The End of Summer

As time slowly ticks by, I find myself desperately trying to find something to kill the time. I put in my two weeks at work recently, so that will end very shortly. I figured I needed a break before school to do…well absolutely nothing. Plus work was rough. But in a more positive light, I think I learned a lot from it. I learned how to work and interact with very difficult people. I learned how to speak up if there was a problem. Being a cashier, I got to see a lot of different human and non-human personalities. Boy, was that fun. And I learned how to stare my boss in the eye and say, “I Quit!!!” =) Working at Giant Eagle wasn’t bad but it was definitely just for a season. I hope to get an internship next summer doing something at least slightly relevant to my intended career.

I didn’t really do anything amazingly fantastic this summer. My family and I still want to try to squeeze in a visit to the Creation Museum before school starts. I’ve heard great things about it.  I love Ken Ham and his books. At one point I got so into Ken Ham and what he does that I wanted my major to be Christian Apologetic. Until, of course, I found that it’s not really a major. But lucky me, it’s  a required course for my major. That is exciting.

Well the good thing this summer is I have brothers. I mean, I’ve always had brothers. =) But this summer they knew I was going off to college so they made sure we tried to have some sibling fun. My brother’s and I played a lot of Rockband, Madden, College Football/Basketball, Wrestling, Splinter Cell etc. But I’m not the type to stay in all day. My brothers and I played volleyball and basketball. We saw a lot of movies this summer. One that stands out is Transformers. Wow, the length of that movie hinders my rating of it. =) Nonetheless, it was acceptable. Now they’re coming out with a GI Joe movie, which, in my opinion, is a watered down version of Transformers.
We’ve gone to Gameworks in Easton and went to dinner countless times. We even work out together if we’re all up.
Having two brothers is fun and adventurous. I can’t believe how all grown up we are. Thank goodness for pictures, because I need to keep remembering when my younger brother was actually shorter than me.

My mom and I have done a lot of shopping! I have way to many clothes. I’ve even donated three bags to Goodwill already. I’m addicted to worded or colorful tees and polo’s. It’s ridiculous. But I don’t really shop too much. I shop if I have a purpose, but not if I’m bored. I believe that I might be in denial. =)

It’s sad because football season isn’t in the summer. I really want to see Tim Tebow, the quarterback of Thee University of Florida, play in his last season. I want to take my mom with me because she has only ever seen OSU sports, being an alumni. She never really embraced OSU, or was never embraced being a commuter. She says it was like being a ghost. No one saw you and no one remembered you. She really likes how MVNU goes out of their way to make the commuters feel like they actually go to the school. My mom carries little to no memorabilia or even happy memories of OSU. I think it’s exciting for her because I’m not commuting and will probably have way more memories and fun times than she was able to have.

Move-in Day will probably be the highlight of my summer. I’m excited. I’m still communicating with my roommate and continue to meet more really cool people. At times I feel like a little kindergartner preparing for their first day of school. I picture a little kid with their eyes bulging, bouncing around with a book bag bigger than they are.  The excitement of seeing the big yellow bus come around the corner  is unbearable. Luckily in college the idea of a bus is finally gone. But that excitement remains. I guess I finally realized that I’m kind of nervous too, but I don’t want to think about it until I actually get to school.

The summer is almost over and I’m ready to begin the next chapter. Hopefully I will try to find something to catch my excitement for the last couple of weeks.

Peace, Love, and Happiness

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