Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Fire awaaaaaa-aaaaaaaaay.

That Eddie Schwartz sure has a way with words. And that Pat Benatar sure knows how to sing those words.

Today I got hit with a lot of somebody's best shots at reminding me why it's so awesome to be alive.

I was hit with the realization that graduation is a mere thirty nine days away, and I'll be leaving Laie and the island ten days after that, with no idea of when I'll be back. As sad as that may be, it helped me reflect a bit on these past three years and how much I've loved being here. There are so many places and people and foods and experiences I'm going to miss when it's finally time to leave. It's been good times, that's for sure.

There are so many people I am so lucky to have in my life, and sometimes it takes a little technological magic (know as Skype) to remind me of that. Yesterday I had a magnificent chat with one of my Maryland favorites and today I had some Skype and gchat magic happen with the fam-jam (in three different states!). Going back "home" after Jerusalem hasn't been something I've been dreading, but it also hasn't been something I've been looking forward to immensely either. At least for now, that's changed.

And finally, I was hit with the realization that my plans for the next couple of years, however nascent they may currently be, are one of the few things providing me any form of motivation or scholastically related happiness at the moment. I'm excited to see how it all turns out, and that's quite the improvement from the way I've been feeling about it all for the past few months.

Strangely, my photo collection is lacking in the gun/shooting device department, so here, have a picture of a beautiful sunset.