Tuesday, May 10, 2011

There and Back Again 1.5: Almost there!!!

It is taking all of my energy and willpower to remind myself of the fact that I still have one exam left.

After 8 months, my sophomore year is over NOT over. Still have earth science on Saturday from 3-5: the coveted last slot for finals! And when I say it is taking all of my energy and willpower to remind myself that I have an exam, I MEAN it is taking all of my energy and willpower to remind myself that I have an exam. I can't help but be excited for all that this summer will bring. Even just saying goodbye to friends at college was not that sad, knowing that I will be seeing them throughout the summer season.

That being said, this summer I will be doing a lot of travel. I won't say it all here, because as stated previously, I have one exam left. I have to keep all of my excitement in the back of my brain in that tiny compartment of surreal things that will soon be reality but in the foreseeable future remain dreams (I'm sure you all know exactly what I mean when I say that). For instance, the beginning of my summer (one day after my  exam on Saturday) consists of this:




I'm hitting the open road! My friend David attends MSU and lives in Bozeman, Montana during the school year. Along with Kaitlin, who had cameos in previous blog entries, we will be driving a somewhat jagged looking line back to Cape Cod, making stops in Grand Teton National Park (which I am extremely excited to see), Mt. Rushmore, Cedar Point Amusement Park (my Travel Channel-watching self is geeking out about this), the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (I'll have to get my dad something cool here!), the Mall of America (my girlish self is geeking out about this), Niagara falls (wait for it...from Ontario!!), Scranton, PA (because who doesn't love the Office and/or want an excuse to drive through Scranton at some point in their life?), and other pretty awesome sights. As a person who has been to Wisconsin but otherwise never west of the EC, I'm pretty psyched. I'm taking my camera, my tripod, my video camera, and some good books and hitting the road, jack, for what looks to be an amazing trip. I cannot wait to see this part of America. 

And on that note, I restate: it is taking ALL of my energy not to jump up and down and scream out of excitement (a slight lie, as I'm falling asleep as I type this. It's been a long finals week so far.). 

While on that trip, I will be writing a LOT. Can you say no homework/nothing weighing down on me to get done during that time? Photos and writing for sure. 

This summer I will be in Boston for a portion of the time. My personal goals include but are in no way limited to:

-Improve in my photography and photo editing
-Not have a mental breakdown upon seeing the last Harry Potter film
-Improve this blog/get a decent handle on html/coding (I have another URL for this blog that I'm switching to at some point)

-And make a few small videos. Not really sure about this one. But I'm a film major, I've got a video camera (which will be with me while I'm north), I really enjoy editing videos/making them, so I'm going to strive for this.

And on that note, I hope all is well in the world, wherever those reading this reside. Good luck on exams, end of the school year stress, or whatever else is going on! May your future plans be exciting and bring you new things!

Cheers!
-Sam