Hello from the past

Dear FutureMe, Hey hey! This is kinda neat and novel. Today is Sept 16, 2003. Its about 8:30 in the morning and I am sitting in school. A,D,J, & W are all on the rug doing circle. I decided to send this Jan 01, 2006 because I am sure by then I will have forgot I even wrote it. Hmm, I will be 25 years old, almost 26. Will I still be with Ryan? Will I have started grad school? Will I still be living at home? Hmm, I am guessing that at the very least my undergrad student loans will be paid off haha yay! Thats my biggest challenge right now. The idea of grad school scares me because of the huge commitment it is, right now I am sort of set on cruise control, enjoying things and keeping life as simple as I can. How long can it stay like this though? Maybe forever? Would that be so bad? Why do people always seem so damn stressed out? I still can't decide what I want to do with the rest of my life, but I do want a child at some point, and I do want my own house - that whole "American Dream" thing. Maybe I should just say f it and travel around the world instead .. make my own dreams. But, I really do want a child, just not yet. Ryan and I are happy right now so hopefully it will stay that way till when you get this letter. If not, well, I am sure you have moved on because you are a strong person. I hope though that you managed to stay friends at the very least because he is a good person and Justin from 2003 gets along very well with him. My vision for you in 2006 is to be done with one year of grad school. Totally out of debt. Still working in Lawrence Public Schools, and still living at home. Thats my prediction. I am on the fence about grad school this January, I really think I should try and pay off more of NU before starting more school. Grad school can wait one more year for me to pay off NU. Of course, the longer I put off grad school the longer it is until I am done with school etc etc. Ack, who knows. Soooo many questions for myself, past, present, and future. Anyway, I will send this off to you now.. Ciao!