, moving on, and here I am, wondering when the hell my life is going to start. I mean, I am 25, I have a good job at a very reputable company and I just feel like I am standing still, sinking into this place of being stuck somewhere I am never going to get out of. I don't want to live in Northern Virginia for my whole life. I don't mind it...sometimes, but I just want to get out and experience other things before I decide on somewhere to settle. I have some life to-do's and it's about damn time I start trying to accomplish some of them.
That being said I have some exciting things coming up in my life that I am planning on doing. First, I'm going to go visit my friend Eileen, who is in the Peace Corps and in Ukraine right now. So I figure since I am over there, why not hit up a couple places in Eastern Europe while I am there. My plan right now is to spend a month from mid-Sept. to Mid-Oct. playing tourist in Europe. I would like to fly into Istanbul, spend a couple days there, then ferry across the Black Sea to Odessa, Ukraine. Spend a week at Eileen's village a couple hours outside of Odessa. Travel to Kiev and Lvov, Ukraine, cross the border into Krakow, Poland, down to the Tatras in Slovakia, then to Vienna, Austria with a stop in Bratislava, Slovakia, then end up in Budapest, Hungary. Well at least that's the plan right now. If any one's been there and has any insight on what I must see or do, please let me know.
Now you must be asking, how in the hell can you take a month off from work to explore Eastern Europe. Well then answer is that I don't plan on being employed at that time. What?! You say. Why not. We'll you know how I mentioned that I had a bunch of things I wanted to do in my life? Living abroad for a year is one of them. I figure this is the perfect time for it. All those things I was bitching about earlier, not being in a relationship, not having a place of my own, etc,the lack of those things makes it a perfect time to take a leap and try something new. In 3 weeks I celebrate my 3 year anniversary at my company. When I first started I said I wanted to make it 2-3 years then move on, get the experience under my belt and then peace out. Well I'm at that point and it may be now or never at this point. Plus I have quite a bit of responsibility in my lab, I am the team leader. Which means, everybody is constantly asking me questions, I get yelled at when things don't work, I have to take care of shit responsibilities, because I am "in charge." Being in charge is so not what it's cracked up to be. A lot of times it just means being the scapegoat and the bitch at the same time. This promotion was supposed to come with a raise which I got my paperwork in for last JUNE and still have not received yet. So I am doing a harder job that I am not getting paid for , awesome right? Anyway, back to the whole moving abroad thing. So yeah, come end of October/beginning of November I would like to move abroad. My thought right now is Buenos Aires, Argentina. I know some Spanish and can brush up on it and try to become fluent perhaps (being fluent in another language = another thing on the life to-do list). It's a cosmopolitan city, the cost of living is still affordable.
So that is what I am thinking right now. All I do know though is, I need to get out of Manassas, out of Northern Virginia, see more of the world and get out of this rut I seem to be stuck in.
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