career beginnings

this semester i am interning with a program called career beginnings. they work with high school students in the hartford area through the college process. they work with students who have decided that they want to be college bound and career beginnings helps them with finding a school, writing essays and resumes, filling out applications, finical aid applications, and sending in their final transcripts and applications. the kids that i see on a daily basis are just awesome. they have great passionate stories to tell for their essays, they are very motivated to come to talk to us and find out what the next step is, and they listen so well and usually get their work done on time. i've had so much fun with this internship it's making me wonder if i should take the guidance counselor/college prep counselor route...... some of these kids really have it tough and some of them are really lacking with writing skills. they usually don't have very good SAT scores, but here they are trying to go to college, some of them are first generation going to college. but they truly are great kids with great stories to tell.

lazy river

i got to go home this weekend for the first time since school started. i wasn't homesick but i was really ready to head home and relax. i got a little sick too so being at home has been just the remedy i needed. i've seen some friends, hung out with my parents, ate great food, done some shopping, i couldn't have asked for a better weekend! today is my last day to enjoy and then it's back to school, back to the books.

also, happy belated birthday to my sister elizabeth. 10 10 10!!!!!