Analogy Time!

Hey Everyone...i know you've been missing the analogies, so here we go with another one! yesssss!

You know when you were a kid and it snowed during the school day? You couldn't wait to get back home to go sledding with your brother and sister. You were so excited that you couldn't sit still and your teacher was so annoyed with you because you were "squirmy." So you finally got to go home. Only to get there you had to walk home. This wouldn't normally have been a problem because your siblings were at your side, but today it had snowed -- obviously. But you didn't know it was going to snow that glorious 6 and a quarter inches (which for some spelled out $6.25 in cash! Yay for shoveling), so you didn't bring your cool snow boots. But you don't care as long as you get home and grab the sleds. So you're walking and your brother and sister are making fun of you as normal but then you realize that your shoes are now sopping wet because the snow has turned to slush in the streets from the salt and cars. Darn county workers! But you keep walking and trucking through. So you're walking down Dewey St towards home, when you slip! SMACK! right on the pavement you go. There's ice from the night before that has been covered up by the snow! Ouch! That hurt! Man, if only you'd have seen it! But your brother picks you up and you keep walking. Then you run into your friends from down the street. They are already home and getting their sleds out. How come they got home so fast! i wish i could have! Gosh! But you're almost home free, so you start running! The houses wizzing by you by the speed of light (you're young...you can actually still run fast)! Then you hit, dun dun duhN! WATER ST! The busiest street in your small small town. But its where you need to be...just cross it and you're home. So instead of trying it one by one because then its easier to get lost and or hit by a semi. So you grab each other's hands and walk together...as a group...to make it across. You dodge a car and run like the wind! WHEW! you're finally home. Time to go sledding! You change clothes and head out into the white abyss. Sledding on vinyl and stopping at the ditch. You sled for hours with your brother and sister and can't imagine going back inside. Right before you go in...you all lay there, looking at the pink sky. What a day! You remember the trek you took on the way home. And just smile. You made it through and got to sled. It may have taken awhile, but you're there. And now you're happy.

So, i'm not sure if any of you could relate to this, but this is me. I have recently changed my major and and now looking at options for next year. I'm so excited to start my new career path, but i'm aprehensive about the steps and choices i have to make before i get there. What if an icy patch comes up? I can slip and fall, but still be okay. What if the neighbor's dog attacks me when i get to it? I can get a band aid and stitches, but i'm still okay. The point of this analogy and blog is that i'm not sure what kinds of things i'll have to weather before i get to where i want to go. Nor do i know where i'll be when i finally get there. And some might get there before me...but i have to be patient and stick it through. But someday i will and whatever happens, i will always have my family and friends there to cross that last line and get me through.

Stupid analogy? Let me know, but think about it...sometimes it snows.

<>< Brini