SAN DIEGO SCHOLARSHIP UPDATE

so y'all. 

so so.

I was ready for my cousins birthday party this past Saturday. My sister and actually were about to walk out the door when my mum said "hey, a letter from San Diego came for you" 

I stopped from my march out the door and turned towards her "wait, what?"

I know it's dumb, but I genuinely forgot about SD and the whole scholarship I FLEW TO SOCAL FOR AND WROTE ESSAYS FOR AND THAT DECIDED MY FUTURE ACADEMIC CAREER. yeah, that scholarship? I forgot about it these past 3 weeks or so I've been home. 

But it finally came in the mail, the acceptance letter, this Sat. While I was late to my cousins 18th birthday party and walking out the door. I was going to leave and read it later that night, but my mum opened it because she knows I don't open things right away because I just draw out he pain of not knowing. I'd rather not know than it be bad news I guess? Even though I was 110% sure I was accepted I didn't want to open it and know, but she did. She tore into it in .04 seconds flat 😂

"Dear Abigail it is our pleasure to inform you that you have been selected to become a member of"

I laughed and ran to read over her shoulder, 4 weeks in the waiting! It's come :) 

The party was so fun. 

Now, a couple days later (when I finally got around to posting this!) another fatter envelope came in the mail. Official "get excited" gear. Ok really, you know it's getting official when you get their free sticker. This is something I also said on my youtube channel in the past, stickers and free tee shirts means you're part of the crew 😂

This is all new to me, I have no idea where I'll be this time next year or even how I will move to San Diego, somewhere where I won't have any family or fellow Romanians or anyone I know. I don't know what I'm doing about housing or loans or if I can be in the Honors program AND the Leadership program...BUT, so far, God has worked wonders! 

So I'll just wait and see what happens tomorrow. And the day after. And that will be enough to know He's in control and has been this whole time :) 

My next steps are: 

• getting my PPL before I leave August 28th (classes start, according to the booklet that came in the mail!) 

• Scholarships. continue applying for as many as humanely possible.

• Exams. Take the PPL written this Feb, and Part 107 this Dec 28th!

• Finish the last of my 3 pre-req classes needed this Winter Term. 

• Find a plane to do flight training in!

I also wanted to mention how dreamlike it all feels. I don't feel like any of it is happening, which I think is normally how one feels when all the hard work/prayers/tears/studying/

applications/essays/all-nighters you've put in finally produce something. Or more correctly, God turns my pitiful attempts into something. 

Yay for that. 

I can't believe last night during our family prayer after church my dad talked to me about me going away to school, out of state, for Aviation, like it was the normalest thing in the world. 

For others maybe, but I never thought I'd go to uní, much less in California. 

I never thought I'd see the day where I could openly talk to my dad about planes and helping people with flying, never. 

I never thought I'd be accepted into an Honors program, and be picked to be a future Leader in the field. 

I never even thought I'd find anything I liked enough to actually fully commit to for 4 years, much less the rest of my life. 

I wanted it, never thought I'd see it. 

December 16, 17, 18...you have been some weird times. Is it all really happening? It feels like a movie, an old black and white. 💫

Thanks for reading, and any tips are welcomed! I hope you all are having a very Merry Christmas and with our loved ones! 

⭐️

- abbie