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contemplative hooray for fat tuesday.
in other news, it's gotten exceedingly cold out here. like, colder than it was all winter. kinda pisses me off, because i've gotten over the lack of snow and am ready for some warmer nights and exciting shorts and tshirts combinations instead of my same jacket. grrr...curse you pennsylvania weather.
and now for something a little more serious:
i was having a discussion with one of my close friends last ngiht about summer jobs. i might have mentioned this before, but i'm seriously considerign staying on campus over the summer. reasons for: free room and board, an automatic full-time job and 7.25 an hour, no parents, and high speed interent. reasons against: freinds back home. while i pretty much consider messiah my home now as this is where most of my life that matters (read: not summer vacation) takes place, the house is stil important and i dont know if im ready to step out like that. my sister did it last year when she rented her own place so maybe i should talk to her about it. of course, i know that staying on cmapus and living in the dorms isn't really the same as renting an apartment, but it's closer than coming home and living in your room again. that, and summer is really one of the only times when i get to see my friends from home. so i dont know.
aight, im gonna get some food and then write a craptastic poem for poetry workshop. laters.
February 28 2006, 18:03:09 UTC 6 years ago
First, my situation was a little different, I was living totally on my own, however I had everything paid for and a safety net (ie the Embassy), so I wasn't totally out there.
On the positive side, it is a lot of fun, and it is a really good feeling to be out on your own and not having to answer to your parents all the time. It also lets you step out on your own a little knowing that if something goes wrong, you have that net there. I really enjoyed it and can say it is a great time.
However, (this is the negative side, if the word however didn't cue you in on this) you (since I am assuming that you are in your own room, if you aren't that changes things a little) will spend a HELL of a lot of time really looking at yourself and who you are. I suspect you won't spend as much as I did, because the natives speak English and such, but you still will get home every night and know that you have X number of hours until you go to bed. I really don't know how to describe it, but it is something very unpleasant...in fact, I would trace a lot of the issues I am dealing with in my life right now back to the 2 months of me really looking at who I am. The other thing is that soon enough, you are going to be forced out into the world to make it on your own, and I know at least in my case, I wouldn't mind taking advantage of the parents some...
Wow, I made the negative sound really bad...in reality, they're about equal, so it is something you have to think about. I would recommend taking a sheet of paper and folding it in half, then listing every reason (and be totally honest with yourself on this) both for and against and go from there. It is a choice you have to make based of what you want and where you are in your life right now. Last year at this time, I decided that it would be the right choice for me to not be at home. This year I made the choice that I do want to be at home, it's just something you have to figure out. Good luck, and if you want to talk about this or whatever, you know where to find me...
March 1 2006, 00:59:46 UTC 6 years ago
You can't not come home!
You'll miss out on scandelous sewing projects and speaking in French!
curse you!
~Adrienne (!)
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March 1 2006, 15:18:10 UTC 6 years ago
i might be gone most of the summer anyways (either working my butt off or going to cairo... if i can pull that internship off...)
March 4 2006, 21:34:37 UTC 6 years ago