Hey Everyone,

So here's a little update. Things have picked up, I'm keeping busy and doing better, that's not to say that I have my dark moments so to say, but it's easier to work through them.

I'm on the executive board of WPI RHC, I'm an RA, I'm still playing volleyball (when I can I hurt my shoulder so I can't right now but w.e.) and I've been able to get my things in line.

I just felt like visiting DA tonight and giving an update. Remember that things do get better, never settle for feeling upset, because you don't have to settle you can live happily but it will take work.

I'm turning 21 soon, and it's a bit of a surprise, when I was having more trouble with my life, I never thought that I'd make it there. But here I am coming up to 21 and making it, it's not effortless, but I'm making it, and I guess that's the greatest thing I could have asked for.

Looking ahead I'm not sure what to do when I graduate, I'm trying to make it so that I have my options: Job, Graduate School, Teaching, Residential Life.

I could do my best to find a job that I may or may not enjoy, see what's available out there, and it seems like I would have a decent chance at a decent job.

I could go right to graduate school, try to get my Masters degree in Industrial Engineering, then hit the job market. I have to get my masters anyway so why not do it right after school.

There is teaching, and I think that's where my passion is... I would be able to teach math to h.s. kids and hopefully coach h.s. sports teams too. That would be wonderful, but I don't want my family to worry about money, and that's where I get stuck with trying to follow that path.

Residential Life, that's kind of my safety, safety net, a mindless job working at a college campus where I would be able to study and keep doing what I'm doing now, but I don't think it would help me grow as a person. Forget about the lack of money involved with it.

I hate that I'm letting money form my decision but It's what I worry about for my future children. That's what motivates me at college to get through all the difficulties. Then again I don't know, I just get so overwhelmed, we'll find out how this will ends with time. I need to look more into the first two options more I think.

Live, Love, Learn,

-Bri