Where am I now? Betcha’ can’t guess.

Somehow, I finished my third year of college. Somehow, I only have one year left before I graduate. Somehow, I’m sitting at a cafe a mile from my new home in Louisville, Kentucky.

Junior year was crazy and wonderful. I adventured, I used my long arms to steal a ball in a pool in Ohio, I sat in my apartment drinking tea and reading about the need identification process of a firm’s purchasing department. I ate Malaysian food with a friend, Thai food with multiple friends, and Chinese food with way too many friends. I spoke Chinese to old people on trains, random girls in an American classroom, and waiters in restaurants located in multiple countries. Some laughed, some stared, and some just went with it.

It was my favorite year of college because of the moments, the places, and the people. It was the year where I watched myself grow and watched as others commented on my growth. It was the year where I decided to focus on pursuing my future, rather than pursuing my GPA. It was the year when I realized what mattered: certain people, certain passions, and certain dreams. Not all of them–only the important ones.

And, yesterday, I moved to a new home. Moving an eigthth of the way across the country was a bit easier than moving halfway across the world (thanks to the moving help from my mom–love you, ma). I will be residing for the summer in Louisville, Kentucky as a supply chain management intern for GE’s Appliances division. I will, at last, be getting a taste of a real job with real hours and real-life/real-business implications. I may love it, or I may not. I’m not really sure. But I know that, afterwards, I will be pushed forward, in whatever direction that may be.

Another thing I know for certain: there will be adventures. That’s one thing I know about life. They’re inevitable (at least for this girl, they are).

Stay tuned for content, coming-of-age realizations, and trips to caves, Appalachia (seen in the picture featured above, taken in Tennessee), and more National Forests than I know what to do with. Oh, and maybe sweet tea. I do live in the South now, ya’ll.