Home again

It's been a while since I've posted. Mostly because I haven't had too much to write about. I'm back home finally. I miss camp a lot. It still doesn't feel like home to me here yet. I'm living with my younger brother and my friend Lyndsey from Young Life. We're still working on unpacking things and cleaning. The condo we moved into is owned by one of Lyndsey's friends. It wasn't cleaned before we moved in and still has a lot of the owners things in it. He gave us permission to toss out what we didn't want or need which is great for making more room for us, it just means more work too. My allergies have been driving me crazy since I moved in. The location of our place is great for getting to Shands and campus, but not so great for getting anywhere else in town. You can count on it taking at least 20 min to get anywhere! I'm still on a job hunt. I've been working as a PCA still for some sort of income until I find a position as an RN somewhere in the hospital. I sort of gave up on the dream of becoming a pediatric nurse for now. It's been very difficult for me to find a job. I've been searching high and low since May. It's been weighing pretty heavily on me emotionally. I just accepted a position working in a immunization clinic giving flu shots for 8 hours in which I'll be making nurses pay. I also have an interview to work day shifts on a cardiac unit at Shands tomorrow morning. We'll see how that goes. I'm very nervous. I don't know how well I could handle rejection again. I'll keep you updated!

It's the END! Is this real life?

The end is coming near. The summer interns and staff have almost become different people. Everyone has become so much more intentional and is trying to soak up every last bit they can. The statement "Oh, this is the last time we'll or I'll ever do..." has come up a lot. It's bittersweet. This summer has been so much fun, despite the rough days when swine flu took over camp. But it was the rough days that really made me realize how much growing I was doing this summer. A few of the interns have mentioned to me lately how different I am than I was at the beginning of the summer. That I've clearly grown a lot and but point out the places that I need to seek growth. It's been a blessing to have such loving people call me out and direct me in the places I'm weak. I've needed a lot of grace this summer. There has been a lot of talk about the goodbyes that will be happening next week. There are the people who hate saying goodbye so they'll probably leave with out doing so, or the people who draw out the goodbye with multiple hugs and tons of tears. I'm not sure where I'll be in that crazy mix. Hopefully at a happy medium. So much of me is ready for something new and ready to be back home. Parts of me know that a lot of things I have here I don't/won't have back home. I'll definitely miss it.