Grateful

I'm registered! Yes! Boy, I am starting to get pumped up for this conference! Yosayra helped me to get funds and the department paid for my registration! It's so cool that they're helping me out! =]

Later on today, I'm going to do some more research on hotel rooms and flight info and see the best deals around. Michele said they might be able to help me out with that too! I just gotta stop by Monday.

Oh, I actually just remembered something I read last week! The NUFP Fellows have a group on Facebook where people post things and there was this one person who posted up a blog post dedicated to all the Fellows: http://futurestudentaffairsprofessional.blogspot.com/2012/01/nufp-fellows-community.html

She wrote about community and how we're supportive of each other. It kind of woke me up a little to how awesome the opportunity of being a part of this program is. These are people I don't even know and--just by reading this post--I already felt a connection as I have to constantly explain (not to mention, defend) what I'm doing all the time. It gets frustrating sometimes living in a household and having extended family who don't understand and--in some cases--think you're wasting your time with not only pursuing a career in Student Affairs, but education in general.

It affected me a lot in the beginning because they had more experience than I did and I figured I should just take their advice. Working in CAST has really given the confidence to stand by my decisions and be proud of them. I know I'm doing the right thing. Everything about it feels right.

So a big shout out to the people at CAST and the Fellows!!

Grateful.