Summertime is Coming to an End

WOW!!! This summer could not have been any better.  What a way to end summer-hood... next year there might not be a summer (cross your fingers there won't be one... meaning I'll have a job!).  Let's have a recap on this whirlwind of a summer.

I began my summer in Napa Valley, California.  What a way to kick off the summer.  I learned so much about the wine industry and met people that gave me the realization that anything can happen.  After Napa, I came home and went straight back to Auburn for SOS and a week or so after that I started two classes that lasted for six weeks! I got an A in one and a B in the other.  I took a break for three weeks to work, travel and visit people and places, read and lay out.  Then I got bored really quickly so sporadically signed up for a class that has lasted TEN days!  This class has allowed me to appreciate beverages but has also ended my summer the same way I started it.  WOW!  Tomorrow this class ends and summer is almost over.  With two more weeks left, I plan to go to the beach for one week to relax and get ready for my last year of college and the second week come to Oxford to visit with my family since I was only able to go home once this summer.

Just because those are the events that happened this summer doesn't mean that is all that happened.  I learned a lot about myself during this short summer.  Some were good things and the other things I realized that weren't so good and so I began to make a change.  I realized that space is a good thing.  Not too much, but enough that you can still be your own person.  Spending every moment with someone makes you forget how special the people in your life are.  "Distance makes the heart grow fonder"  Now I understand this quote.  I also learned that in a time of need it is okay to ask for help.  Trying to be "grown-up" and "independent" is not heroic.  Having people in your life to support you and back you up in decisions, problems, and down times is key to making it through this life.  Do not walk alone.  It's not as fun without someone to laugh and cry with you.

Take a moment and reflect on your summer.  It has gone by with a blink of an eye.  It's weird to think this time next year I will be a "big girl" and out in the real world by myself.  But really, I won't be alone because I have some very special people in my life that I know will be with me through anything.

Best Regards,

Kayla

Summer and School Shouldn't Mix

It has been quite some time since I last wrote.  Since I got home from California, I feel like I haven't slowed down.  School started four days after we got back and the school work hasn't stopped.  School finishes the last week of June and I cannot wait.  It is weird to think in one year, I will not have any classes left to take.  I will actually be able to do what I want when I want (after the work day of course).

Why is working so scary for some people? Yes, it is what you will be doing for the rest of your life so I can see how that could get boring but to have the time to clean, cook, workout, shop, travel, etc. just seems more relaxing than stressing over a textbook.  There is an importance to learn and I completely agree with getting an education but I think I'm much better suited for the workforce.  I have had a job since the age of 16 and it has always been something I've enjoyed doing.  School on the other hand has always seemed like a task.

This blog really has no meaning.  I've been wanting to write for a few days now but I have been searching for the right thing to blog about.  The only thing that seems to be on my mind is summer, classes, and graduations.  I have been to two graduations in the past week and I take away something different from every ceremony.  Graduation is such a special time.  It is signing off on a chapter you have lived in for so long and beginning a brand new chapter.  Your life is like one big chapter book.  We go through stages in our lives and in every chapter we learn and develop more into the people we are meant to be.  I love starting over.  Having a blank page and a new story to write makes me feel like I have the world at my fingertips.  After graduation, take risks.  Find out who you are and stay true to that.

So in conclusion, get an education, stay focused, do what you want, and live for today.  Enjoy your time on Earth because you never know how long you will be here.  I use to live for the future but I finally find myself enjoying the present and taking each day one step at a time.

Until Next Time,

Kayla