My 2012 Goals

All of the Girls from this past weekend's family graduation/going away party for me

I have decided since it is the last day of January that I can still get in my goals for this year in England. My thought is that if I put them in writing somewhere that I will stick to them! Here the are:

Health and Fitness: To become a Zumba instructor.

Personal Growth and Interests: To join a church and volunteer organization, attending both regularly.

Career: To find a job and get granted a Work Visa. 

Education and Training: To get accepted to the British Association for Counseling and Psychology (adding MBACP to the end of my name). 

Home Living and Improvement: To make a string tree mural on the wall of Alex and I’s future apartment. 

Time Management and Organization: To follow-up every job application submission in 2 weeks time. 

Family and Relationships: To hold true to Social Sundays (update my blog, skype people, mass email, etc).

Recreation and Leisure: Set aside bi-weekly “Me Time” to enjoy artzy things and one culturally English hobby.

I fixed my blog!!!!!

 This is my baby Morris and I all dressed up for Winter time!

Ok so, the few of you that actually read this probably have noticed that I have not updated since November. Well, for some reason I was frozen out of my account and the email I had linked to my blog is not inactive since I never use it. That being said, I could not contact blogspot to have them reset my frozen/hacked account. Welll I finally got it all straightened out so I am now able to blog away again! Yay! 

My new plan of action is to start blogging again, once a week, so that people can stay up to date with my adventure abroad. I am hoping I can stick to it! I will not have a laptop at first when I travel across the pond but will have Alex's laptop and desktop to use. I am hoping my blogging won't go to waste and that people will use it to keep up to date on things that are going on with me. 

The reason I started a blog the last time I went overseas was so that when I did get to speak to people I would not be spending the whole, expensive conversation explaining what was new with me. This way people can know about some of the bigger (and also very ordinary and seemly boring) things that i do, cutting through the need for that content in emails, facebook messages, and phonecalls.

The lowdown - I leave on 02/13 (TWO WEEKS!!!) and will land on Valentine's Day evening (during the middle of the day over here in the states). Once I am there and settled I plan on making Sunday's my blog, mass email, and skype day. Yes, I will be keeping my skype - and would love to be utilizing it to the fullest! My skype name is Cassandra.Lea if you have an account (or plan on making one). Add me up and you can be added to my Sunday Skype List! 

The Master plan for being overseas is to find a job that will get me a visa before I have to return in late June for my friend Sara's wedding that I am in. My fingers are crossed that I find something before then so my visa can process and I can return gainfully employed and get our own place (Alex and I). Until then, I will be residing with Alex's family....which I am so very very thankful for!

......So very much has happened since November that I cannot possibly take the time to play catch up, so I will end for now and just keep up on things from here :) Thanks to all of those who have decided to follow me. I hope you continue to enjoy reading about my life's adventures.