Tomorrow is my last day at Jumpstart. This whole week has been strange and bittersweet. I really wish I could take all of the people that I have worked with back to Oregon with me. Who they are, what they do, and their dedication to the children in communities across the country will forever hold a place in my heart.
This has been one helluva year for me becoming a grown-up. Yes, I now must catergorize myself as a grown-up since I now drink coffee on a regular basis (I still don't like black coffee or hot coffee, though). I have really lived on my own on the other side of the country, gone through financial stress (oh, the poverty line), and have not been held accountable to anyone. It has been scary and liberating. Liberating in the sense that I know that I could and did handle this by myself. When I think back to my first days as a freshman in college, or rather my entire freshman year, I can't believe that that scared and lost 18-year-old is now the pretty confident and slightly less awkward 26-year-old. I'm still lost, but I am comfortable with not knowing what is around the corner. I haven't made long-term life plans since deciding to go to college and I guess I have just given up being stressed about it.
Anywhoozle, I am still waiting for VISTA to send me a flight itinerary for my trip back to Oregon. Coming here I didn't get one at all, so we shall see if I get a plane ticket before the plane actually takes off. I am hoping to move on Oct. 25. I do not have any plans other than traveling a bit to visit friends and family. Oh, and looking for a job. One that pays me actual money. That'd be nice...
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