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Hello again! Long time no talk?



             Updating my blog often is not as habitual as I would like, however here I am given a quick catch up.  On June 8th, 2014 I graduated from Poland Regional High school and let me just say it was quite a relief to finally be done these last four years.  It was like that of a marathon, the last leg of the race that seemed to continue on forever. I'd been impatient with life for who knew where I was going, or where the heck I'd even end up.  The last month of high school was one of the most challenging, but with a few close friends tightly by my side I made it through.
            "Don't wish away high school, when you're finished you'll want to go back. Experience it all."  Advice I heard continuously from elders, much wiser for a reason.  Yet as I finished my last real day of high school emotions ran high.  Four years of ups and downs, highs and lows that seemed to feel like a roller coaster of a journey- yet there I was ready as ever to walk the stage and accept my diploma.
            In the fall of this year I will attend University of Maine Farmington as a Secondary Education, English major.  My hope at this point is to one day be able to travel, teach English and most of all make it difference in at least one students life.  Through the grape vine I have discovered a second major of interest known as the rehab major.  For now my focus is on English, but I will be sneaking some rehab classes in there as well.
          I'm only 18 after all.  My entire life is ahead of me, and for now I will live every day as a new one!

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