250 Words {Story Of My Life}

As a relatively new blogger still, I'm still exploring and learning the ropes of blogging.  I started my blog mostly to keep my family and friends updated with our life and travels abroad while we live in Australia for the next few years- and I've really enjoyed doing that.  However, I know that my life won't always be full of fun adventures and travels (well, most likely not anyway), but I do still hope that I can continue blogging even after our Australian adventure comes to an end.  I've always enjoyed writing, and I'm kind of re-discovering that "hobby" through this blog.  So, with that said, I'm hoping to "flex my writing muscle" a bit more, and not only write about fun adventures and travels, but also just write about ordinary, everyday life and thoughts that come up.  To help with this effort, I'm going to push myself to participate with Jenni at Story of My Life who is challenging bloggers to blog everyday for the month of May using pre-determined daily prompts.  So without further ado, here is today's post!

Day 1, Wednesday: The story of your life in 250 words or less

I was born in Phoenix, Arizona on March 15, 1984. I'm a textbook middle child, and I love having one sister and one brother.

In first grade, I started my first of what would end up being twelve years of wearing school uniforms and sixteen years of Catholic education. I attended an all-girls high school, where I was mostly an introverted, rule-following, homebody teenager. At eighteen I moved away from home to attend Gonzaga University.  Here I had the best college experience I could imagine and made life long memories and friends. I studied abroad in (and fell in love with) Granada, Spain during my Junior year and got my first taste of traveling and living abroad.

Post-college, I taught for two years in South Central Los Angeles with Teach for America. During this time I learned more about myself, my beliefs, my passion for teaching, and what I was capable of, than at any other time in my life- I also earned my Masters in Special Education.  During this time, I also met my then roommate's brother and fell in love. We dated long distance for too long and before I knew it, he swept me from the beautiful California beaches to Houston, Texas.

My babies in Los Angeles (left) - My babies in Houston (right)

2010 was a big year for us- we got engaged, got married, and bought our first home.

My family on our wedding day.

Less than two years later, my husband's job moved us to Australia, and here we are- working (some) and traveling (a lot). Life is good! 

Day one- check!  252 words, but close enough- right?