The last week of July I was in the
Parkside house by myself. It was very weird and very quiet. I would basically come home from work and go to my room. O n Friday of that week which was my last day of work, everyone threw me a surprise going away party. It was so sweet. They had a cake, punch, flowers, and a balloon. Everyone gave me a card. It was so sweet. By the time the party was over it was time for me to leave. I headed out and went to meet Tina, Amanda, and Kyle for dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant. they got sushi but I don't like seafood so I quickly looked at the menu had no clue what anything was and just picked something. I have never done that before. I'm a pretty picky eater and when I go to restaurants I usually get the sames things every time. So for me to pick something with having no clue whats in it is a pretty big deal. Anyways it ended up being this really good broth with onions, noodles, flank steak, and some other stuff that I couldn't tell you in it. I thought it was really good. :)
After dinner Tina had to go help at something at work so Amanda, Kyle, and I went back to my house had cake and hung out and talked until Tina was done. Then we went and helped Tina and Amanda finish cleaning and packing up their stuff. Well I supervised. Since all their furniture had been moved out of
their apartment Tina had moved into
Parkside with me and Amanda came over and had a sleepover too. Saturday morning Amanda left.
Saturday night one of the new
CVs Kristina showed up and the two of us had dinner and hung out and then I went and picked up Rachel at the airport. Both girls stayed the night. Sunday the four of us went to breakfast and they went off to the retreat center. Later that night Tina and I went and played games with the
CVs and then had dinner with them. It was a surreal experience being back at San Pedro and sitting in that circle of chairs. Tina and i went back on Tuesday had dinner with them again and along with some other alumni talked about community and what we leaned from our year.
That weekend Tina, Seth (Tina's boyfriend), and I were going to be driving up to GA for
Agatas wedding. We were going to leave Saturday morning expecting the
CVs to move in sometime in the afternoon. Well around Wednesday we realized that the retreat was ending Friday at 10am. So there was a mad dash from my end to finish getting my room packed up and to get the house cleaned. The girls who were living
Parkside this year arrived around 12 and I sat at the kitchen table and watched them move in. Again really weird. We had talked with Elaine and she had said it was
ok for was to crash at the house that night. I was going down to Cocoa to see Erin and Chelsea who were in town visiting so I decided to ask if I could stay down there and just leave from Cocoa in the morning.
Cocoa was so much fun. I stayed with Holly. Erin, Chelsea, and i went out to dinner and then hung out at the house waiting for Holly to get off of work. Then the 4 of us went over to Paddy
Cassidys, a local pub. Damion
Suomi was playing that night and we all really like his music. It was a great night. There were two of the current interns there Gavin and
Carra. We realized that there were 4 "generations" of interns together. Holly was an intern Fall of 09. Chelsea and Erin were interns Spring of 10.
Carra and Gavin were interns Summer of 10, and I am an intern Fall 10. It was very cool to think about.
So i got up very early the next morning after getting about 3 hours of sleep and drove 5 hours to
Statesboro, GA. It was full of lots of caffeine and loud music to stay awake. I got there about 2 hours before the wedding checked into the hotel and got ready. The wedding was beautiful and Agata looked beautiful. The reception was a lot of fun. There were a lot of young people there so people were dancing. Plus there was free wine and beer :) The next morning after breakfast with Tina and Seth i drove 4 hours back to FL and moved in with Linda for the week.
On Monday I spent the day at Pathways helping Katina the new CV who took over my position get oriented and tell her about the positions. I think she'll do well. The rest of the week was spent getting ready and just hanging out around the house. It was really nice. Linda cooked and I had a delicious home cooked meal Monday and Tuesday night. Her son Paul is a chef and he came over
Tuesday night for dinner and brought some stuff. Wednesday night we ordered pizza and Thursday she took me out for Mexican and ice cream. It was like being home with a mom again. It was nice having someone to take care of me for a little bit. Friday afternoon I packed up and I drove down to Cocoa to move into the inter house and begin my new adventure.
The last year has been an incredible up and down crazy adventure. I have learned so much. some of it the hard way but I learned it non the less. I'm excited to move on and get to know all the new people coming into my life and to use the skills I have learned in school and through life.
Love and miss you all
