da-da-da-DAA!

Today was my last day at General Mills, so I treated myself to a Caribou drink and a sweet new Cheerios tshirt. Also, they wouldn't let me keep my badge (for security reasons- they must think I'm gonna bust in and steal cereal) so I kept the pic! See? Cute, isn't it. The ladies in my office gave me a bouquet of flowers, a travel coffee mug, $10 Caribou card, a really nice card, and they bought me lunch. Makes a girl really want to stick around :) Getting all of this really boosted my confidence- for awhile I was worried that I wasn't doing a good job and that I was more of a pain in the butt than a help. However, all of them invited me to come back next summer (perhaps for something a little more full time?)

That's a long ways from now.
Until then...LONDON!

Searching for a home

Here's a thought to ponder:

Andrew Largeman: You know that point in your life when you realize that the house that you grew up in isn't really your home anymore? All of the sudden even though you have some place where you can put your stuff that idea of home is gone.

Sam: I still feel at home in my house.

Andrew Largeman: You'll see when you move out it just sort of happens one day one day and it's just gone. And you can never get it back. It's like you get homesick for a place that doesn't exist. I mean it's like this rite of passage, you know. You won't have this feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for you kids, for the family you start, it's like a cycle or something. I miss the idea of it. Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people who miss the same imaginary place.

I've just been jumping around these last few days- Brooklyn Park, Winona, Brooklyn Park, soon over to London. It was just amazing being back at SMU this weekend- I felt so loved by everyone. Even though I'm going to miss everyone a lot, I know that what I'm about to do is needed.
I need to take a step.
Jump.

Defy gravity.

This is for me.