Faraway Places

This quarter Katie and I are taking a geography class. As I have found myself reading my textbook this weekend, I can't help but imagine myself in some of these places. I have found that Katie and my texts lately have consisted of us talking about faraway places. In the past, I have found myself saying, "Oh I could never go there." Whether it be because of the expenses, or I couldn't picture myself there, or I just thought it was only in my dreams, I don't know. But yet lately I have thought, "why not go?"

I have 76 dollars and something cents in my creamy pasta jar currently. 

I have been telling anyone who will listen about this "BIG" news. Most people just keep laughing and think it's so funny how excited I am about it. Like a little girl who is saving for a new barbie convertible. 

I'm so proud of myself though. 

It's funny because since I have applied for Mission Nanny and since I have started saving, it all seems more REAL to me and actually POSSIBLE. My brain has told me lately, "you could go somewhere Whit, have a real adventure." It's all exciting and terrifying to me at the same time. Maybe because I'm a homebody. I love traveling, but I haven't been out of the states before, besides Mexico. But the fact that I have saved 76 dollars for the future, whatever that may be, just by that fact, I realize that if I am accepted, I can really GO. 

Each week with my babysitting money, I have been taking about a third of it and putting it in my "future" jar. And I don't allow myself to remove any of that money. I won't necessarily take that much out each time, but you know. If I make 150 dollars in one week, I can easily take out 50 and out it in the jar. But if one week I only make 20, then I'll just put 5 dollars in the jar. I know 76 dollars isn't A LOT yet, but give me a break I've only been saving for two weeks so far! 

I'm at this point in life right now where I am know I am so over school. I have come to learn over the years that that's not what life is ALL about. It's part of it, but not all of it. I want to go on an adventure so that I can have unforgettable real experiences in the world. I just want to take care of babies, teach kids, clean a mom's house, and not have to WORRY about other silly things. Like school. You know? 

Lots of people think I'm crazy when I say I just want to get married and have babies. I don't talk about it as much as I use to, maybe because I'm at this point in my life where I DO see people getting engaged and married and I feel like since I am not in a relationship right now, that that is too far off and it doesn't seem realistic to me. I don't know. But I do know this, the reason I say that is because I DO want to be a mom. It's a total passion of mine. I love pretending I'm a mom when I babysit. You don't tell an engineer to not be passionate about his career, in the same way I don't think you can tell someone to not be excited about wanting to be a mom or even not wanting to be a mom.

What does this have to do with traveling and adventure? 

Because babysitting, nannying, traveling, families, being a mom, these all have a common thing. The things that I could potentially do nannying are many "mom" things. Things that I love to do. What I am saying is I cannot wait to embrace these passions and not have to be worrying about what the thrust of an airplane is or that I failed a math test.  

Moral of the story? 

Geography gets me excited about the world, I am thankful for babysitting jobs to fuel my future, and I want to take care of babies and teach kids how to learn while living in a beautiful far off place that God created with his very own hands! Because today when I took care of eight toddlers in Sunday school all by myself and we were singing songs about monkeys and giggling and blowing bubbles, I just knew God has me where he has me and I don't need to worry about the future. Because right now in the present he has the perfect little children in my life :) 

xoxo, 

Whitney Rose