“A quote sandwich”
Bun: “Many live in dread of what is coming. Why should we? The unknown puts adventure into life…The unexpected around the corner gives a sense of anticipation and surprise. Thank God for the unknown future.”
Meat: I’ve been off of the blogging radar this semester, and I apologize. It has been a truly crazy 14 weeks. But as I’m wrapping things up in the last two weeks, I wanted to give everyone an update.
Since I’ve been incommunicado, I’m also hitting you with two quotes for your reflective pleasure: The buns of my post 
First, major theme of my life/semester: Stop planning.
Seriously. Planning has proven to me time and time again to be a fruitless venture. God really likes to hit me over the head with this one. I really need to open up and listen to this lesson. I’m starting to get a pretty serious bump on my noggin!
Unplanned head knocking event #1:
Went in a totally different direction for my project research than I thought. Oh well. Maybe a PhD? There just isn’t enough time in my day to study all of the cool things that interest me.
Unplanned head knocking event #2:
I’m going back to D.C., and I’m excited about it. Intuitively, I feel like I’m not finished with D.C. I’m holding my breath with anticipation and excitement for what this city has in store for me next.
Unplanned head knocking event #3:
The internship I got for my masters project. I will be an external relations intern for a bipartisan, nonprofit organization that specializes in national security. I AM BEYOND EXCITED. This is my chance to do some good stuff for the United States. Finally After two pretty intense interviews, I finally feel like I got the cool kid internship. Sweet.
Yup. Was not expecting any of this. People say that’s the fun part of life…hmmmmm…
Bun: “A new adventure is like a double-edged sword: one side sparkles with opportunity; the other reflects our deepest fears.”
Safe travels to all over the holiday season. Much love to all of you.
Kathleen
