I got a summer job at the University of Notre Dame as a Cluster Consultant. What is that? Basically, I answer any computer questions people might have, I make sure the printers are full of paper, ink, and are functioning correctly, and I tidy up the computer lab, pushing in chairs and such. Sounds boring, but here's the catch: I work in Bond Hall, the Architecture Building. It's summer, so there are very few students here on campus. Add those together and what do you get? An almost unused computer lab. So I end up surfing the internet, facebooking, playing games, etc. for 9 hours a day 3 times a week, and I get paid for it! Pretty stellar if you ask me :) On the same topic of my job, I learned this last week that I start working 8-4 Monday through Friday, so a 40 hour work week up from my original 25 hour one. Pro: I'll have more money at the end of the summer than I had planned on. Con: While it's not difficult work, it is mentally taxing to do the same thing for 8 hours in a day, no matter what that thing is.
Another noteworthy event of the summer: I became single for the first time in 13 months, after a wonderful relationship that really healed me from the awful first relationship I had, and knocked me out of the ensuing rut of short, meaningless relationships that followed. We decided to call it quits since I was leaving for college, but fortunately we are still close friends, and hopefully will continue to be for a long time.
I was excited to be able to attend Youth Camp this year at Camp Mack (Milford, IN). I was unable to go last year, due to the incident that I've already discussed briefly with you. To be honest, I was a little bit nervous about going this year, both because I had missed a year and also because I'm definitely not the same person I was two summers ago. Despite my reservations, however, Youth Camp this summer was honestly the best week of my life. It was incredibly spiritual, which I really needed. Also, since it was a much smaller camp than usual (67 kids) we were a much tighter-knit group.
While I was at camp, I turned 19, which is an interesting age. The previous 4 birthdays all mean something. At 15 you get to start learning to drive. At 16 you can start driving alone, and can get married with parental consent. At 17 comes R-rated movies, and 18 is the motherload: voting, tobacco, marriage without parental consent, and porn. Turning 19 brings nothing but the realization that you are in face growing up; that your childhood is behind you and it's time to take responsibility for yourself.
I'm now getting everything ready for college at Butler this fall. As of last night, I have everything bought: clothes, shoes, dorm stuff, a TV, etc. I met my new roommate a few weeks ago, and he seems really cool. He's from Wisconsin, and I'm not gonna tell you any more about him because that's rude. Anyways. I'm excited to finally be on my own, but I am going to miss home. Our family has gotten a lot closer this last year+, and that's going to be hard to leave behind. Also, my sister and I have always been very close. It's just now hitting her that I am in fact leaving in less than a month.
An unfortunate part about this summer is that my group of friends I've been close to since before high school are all going to different places this fall. Ball State, IU Bloomington, Pittsburgh, Purdue... we're all over the place. And I don't know about the rest of them, but I myself feel our friendships already starting to fade. I guess I always knew it would happen, but I just ignored the thought of it.
A cool thing that's happened this summer is that I'm meeting a lot of new people. Some who are starting at Butler, some who are already there, friends of friends going to different IN colleges, etc. It's been really neat to get to know people other than those who have known me since I was 5 or 6. That's something I'm really looking forward to this fall: starting from scratch with virtually everybody, getting to be who I really am instead of who people think I am or remember me to be.
So there you have it, my glorious summer. I hope you enjoyed hearing about it. And please, leave me a comment or something if there's any issue you would like me to share my opinions on. Until next time, peace!
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