Big Decisions

Albuquerque: Home Sweet Home!

Phoenix: No Thanks!

Sebastian and I have been on an emotional roller coaster the past few weeks. We finished our finals, had a wonderful time with our families during graduation, and began our individual internships (Seb's doing PR work for the church in SLC, and I'm editing at a software company called Imagine Learning). Amidst all the craziness, we've had to decide what we are going to do in the future. Seb applied to several law schools in November, and we have finally heard back from all of them. (His list of schools included Santa Clara, Seattle University, BYU, U of U, ASU, University of Arizona, UNM, William and Mary, and Washington and Lee.) While we were waiting to hear back from the schools, I applied to a few jobs in the cities Seb's considering for law school.

I was surprised and overwhelmed upon hearing that I was invited to join Teach for America. It's this really cool program that hires college grads to teach elementary, middle, or high school in poverty-stricken inner city or rural areas. If I accepted the offer (to teach elementary special education in Phoenix) I would receive a double Master's Degree from ASU in elementary and special education while getting paid to teach. (Oh my gosh! So cool! How could I not accept?!!?) Sebastian was also invited by Teach for America to teach elementary school in Phoenix. We were about 95% certain that Seb would go to ASU and I would join Teach for America when we found out that Sebastian was accepted into UNM's law school. We found out about his acceptance into UNM 2 days before I had to accept or decline the offer from Teach for America.

After much contemplation and prayer, we completely changed our plans and decided to go to Albuquerque! Agh! On May 2nd, my deadline to decline or accept my job offer, I declined and have felt at peace ever since. Sebastian has taken steps to register at UNM, and he is excited to start law school. As much as I wanted the degree and cool experience, I realized that I'd rather be near family and friends. Within the next three years, Jacob will be returning from his mission, Sam will be leaving and returning from his mission, Jared and Jenny will probably be having more kids, my aunt Jacquie's having a baby, and I'll probably have a baby (cross your fingers!!!). I am so glad that Sebastian and I will be around to enjoy making all the memories.

Oh, and one more thing--if your blog link was deleted off my page because of that darn Pyzam.com (Mariela, Andrea, Cheryl...), could you email me your blog address or leave it in a comment? Thanks!