Coming Home

I have recently decided to start this baby back up again with a new level of commitment. My life has taken many turns in the last couple of months. I was accepted to Social Work Master's programs and was fully ready to pack my bags and head down south and begin my graduate education. But then life took a turn (as it often does). My partner of 5 1/2 years (the last two of which have been long distance) got a job at Google in San Francisco. The funny thing about this is that he had been in Southern California for last to years getting his business degree while I had been in the bay working as teacher. And now we were about to switch. So I had to make a choice. Spend another year doing the long distance legwork and heading off to school, or staying at my current job and deferring my acceptance. It was the hardest decision I had ever had to make. In the end, I chose love (provincial of me? maybe). Another year of being apart would have definitely broken us, but school is going nowhere. Fortunately, I work at a wonderful school that supports and encourages my creative endeavors, and welcomed me back with open arms. The decision stills weighs on me now and then, but I hope it was the right one (fingers crossed).