Hello everyone,
Sorry it has been a while since I posted. When I posted the summary of my trip abroad I said that I would continue to post but unfortunately I did not post anything over the summer. I had a great summer but I feel that nothing could really compare to what I did while I was in Europe.
Within the first few weeks of the summer two of my friends turned 21 on the same day. Since it is a big deal in the US it is a great time to celebrate. My friends parents got him a limo for the day and we went on a wine tour along Cayuga Lake. It was a ton of fun and since it was my first wine tour I really enjoyed going to the different wineries. The next event of my summer was Grassroots. Grassroots is a music festival in Trumansburg, NY, about a 35 minute drive from my house. My friends and I always tent there for the weekend and dance the nights away. This year there was a heat wave the entire weekend but they did a great job getting people enough water and solving the problem. I usually leave early in the festival to go shower at home and change but this year I got there at noon on Thursday and didn't leave until Sunday morning. I had the most fun that I have ever had and although I was ready to leave when it ended I was a little sad. However, I spent the next week at my lake house.
My families lake house is about an hour and ten minutes from my house and it is amazing. The house is nothing special but it is absolutely perfect. We get the sunset and we have a great dock, a boat, kayaks, tubes, and a wake board. If it is nice out you can not get bored. My extended family got it two years ago and my family will have it until my grand children grow old.
Other than that I really didn't do too much this summer. I went running a few times, played some tennis, worked, and hung out with my friends and family.
Right before I went back to school I went to a country concert in Canandaigua with my friends. This was a ton of fun. At one point we walked into the lower level closer to the stage until we got caught by a guard. Then two days after that I left for college and that is where I find myself now.
Senior year in College. I am not going to lie...I am scared for what lies ahead. This is where I need to buckle down and get good grades and look for a job so I am not living in my parents basement for the next few years. I have talked to some people about teaching English in a foreign country or going to grad school, but I have no idea what I will end up doing.
On a positive note I love all of my classes so far. I am taking three Anthropology classes (my major) and one elective. The elective is International Wine and Beverage. This is one of the most failed classes at UNH because people think it will be a joke but in reality you need to work hard and you actually learn a lot. The teacher also seems very knowledgeable and engaging. My three Anthropology classes are Language and Culture, Dreams and Dreaming, and Method and Theory in Archaeology. The first two have a specific topic and even though I will not peruse them professionally, they help develop skills in research, reading comprehension, and analysis of professional writing. The last class (Method and Theory) is a requirement in the major. I have started reading in the classes and everything I have read so far has been so interesting that it is hard to put down the books. This is great because I am realizing more and more that I really do enjoy my major and I am really glad that I chose it. So now it is time for me to focus on my future, and if I do the right things I know that one day I will make a name for myself and maybe even make some kind of an impact on this world
