After a full week of classes and work and other crazy happenings, it is the weekend and I am ready for a tiny break.
I have only been back in Manhattan for 6 days and I already feel like I've been here for months! I am up by 7 or so every morning for class or work and eventually get down on campus anytime after 5. Then its off to put something together for the Dairy Science Club, run errands, or give plasma. And then the weekend arrived and I still didn't get a break! Today I went north to the Seneca, KS area to do my first full day of dairy judging practice...it was intense. I'm really not too good, but I did improve throughout the day!
So, its been a pretty busy week and it doesn't appear to be lightening up anytime soon. I have more work to do, assignments will begin to be due, more practice, more activities, and more friends to meet up with!
Although its been busy, I had time to meet up with many friends and even went out for a night of bowling tonight! Bowled with right hand first game: 68 points. Bowled with my left hand second game: 68 points...who would have thought?
Tomorrow morning I will be off to church with my roommate's and my "Kansas family" upstairs. We rent a basement apartment of a fantastic family and get to attend church with them! I've never been to their church, so it should be a new and fulfilling experience!
I get to meet a new international friend tomorrow and then off to the Wesley Block Party which will include amazing food, fellowship and fun! A start to another full week!
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Another Beginning
The summer is so quickly coming to an end. I spent these past few months at home raising our wonderful and sweet Jersey baby calves, cooking and cleaning in the house, watching Gilmore Girls and other movies with my sweetest little sister, moving round bales for Dad and brother, sharing a rare but super evening with the older sister, and just enjoyed being at home!
While at home I very scarcely actually leave the vicinity of the farm. All I need is on this beautiful square mile plot of land.
I was able to get away from the farm just a bit and two weeks ago I headed east to work at the WI State Fair. Working the State Fair was the most excitement off the farm for me all summer, but it was totally the best. Before the fair I helped set up Ag Village, but once the fair began it was 11 days of 8 hours at the Cheese Grill then 8 hours working at Gate 5. It might seem like a lot, but I love it! We had a great team to work with in the cheese grill and all the same smiling faces of wonderful people at Gate 5 were back to make the fair even better than before.
It just seems so strange to me, though, how after spending 2 full weeks seeing the same faces everyday, all of a sudden it just ends and changes abruptly. I may not be heading back to enjoy working at the State Fair again, but I hope to visit all those fantastic people who always make working the fair so enjoyable!
Because of the sudden change from State Fair to back home and soon back to school, it seems that I'll be adjusting more than usual. The State Fair buzz is still upon me and the lure of Manhattan is ahead of me, but within the next 2 weeks I will again be in the swing of things back at school.
With all these super summer happenings coming to an end, I am heading down the path of my last year of college and into the horizon of an unknown future. This last year is truly another beginning that I must seek out God in order to really find where my place in this beautiful world is.
While at home I very scarcely actually leave the vicinity of the farm. All I need is on this beautiful square mile plot of land.
I was able to get away from the farm just a bit and two weeks ago I headed east to work at the WI State Fair. Working the State Fair was the most excitement off the farm for me all summer, but it was totally the best. Before the fair I helped set up Ag Village, but once the fair began it was 11 days of 8 hours at the Cheese Grill then 8 hours working at Gate 5. It might seem like a lot, but I love it! We had a great team to work with in the cheese grill and all the same smiling faces of wonderful people at Gate 5 were back to make the fair even better than before.
It just seems so strange to me, though, how after spending 2 full weeks seeing the same faces everyday, all of a sudden it just ends and changes abruptly. I may not be heading back to enjoy working at the State Fair again, but I hope to visit all those fantastic people who always make working the fair so enjoyable!
Because of the sudden change from State Fair to back home and soon back to school, it seems that I'll be adjusting more than usual. The State Fair buzz is still upon me and the lure of Manhattan is ahead of me, but within the next 2 weeks I will again be in the swing of things back at school.
With all these super summer happenings coming to an end, I am heading down the path of my last year of college and into the horizon of an unknown future. This last year is truly another beginning that I must seek out God in order to really find where my place in this beautiful world is.
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