So, my summer is nearly over. I have less than two weeks before class starts on August 31, and yet I have packed almost nothing.
I suppose that the reason I have yet to pack is that a huge part of me does not want to leave again. For the longest time, I thought that leaving would be easy. I thought that I had nothing to leave behind, but man was I wrong. I have so much to miss when I go to school, that if it weren't for the fact that I love my school as much as I do, I would be looking for a new place to go for my second year. Either way, I was in a lot more pain than I expected last year when I left, and that is fueling my procrastination, and making it harder for me to prepare myself for school.
I suppose I should get online and order my books tomorrow. I also need to start packing and figure out what I will need to buy for my room this year. I started a list, but it still needs some work. A visit to my Grandma Speicher is in order as well: she has some school supplies for me if I want them, and I won't begrudge free stuff.
Yesterday my boss from Manser called me to ask when I could start working. It was kind of a wake up call. I am very happy that I have a job waiting for me. I left the Hot Dog Shoppe in early June, thinking that I had a job secured, but I was rejected because I was leaving after the summer. I put in a few more applications, and even had another interview, but I wasn't able to find another job for the last two months of summer. I found some work with Bacorn Inc., a construction company owned by the father of my sister's boy friend. However, after a few weeks of work, they ran out of things for me to do with my limited skills. So, for the past three weeks, I have been without work.
I've been a little down lately, and I have been trying to keep active, but I have been sleeping too much and staying up too late and doing too little around the house. This, I believe, is yet another reason why I haven't packed.
Either way, tomorrow, I hope, will be different. I have been putting off mowing the lawn at my dad's house to hang with Megan and because of rain, and it needs mowed badly. After mowing the lawn, I need to go to the bank and find out why I haven't gotten a statement all summer. Megan also wants to go to the mall tomorrow, and I need to do a bit of shopping for my dorm. I doubt I will have time to start packing tomorrow, but I will definitely get it done this weekend.
Still, as class approaches, I am getting excited to go back. I do miss my friends, and I do truly enjoy my classes. My next post will be from Mansfield. By the way, I am sorry that I haven't posted much this summer, but I haven't had much of an urge to get online. I haven't written much this summer, either. I hope that I'll be able to write again soon. Talk to you again in Mansfield.
Later,
Joshua
