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My summer is quickly coming to a close. When did I start thinking that the end of summer was when I moved back up to the Cities instead of when school starts?
This summer has been nothing but life changing. LIFE CHANGING. I have come to the realization that going to college has made me a completely different person. A better person. Not perfect, NEVER perfect... that will never happen. There will always be something to work on, something to change, but I have never been the person that I am now. I am more outgoing. I am more confident. I am willing to go out of the way to do spend time with people instead of being lazy and cancelling all the time. I am not spending all my time with Mike (although sometimes I want to! Just cause I loves him...) What else has happened this summer? Let's see...
I got engaged to the most wonderful man alive.
I got a minor and I am not ashamed about it. I got it because I saved someone's life, because I (with the help of others) stayed by the side of a man who got drunk and suicidal. I stayed by his side for two hours talking with him and when things got out of control, chose to call the police and stay with him, even though I knew I would get in trouble. I stood up for my beliefs and did not run away from reality, and I would do the same thing in a heartbeat.
I took my first roadtrip, even though it was only to Madison :)
I took a step towards my future by working twelve weeks at Mayo in the most boring job ever (and I'm done tomorrow!)
I stood up to my mother and told her that if she kept treating me the way she was, I was moving out and not coming back. And you know what? SHE STOPPED.
And most of all, I strengthened a friendship with a person who helped me rise out of the ashes over the winter. She brought happiness back into my life up at the U, and I am almost positive that I did the same for her. I do not think that either of us would be the same without each other.
I feel like a new person. A completely different person.
This summer has been nothing but life changing. LIFE CHANGING. I have come to the realization that going to college has made me a completely different person. A better person. Not perfect, NEVER perfect... that will never happen. There will always be something to work on, something to change, but I have never been the person that I am now. I am more outgoing. I am more confident. I am willing to go out of the way to do spend time with people instead of being lazy and cancelling all the time. I am not spending all my time with Mike (although sometimes I want to! Just cause I loves him...) What else has happened this summer? Let's see...
I got engaged to the most wonderful man alive.
I got a minor and I am not ashamed about it. I got it because I saved someone's life, because I (with the help of others) stayed by the side of a man who got drunk and suicidal. I stayed by his side for two hours talking with him and when things got out of control, chose to call the police and stay with him, even though I knew I would get in trouble. I stood up for my beliefs and did not run away from reality, and I would do the same thing in a heartbeat.
I took my first roadtrip, even though it was only to Madison :)
I took a step towards my future by working twelve weeks at Mayo in the most boring job ever (and I'm done tomorrow!)
I stood up to my mother and told her that if she kept treating me the way she was, I was moving out and not coming back. And you know what? SHE STOPPED.
And most of all, I strengthened a friendship with a person who helped me rise out of the ashes over the winter. She brought happiness back into my life up at the U, and I am almost positive that I did the same for her. I do not think that either of us would be the same without each other.
I feel like a new person. A completely different person.