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While waiting for True Life: I'm a Complusive Shopper to come on, I watch the end of The American Mall. I don't understand my MTV thought that ripping off High School Musical with Mia from Degrassi as pseudo-Gabriella was a good idea. To make it worse, the filming or whatever it is called reminds me of Laguna Beach and The Hills.
Anyway, I've had quite a nice summer. Working at the rec center has been heavenly in comparison to lifeguarding. Actually, lifeguarding was nothing to complain about, I just had no friends there and after four years, I wanted to give some of the snooty, whiney parents and their bratty children a piece of my mind. I love kids, especially ten year olds, so much more than I did at the beginning of the summer. I know I should probably be fed up with pre-teen drama, potty breaks every fifteen minutes, and the deliberate defiance of my authority, but I appreciate and understand kids in a different way now. Actually, it makes me want to have kids now a lot, which I know is not ideal and currently impossible, but it hasn't stopped me from obsessing over future baby names (so what if I have 12 first and middle names already picked out...). I will miss my little goobers from the rec center infinitely (and as some have already left camp, I already do) come next Friday. Though I wasn't planning on returning to Sedelia Elementary once I return to Elon, most on account of my schedule falling around lunch time, I think I will figure out something in order to still go visit those cuties for lunch.
When not at the rec center, I've been with my lovely friends. We have been doing plenty of fun stuff, but this summer has been more of getting to know each other on a deeper level, as awkward or corny as that sounds. Leaving everyone isn't going to be nearly as traumatic as last year, as I know what I'm getting myself into going to school, but it doesn't make me miss them any less.
When not with my friends (actually, sometimes with them), I've been thinking about the future. While my plans for after Elon are kind of merky, I have a few things in mind including getting some experience with nonprofit work like AmeriCorps for a few years and then moving to Boston get my MBA in Nonprofit Administration at Brandeis University. Right now that is what I feel like I want to do, but I know that I could change my mind in another month. I know with 100% sincerity that after graduation I will get a dog. I know that having a dog would give me the constant companionship that I tend to crave. Establishing that idea with myself has given me reasons to look at the Virginia Beach SPCA website all the time and want to visit pet stores, which makes me anxious to graduate. In the mean time, maybe I should invest in fish.
Anyway, I've had quite a nice summer. Working at the rec center has been heavenly in comparison to lifeguarding. Actually, lifeguarding was nothing to complain about, I just had no friends there and after four years, I wanted to give some of the snooty, whiney parents and their bratty children a piece of my mind. I love kids, especially ten year olds, so much more than I did at the beginning of the summer. I know I should probably be fed up with pre-teen drama, potty breaks every fifteen minutes, and the deliberate defiance of my authority, but I appreciate and understand kids in a different way now. Actually, it makes me want to have kids now a lot, which I know is not ideal and currently impossible, but it hasn't stopped me from obsessing over future baby names (so what if I have 12 first and middle names already picked out...). I will miss my little goobers from the rec center infinitely (and as some have already left camp, I already do) come next Friday. Though I wasn't planning on returning to Sedelia Elementary once I return to Elon, most on account of my schedule falling around lunch time, I think I will figure out something in order to still go visit those cuties for lunch.
When not at the rec center, I've been with my lovely friends. We have been doing plenty of fun stuff, but this summer has been more of getting to know each other on a deeper level, as awkward or corny as that sounds. Leaving everyone isn't going to be nearly as traumatic as last year, as I know what I'm getting myself into going to school, but it doesn't make me miss them any less.
When not with my friends (actually, sometimes with them), I've been thinking about the future. While my plans for after Elon are kind of merky, I have a few things in mind including getting some experience with nonprofit work like AmeriCorps for a few years and then moving to Boston get my MBA in Nonprofit Administration at Brandeis University. Right now that is what I feel like I want to do, but I know that I could change my mind in another month. I know with 100% sincerity that after graduation I will get a dog. I know that having a dog would give me the constant companionship that I tend to crave. Establishing that idea with myself has given me reasons to look at the Virginia Beach SPCA website all the time and want to visit pet stores, which makes me anxious to graduate. In the mean time, maybe I should invest in fish.