Summer 'break' has arrived.
One year ago, I was nervously packing bags for my summer at the Grand Canyon. Nervously packing, because I had no idea what I was getting myself in to. I was flying solo from Erie to Detroit, to Los Angeles, to Prescott, to Flagstaff, staying the night in a stranger's home, sharing shuttle with a bunch of foreign students on the way to the canyon, then meeting the folks I was going to spend my entire summer with. Long story short, that summer was the best summer of my life.
Today, I'm sitting at a computer screen, delaying the process of unpacking. I'll soon be unpacking bags and boxes that will not be packed up again until my return to school in August. Knowing this makes my heart ache. I want more than anything to be content at home and to thoroughly enjoy quite possibly my last summer at home, but for now, my heart aches.
Despite the achy heart, I was able to come up with a list of things I'd like to do this summer:
- Break my coffee addiction (I'm currently sipping a fat free sugar free decaf white chocolate raspberry latte, in case you were wondering)
- Visit the nursing home more regularly
- Volunteer at LifeCare/His Helping Hands
- Practice my guitar so that I can have some decent skills by the time that I am able to jam with that sweet boy again.
- Cook
- Ride my bike (that's one thing I missed last summer)
- Gaze at the stars
- Find the beauty of nature here and spend time appreciating it.
-Visit my sister in Las Vegas (Donations towards the flight - cash or check - are graciously accepted. Ask me for my address, if you're interested)
- Find a car (Again, donations - monetary or vehicular - are welcome)
There are many more things I'd like to do, but I don't want to set my expectations to high. Better to overachieve than to fail, right?
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
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