Needless to say, my blog postings in the past year have been sparse, and since November 2, non-existent. Frankly, I have been busy. So busy that I kinda let writing drop to the side. In fact, now as I sit at my computer, I don’t really know where to begin. I like to write, but it has just been so long. Once you learn, you never lose it, but it does get rusty. So to try to start back up, I thought maybe I would just start with describing my summer for those who cared to know. I started this blog two years ago to provide a way for my family and friends to keep up with my summer camp adventures and also to provide a writing outlet for myself. However, this summer I am not writing at camp. In fact, I’m just staying at home this summer, which almost seems boring after two summers of camp. A year ago today, I had friends over after the SPP banquet to spend the night at my house. This year, one of those friends is in Austrailia. Some of my other friends are in Europe. Others are at camps or working at home, spread out across the US. And though I like being off school and working, I miss the interaction with my friends. I am getting a feeling that in a year, when we say goodbye after graduation, for some, it really will be goodbye. Never to meet again unless God should allow our paths to cross again in the future. That makes me sad, but also very thankful for my friends. And it also makes me want to make the best out of the time we have left this coming school year. We will all be going our separate ways after we march next May, which leaves not much time.
But before I get too retrospective, I also want to talk about work this summer. While taking summer school, I applied to work for the Child Development Center (now part of Bob Jones Academy) on campus, and I got the job. I have loved my job since the first day. I really can’t imagine a job better than taking care of babies all day long. I guess it brings out the mothering nature in me. It reminds me of my own desire to be a mother as I watch the babies grow and develop. And my coworkers are amazing too. I have learned so much from them about childcare and about myself. It has stretched me and pushed me in ways I wouldn’t have imagined, but it has been very good for me, and I hope that I will continue to learn through the school year and summer to prepare me for motherhood and for life.
