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With all the craziness that is my life right now, it's sometimes hard to see past all the homework that is looming for me to have finished by the next day. I lose track of the fact that I've reached the point in my life where I'm actually accomplishing some of my goals that I've been working toward for years. I now have friends that I know better than most of the people I grew up with. Friends I can go to for help and talk to about anything, even when we haven't hung out for months. I've interviewed senators and doctors and been thanked for a press release by a leading psychologist. I'm doing research for a large government agency. I've been published in the newspaper and placed stories in the newspaper. I have a dream job writing for a magazine and giving PR advice. And I'm engaged to an incredible man.
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The thing most on my mind lately is my trip to Mexico I'm taking this spring. I started taking my prep class for it last Thursday, and well, I couldn't decide which part of it I was most excited about. My professor put it nicely. "It's the dream place to go. It has the ruins and the beaches." Not to mention amazing food, complete Spanish immersion, culture classes, a temple and shopping.
I've wanted to be fluent in Spanish ever since I was 11 years old, and I've pretty much been working toward that goal ever since. I've taken so many grammar classes, I know more grammar terms in Spanish than I do in English. Studying abroad has been one of the biggest goals I've ever had, and I've been saving money and planning toward it for so long, it's almost weird to be actually doing it. I've had so many challenges and obstacles trying to accomplish this goal, but it is possible to accomplish your dreams if you decide to do it.
