london. . . .

Since my last post I have been doing a lot! Like, well, A LOT!

I've been to Minneapolis quite a lot, keeping myself busy with friends, events and whatever else is around. Stayed with one of my best friends for a couple nights, looked and applied for jobs there and went out to clubs with my girls for some much needed dancing and letting loose. Then I went home for a night, then got the chance to go to an international Red Bull event called Crashed Ice in St. Paul to take pictures! It was crazy awesome! You can see some of my pics HERE

I got access to the media viewing areas, which were in great spots for photos, though some of the other media people got in my way at times. I was able to attend the press conference with the 3 winners and the rookie winner, which was pretty awesome, and I was invited to the after party-crazy fun!!

From there I went to that After Party with some friends and the parties went til 5:30am....haven't done that in a long time! But it was a blast!

Getting to my point though-the next day I reconnected with one of my cousins, whom I hadn't seen for several years. He is studying political science at Bethel University and we didn't run out of things to talk about. During the conversation he told me about a friend of his that is planning on just taking all his money and moving to London to look for a job.

This got me thinking-why the hell not? This is the perfect time in my life to try it!!!! I have my degree, I have no obligations to stay here and I have some money saved up to afford a ticket. I have a couple friends that live there that can hopefully help me out a little and I've been wanting to travel like crazy, so why not?!?!?!?! The hour and a half I drove home after we hung out I thought about all the possibilities, the negatives and the positives and all I could do was smile! It's perfect! I could sell most of my possessions for a little extra cash, store the ones I really want to keep, pack a bag or two, grab my dog and go!

I'm doing my research, don't worry! I will need to get some things set up with my dog for him to be able to go and I will need to tie up some loose ends here before I can go, but it's a realistic goal I think!

If I don't at least try then I will just keep kicking myself later on, and this is a chance in a lifetime-to travel somewhere in Europe, to do photography, to experience life! I can't think of a real good reason not to do it! Life is too short not to live the way I want to, and this is something I know in my heart that I want to do!

I do have an opportunity to interview for a job at a newspaper in Oklahoma, which is a great opportunity! But I don't think I should now that I have the chance and the idea to go to London.....I may still drive down for the interview to see how I feel about it when I'm there, but I'm going to work towards getting to London soon. My goal would be to go in about a month and a half....

I would greatly appreciate any opinions, thoughts, ideas or words you may have for me friends, so please comment or message me.