still alive with a mediocre excuse

Somehow the summer slipped away from me. I had all of these really wonderful intentions of finishing up my overseas adventure with some really meaningful point about broadened horizons and new friendships coupled with a collage of my adventures in England and Scotland. And then I didn't get to it, and didn't get to it, and now it's July. Whoops. Guess those stories will be just for me. Fun facts about Caitlin - I really only get any kind of semblance of work done when I have multiple things on my plate. Which is a garbage excuse for not blogging but whaddaya gonna do?
Major points from the summer to get you up to speed:
1. I made it back to the States 
Safe, sound, and exhausted.
2. I graduated. 

oh yeah, we're totally ready for the real world
....we hope? 

That's right, you are reading the musings of the proud owner of an Auburn mini-diploma that certifies completion of my Bachelors of Science in English, Language Education. I have a regular sized diploma too, but it's not as cool as the one that I can fit in my wallet. So if anyone ever wants to contest whether or not I graduated magna cum laude - whabam: mini-diploma.
It was a quick four years, but some of the best.

when in doubt of what to do next,
go on a cruise to the bahamas

3. I'm living the post grad dream
Moved back in with my 'rents. Searching for a job, cruise to the Bahamas, a bachelorette party with the exact same itinerary as my senior prom, three weddings, panic over lack of job, Atlanta adventures with old friends, napflix binges, and more naps. This is the first summer that I've been totally jobless since before high school. Exhausted, burnt out Caitlin thought that it would be an excellent idea to take some time off to find a job and have some time to do nothing. Two and a half months of living at home Caitlin now realizes that was a bad idea. Refer to paragraph one about not getting anything done... well, that's not entirely true. It has been nice to have the time to catch up with old friends, explore Atlanta, stay up late and sleep all day. But in between those days of activity, there are quite a few that start off like so:
9:00 - wake up to sun streaming through the windows - "nope, I have nothing to get out of bed for" - turn on episode of Scrubs, go back to sleep.
11:00 - "hungry, but if I go downstairs then I'll have to figure out how to pass the rest of the day. guess I won't"
Right now my summer accomplishments include: all nine seasons of Scrubs, twice (to be fair, I fall asleep to a lot of them which means that I only hear the first 10 minutes or so...); four seasons of Parks and Recreation, a decent amount of How I Met Your Mother, and the first four episodes of Game of Thrones. But so that you don't think I'm a completely mush-brained piece of scum, I've also read the first three Game of Thrones books, two John Green novels, part of Blue Like Jazz, and right now I'm working on The Hound of Baskerville (which is a really good read for anyone who is looking for a mystery).
Needless to say, unemployment got old, fast. And, as I'm sure you can guess, during my job-searching phase I was a complete delight to myself and my family and not at all a dejected, stress-ball, monster human.
Until...

4. I'm moving!
At the end of August I'll be cramming everything I own into a 50 lb suitcase and heading south of the border. After endless hours combing through the "want" ads and a skype interview that cut out every couple minutes, I accepted a middle and high school English teacher position at the Christian American School of Guatemala. Which means, LET THE ADVENTURES BEGIN....AGAIN.

I think you're all caught up. I'll try to keep the preparations for my ten month (maybe longer, we'll see how it goes. but that's the length of my contract for now) stint in Central America. And will make an effort to document the ridiculous, wonderful, mess that will be my first year of teaching.
In the meantime, next week I'm headed out on a grand tour of the USA (well, the southern parts) which is promising some excellent mishaps and misadventures.

Thanks for keepin' up with me!
C.