Life Changes

Wednesday, May 28;

In honor of my big life change.. I decided to take today off from Crossfit. No WOD for the body, but the mind has another thing coming. I start Grad school tonight at Johns Hopkins. I'm going for my Masters in Government with a Communications concentration. Basically, I'm going back to school, so I can be a better C-SPAN employee. Yay Democracy!.. I'm just as geeky about C-SPAN as I am about Crossfit, but I'm getting off of track.

Sometimes in our lives we have to change paths. It's something we should do to continue our growth as a person. Some people make changes because they are unhappy about the way their lives are going. Others change because they want to make life better than it already is. I've been wanting to go back to school for about 2 years now. I looked into graduate programs when I was living in Connecticut, but the thought of staying there for more than 2 years made me want to tear my eyeballs out.

I moved down to DC to start work at C-SPAN with the intention of going back to school. I started studying for the GRE's more than a year ago. I hit a little study wall block last July and August, but climbed back on the saddle and buckled down for some serious math and vocab memorization in September. I took the test last November and did pretty well. I had all my school applications done by the middle of January. Johns Hopkins said they wanted me.. I said I wanted them and now here I am. Ready to take the leap.

I have thought about how this new added stress may affect my workout routine as well as my social life. Honestly, I'm not quite sure. I know I'll make it work with a little bit of sacrifice. It's been great to see Melanie, Elyse, Craig and a whole lot of other Crossfitters who have been able to find the balance between working, working out and schooling. I hope I'll be able to see a good amount of the blue room over the next few years. I can't imagine not making time for something that has been so awesome.