Jen Mayer

June!

June: the sixth month. My birthday month. 26 years here.  Also marks my 6th year in practice as a massage therapist. So it’s a year of six.

I graduated three weeks ago from CU. Already I am feeling able to let go of that section of my life. Good-bye academia, I fell for you while I was there but now I am so excited to move forward. For the past four years I have been aspiring to learn the arts and skills of midwifery. There are many different avenues to pursue the training for midwifery in the United States, but for me earning a BA was part of this journey.

This summer I am taking two classes at the local community college. My friends and family think I am insane for not taking a break, but it feels so different to be taking these classes solely for the purupose to get into the midwifery program. I can totally geek out on science while being energized by becoming *that* much closer to starting my midwifery education. Plus my microbiology class is all of 12 students. A welcomed change from the 200+ science lecture halls at CU.

The garden is growing. Slowly the starts come up as we planted later than many here in the Front Range. Oh! And we have a new creative project going on: www.homesteadpretty.com, a collaboration with my neighbor Anthony.