Sometimes, it pays to be unemployed in the summer...
Despite not having a job, I have managed to keep incredibly busy this summer. I spent a full week cleaning up and patrolling my former workplace, Craige Residence Hall, all while saying goodbye to my dear housing staff. For five weeks, I was enrolled in two summer classes at UNC while living with one of my fraternity brothers in a dorm. I have driven back and forth between Chapel Hill and Hickory to visit and stay with my mother and my father, visiting other family members along the way. I have volunteered to work with children and other people my age at Winshape Camps for Communities at King's Park International Church. I have regularly attend KPIC Sunday services, growing in my relationship with Lord Jesus Christ and looking for more opportunities to volunteer. I have returned to my job as an assistant basketball coach with Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation, and we are currently in the heart of the regular season. I have also returned to my favorite vacation spot in Carolina Beach, NC, with my loving family members. I have already done so much in a few short months.
I'm just getting started...
This past week, things have settled down for me. I have used this lull of activity as an opportunity to prepare for my impending trip to London. I have been on this computer A LOT. I have been slowly chipping away at the extraordinary amount of assignments that I am required to complete for this Olympic class (this blog included). I am one page (but still a lot of information) away from completing a cross-cultural paper that compares the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics. In addition to homework, I have been creating lists of things that I need to take to London (I REALLY need some USA apparel, or at least some Red, White and Blue). I am currently waiting to receive a package with my International Student Identity Card inside (still not 100% sure what it does =P). Once in London, I expect to receive my tickets from CoSport for some amazing Olympic events, including tennis (Wimbledon, baby!!!), basketball, beach volleyball, and ping pong. Although my plane leaves from Toledo in 13 days, I have to be ready to leave North Carolina by next Thursday. I am making a few pit stops along the way...
Next Thursday, I will be flying to Orlando with my father to visit the University of Central Florida, my ideal graduate school destination. I will be there until Sunday, July 22, when I will fly back to Charlotte, but then fly to Pittsburgh, where my (favorite) Aunt Kim will pick me up and take me back to my hometown of Hermitage, PA. I will be in Hermitage for two full days, visiting friends and family and reliving my past. Finally, on Wednesday, Lori Sabatose from Clarion University will pick me up and drive me out to Toledo, where we will both fly to Chicago and then London.
Translation: I will be living out of a suitcase for about 20 days or so.
Challenge accepted
Despite not having a job, I have managed to keep incredibly busy this summer. I spent a full week cleaning up and patrolling my former workplace, Craige Residence Hall, all while saying goodbye to my dear housing staff. For five weeks, I was enrolled in two summer classes at UNC while living with one of my fraternity brothers in a dorm. I have driven back and forth between Chapel Hill and Hickory to visit and stay with my mother and my father, visiting other family members along the way. I have volunteered to work with children and other people my age at Winshape Camps for Communities at King's Park International Church. I have regularly attend KPIC Sunday services, growing in my relationship with Lord Jesus Christ and looking for more opportunities to volunteer. I have returned to my job as an assistant basketball coach with Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation, and we are currently in the heart of the regular season. I have also returned to my favorite vacation spot in Carolina Beach, NC, with my loving family members. I have already done so much in a few short months.
I'm just getting started...
This past week, things have settled down for me. I have used this lull of activity as an opportunity to prepare for my impending trip to London. I have been on this computer A LOT. I have been slowly chipping away at the extraordinary amount of assignments that I am required to complete for this Olympic class (this blog included). I am one page (but still a lot of information) away from completing a cross-cultural paper that compares the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics. In addition to homework, I have been creating lists of things that I need to take to London (I REALLY need some USA apparel, or at least some Red, White and Blue). I am currently waiting to receive a package with my International Student Identity Card inside (still not 100% sure what it does =P). Once in London, I expect to receive my tickets from CoSport for some amazing Olympic events, including tennis (Wimbledon, baby!!!), basketball, beach volleyball, and ping pong. Although my plane leaves from Toledo in 13 days, I have to be ready to leave North Carolina by next Thursday. I am making a few pit stops along the way...
Next Thursday, I will be flying to Orlando with my father to visit the University of Central Florida, my ideal graduate school destination. I will be there until Sunday, July 22, when I will fly back to Charlotte, but then fly to Pittsburgh, where my (favorite) Aunt Kim will pick me up and take me back to my hometown of Hermitage, PA. I will be in Hermitage for two full days, visiting friends and family and reliving my past. Finally, on Wednesday, Lori Sabatose from Clarion University will pick me up and drive me out to Toledo, where we will both fly to Chicago and then London.
Translation: I will be living out of a suitcase for about 20 days or so.
Challenge accepted
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