Welcome Summer
I was sorry to say goodbye to Mexico and my family. This will be the first summer that I won’t be in Lawrence. This is weird for both my mom and I because we have spent every summer together since forever. I was once told that Lawrence stops being my hometown when I stop coming home for the summers. When I originally decided to stay, I hadn’t even considered that I probably won’t spend another summer in Lawrence. However, I refuse to close that chapter of my life. Not yet.
This summer I have decided to stay in Columbia. Since I already have the apartment and a good job here, it was the most logical option. I will start serving several lunches in addition to my bussing shifts at Sycamore. In addition, to expand my summer experience, I decided to work at KBIA as an afternoon anchor a couple of days a week. This will hopefully give me some good experience. I trained today (at 6 a.m.- ugh) to learn what stories to chose, how to organize them and voice them. Then, after the life newscasts, the stories are uploaded to the website and the newscasts are podcasts. It will be a completely different type of experience, but I am ready for that.
To make my summer even more worthwhile, my hope is to do something that I am really passionate about. Reading, Netflix and pooltime are essential, but I would like to do something more than that. I always talk about writing screenplays or books. Why not start? What is the point in waiting to start until I take a creative writing class? The time is now. And for the first time, I may have some time to do this.