Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Where do I go from here?

How come we always want the things we can't have? If we're in school, we want to get out, if we have a low paying job, we want one that pays more. I truthfully just don't know where to go from this point. It's been over a year since I graduated from college and now I'm ready to go back and it's not in my immediate future. It could take years before I am able to go back. The truth is, I just don't know who I am without school in my life. I know it sounds ridiculous but, funnily enough, school was what got me through the hardest part of my life. When I went through an emotionally troublesome time, I found solace in writing and literature. I love English and I love being in an environment where I talk about literature, where I have to write papers- I just love being in school. It makes me feel like myself.
If you read my blogs, you know that I complain alot about how hard things are for Robert and I financially. Right now we live with my parents, which is really generous of them and they take good care of us, but we're married and ready to start our life together in our own place. I'm stuck in a situation where I can either choose to live at home for several more months, or Robert and I could move out this year, but I may not be able to go back to school for a long, long time.
They say after planning a wedding, you lament over not having to plan a wedding. Well, for me, I lament over not writing papers and reading books. I feel empty and honestly, aside from how happy I am to be married and for how lucky I am just to be with Robert everyday, this past year and a half has been one of the most miserable years I've ever endured because it's the first time I've not been in school.
I suppose this is one of those moments I go from being a child to an adult. Where I have to acknowledge that sometimes, you can't always get what you want, and that when you're just starting out in life, you have to take what you can get. It sounds negative, and truthfully, I've always been such a positive person. But right now, I'm struggling to be positive.