good things
reblogged from Carly allgood:
“All his life he would hold this moment as exemplary of what love was. It was not wanting anything more, nor was it expecting people to exceed what they had just accomplished; it was simply feeling so complete.”
-quote from A Widow for One Year, by John Irving, one of my (and apparently Carly’s) favorite books of all time.
what a lovely quote to start out with in the morning, especially amid a stream of welcomed (and some unwelcomed) life-changing moments that have been the past week. for one, I got into GWU’s Grad school of Education’s M.Ed. in Secondary Ed program, which is great, as it has all the things I want out of an ed program (focus on urban ed, part time options, training in a variety of different schools, innovative approach to teaching in diverse classrooms, and so on). now comes the “financial planning” scramble, which means many things, including moving out of my wonderful condo in falls church and (literally) into my parent’s basement this fall, taking out (some small) loans, extending my commute, putting up with my craptacular job for another two years, and lamest, not moving in with jake any time soon. like I said, welcome and unwelcome life changes.
regardless of all the downsides, I’m pretty proud of myself. and regardless of the fact that this is not how I pictured my 20s, I kind of like things—even the shittier things—right now. I like being home. I like my family and DC. I see jake almost every weekend. I like being near my friends.
I loved reading this quote this morning.
