The End to Another Chapter.

Grad school - Check! My dissertation is written, printed, bound, and submitted and I officially have my life back. It feels great not to have that amount of work hanging over my head! It is hard to believe that in a few days I will be leaving Edinburgh behind me. I thought I would be anxious for this day but really the last few months have shown me how habitable and even exciting this city can be. I am in my own way sad that my masters program is finished (tbd whether I finished with a degree or not) - not the work part but the learning and academic atmosphere. I could use at least another year for the brainiacs here to rub off on me!

I won't cry for too long however as my next two weeks will be spent celebrating in Greece and Turkey! Living the dream before I am officially 'unemployed'! From there I will swing back by Edinburgh to pick up my things and before I take a one-way flight home to St. Louis on August 30th!

WHERE TO NEXT? I think I confuse myself really. Whenever I am having a bad day I push it off on living abroad and whenever I am having a good day I couldn't dream of being anywhere else. I think it must be called 'the grass is greener' syndrome. Although I am not sure if that holds here because the grass really IS greener in Scotland. I am torn between the comfort of people at home and the world of unexplored territory. I think I am a hopeless wanderer at heart but that can be a difficult thing to be. Seeing as I am now in debt, beggars can't be choosers so I think my next adventure will be wherever there is a job for me!