Dear Elle,

I hope you're having fun trekking around France and the rest of Europe -- I know you're likely to have some stories by the time you return to the states. I'll force you to keep your promise of visiting Buffalo with a knife, if I have to. A knife.

I don't have quite as many on my end to offer you, unfortunately. My class ends in a week or so, where I'll be 24 credits away (12 each semester, half of them covered by the internship I'm doing) from graduating with my bachelors of social work.

Money has sometimes been an issue this summer, but I've been able to get just enough hours at my loathsome serving job (if I stay on through the fall, business will undoubtedly pick up -- which is good.) and win enough money through cards (and the occasional gambling session where I play against the house, rather than other people) to a point where paying rent isn't a huge concern.

The last piece of anything that's tied me to Maryland is gone -- my driver's license, to be exact, and I have a nice, new, shiny NY state ID now.

I'm looking forward to the fall. Ideally, I won't be General Manager of WBNY anymore, though I don't plan to abandon the station entirely. I'd like to retain an active role as a member, just without the immense responsibility the position of GM required. Also, in a perfect world, I'll be able to balance my internship (15 hrs/week) and a job (10-15 hrs/week) to a good point. The two classes I'm taking are both on Wednesdays, and are once a week.

I also plan on finally going through the formal application process for the Peace Corps -- I know my chances are probably under 30% of getting in, but it'd be the biggest step in my life I've ever taken, and one that I (honestly) believe God wants me to take. So we'll see.

yr hmbl & obt svt,



kev ¶ 2:46 AM |