CWU Peer Advisors - LOST

So much on the horizon

I am loving life at the moment. So much on the horizon. I am happiest when I have options and can move about freely. I feel the need to uproot myself every so often or if you know me, its a little more than every so often. Because I often look to the near future, I have to see adventure around the bend. My biggest fear is the stagnant life. As the least happiest times of my life have been when I felt stuck or trapped in a situation with not enough freedom . A life with too many rules and too little creativity would certainly suffocate my spirit.

So, the first adventure is Florida. Career Services is sending us peer advisors to Florida to attend an award ceremony where we are up for a NACE Changemaker Award. There are only 2 other schools in the running. We made a cool little 30 sec. video (see above) to show for the Academay Awards-style ceremony. As my work with Career Services is coming to an end, I am so thankful to have had this wonderful experience with them over the last 2 years. They have taught me so much about who I am and who I want to be. I cannot thank them enough.


Now before I get too sappy and sentimental, I want to talk about the gravity of me getting to go to Florida. First of all, it is my mother's birthplace. So I have always had a picture of Florida in my mind from my mother and grandmother's stories. Needless to say, it is one of the first things I put on my bucketlist when I first drafted it with my friend Bethany at 24 yoa. I DID specify Miami, Florida which is why I am ecstatic about the fact that Vicki and Jackie have no problem with letting us girls fly into Miami instead of Orlando, spending a few days on the beach and then allowing us to rent a car and meet them up in Orlando. Que fantastico!! Kelsey, Juliana and I are SO excited. We are fantasizing about lying on the beach soaking up the sun which we can never seem to count on living here in Washington. I picture us in little sundresses and flipflops, seeing eachother tan for the first time and spending hours sinking into a state of relaxation by the pool, only lifting our heads for the occasional sip of mojito. Then after spending the day in the sun, we will wander into the streets to find some deliciosa comida cubana, dazed and almost high from finally getting the rays that we've been lacking. Okay, earth to Jessey...lets not get carried away with the fantasies. All in due time.

Then, the day after we return from Florida we go to Bridgeport Daze to play in the small town softball tournament where we got second last year. Hopefully I will be okay from all my fun in the sun and jet lag and will be able to rise to the occasion where I will be expected to sprint and possibly dive, slide and "sacrifice my body" for the greater good of the team. And since my brother Collin will be the coach this year, I will never hear the end of it if I suck during the tournament.

The next weekend I graduate from college. It has taken me an excrutiating 6 years to complete my Bachelor's. So, I am probably gonna start crying at some point during the graduation speeches, if the speakers have any clue about how to give a graduation speech that is. I am thoroughly expecting them to move me with their triumphant words. Although, seeing my family there to celebrate this milestone with me will probably bring on the waterworks regardless. And THEN, its time to party!!!! Music, friends, family and BBQ time. I can't wait!!! I am expecting nothing less than pure magic. Oh, did I forget to mention that we are seeing Tom Petty and Heartbreakers at the Gorge the night before graduation? That is part of the magic. So far, its me, Tony, Allisa, Kevin, Mason, lil brother, Sandra, Jesse and Maria. I hope everyone is ready to feel the magic that is Tom Petty. I know I am. Then, at the end of summer, its off to Ecuador. And THAT is a- whole- nother blog entry!!