Happy New Year!

Well it's another new year. And another new decade. This past year has definitely been one of a lot of changes. For starters, in January I finally started at a university. Moved away from home and moved into a dorm with 2 strangers I had never met in my entire life. Was left to find my way around a new city, a new region. Classes that were harder than any I had ever done before and for the first time ever, I was in a place where I did not know anyone. Now, I can't even imagine life without the people I have met along the way. All of them, and if you know me at all, you know that I manage to meet way too many people for my own good. The first semester went well. After never having roommates before, I discovered that all those lessons on cleaning up around the house actually stuck with me. Also learned that there are some people out there that I don't get along with and never will. I started my first real internship with the Senior Olympics. Summer brought another move with a new roommate and an interesting living experience, but fun nevertheless. The internship sort of ate up my life but the people I met there and the things that I got to do were something that I could not have experienced otherwise. The Games were two weeks of the longest days I've ever worked and I would have not traded it for anything. Then came fall semester and the start of living in yet another new place with a new set of roommates. If I don't move again for at least a year it'll be great for me. This past semester, as I've said before, was THE hardest semester I've ever had. But again the friends that I have made along the way helped me through it. And now, 2009 is over. On to 2010 and more adventures, bigger than I have ever done before. 2 more semesters and a summer abroad. This time in a year I will have a college degree and hopefully a job to start, or at least a few leads on a job. That's the thing... as much as I plan ahead, which I do (just ask my friend Nick, he's always telling me to stop, slow down and enjoy right now)... you can't plan for everything. As much as I would love to plan my summer down to the detail, I can't. And that's one of the main things I learned this year. I learned to let things happen on their own and not try to control everything, because attempting to do that just makes me crazy. SO with that I wish you all a Happy New Year and a wonderful year at that.