New Adventure

So it has been a really long time since I have done this. I have finished my first year at JMU and it was one of definetely highs and lows. My cohort is an amazing group of people and pretty sure I would not have survived without them. It has been almost a month since school has ended and it is so weird not seeing them on a constant basis. I am planning a road trip to visit Laura though so that is exciting and Sarah may be able to come visit me here which would be great. I have continued to learn alot about myself this past year and grow both mentally and spiritually.

A constant in my life has been the opportunities I have had to do community service. I was fortunate enough to be chosen to lead a service trip to Jamaica through the Catholic Campus Ministry at school. It was wonderful to be back in Jamaica and to work with the children. I struggled with some of the students on the trip because I was a part leader/ part friend and participant. It seems like my life is still in a period of transition, whether it be on the trip or at JMU or this summer. I am in the awkward in between stages of being a student but a professional, wanting to travel and see new places but wanting a consistant place to call home. The benefit is that I continue to question and pray hoping to get the guidance and answers I need. Until then I continue to just live day by day and keep smiling.

While at JMU, I also started volunteering at a nursing home. I went consistently once a week to play bingo or cards with a group of eldery in the Alzheimer's wing. It was hard at times because they would repeat themselves or ask me the same questions over and over again but I truly loved going. It was an hour or two a week where I got to escape my JMU world, and help do something for others because I wanted to and not because I had to. I miss them already and hope to go back and volunteer in the fall.

I am now on the newest part of my journey which is my summer internship at Elon University in North Carolina. It is a small private school and reminds me of a southern Fairfield, except this campus is beautiful. Almost all of the buildings are made out a break and there are trees and flowers and animals everywhere. So far everything is going well. The office is a lot of young professionals and everyone is really friendly. I am just bored. Its the one thing about moving alot it takes time meeting people, getting to know the area etc. My roomies seem pretty cool though so hopefully we will do some traveling =)

Gotta run. It's what I do best....more soon