I have always been a person that likes to think she knows what she is going to do with life. There has always been a plan. Starting with preschool, on to kindergarten, through elementary school, the awkward stage of middle school, the great days of high school then four years of college then out into the real world. I would say I've done pretty well sticking to this plan. I played sports, was involved in every activity I could(probably just to be in the yearbook more), got into a great school and made lots of friends. I've gone through a lot in the last couple years. Some of the greatest years so far. I mean how many people in the world can say they've been a Division 1 mascot? Not many. I'm proud of that fact. But I've come to the realization in the past couple weeks that that is the only thing holding me to my plan. I'm done following a plan just because it's what I thought I wanted. I don't know what I want! And I don't think I should have to know right now! I'm only 20 years old. And I have a thirst for adventure. My adventure in Milwaukee is over. That chapter of my life never truly closed because of the great friendships I've forged there. So now my question is, "What now?"
On a whim, I applied to the University of North Carolina Charlotte. The deadline was fast approaching and I guess I just didn't do enough research to the requirements because pesky little Mr. Tureen managed to get me one last time. Because of the C+ I received in his class my first semester of my senior year in high school, I decided to drop his class. I had already been accepted into Marquette University so I didn't think anything of it. Little did I know, it would prevent me from pursuing that part of the adventure. But as the saying goes, everything happens for a reason.
And now I'm here. Throughout the next year of my adventure I like to call Mary's life, I will be writing about all of the stops along the way in my crazy life. If may not be pretty at times and I'm not forcing anyone to read it. I guess it's just another thing to cross of my bucket list.
Let me get one thing straight before the end of Day 1. I am not a college drop out. I will get my degree. Where and how long it takes me to get that degree is the best part of the adventure. It's for me to decide and me to find out as well, because at this point, I'm just as lost as you are reading this. Best of luck to me and here's to the greatest adventure yet!
