Ugh, not off to a good start with this blog.
Anyway, I guess the time to mess up is when you have zero people reading your stuff, so I'm still at a clean slate. Plus, ya gotta give this gal a break. I started this break in the summer, trying to fill my long boring days in Miami. But now I'm back in New York. Started fresh as an art history major, working my ass off, moving into a new apartment, and getting readjusted to life in the city all over again.
By now this is October, and while other blogs have already done the summer re-cap, I have not. That ship has pretty much sailed and so I will say only three things about my summer.
1) I volunteered at a marine life sanctuary in Key Largo working to take care of five surviving Pilot whales out of a total of about 30 who beached themselves. The poor things needed 24 hour surveillance, not all of them made it. I actually got to don a wetsuit, get in the water, and HOLD the whales. Once of the most amazing experiences of my life, I will never forget.
2) I was blessed to be able to surround myself with the amazingly beautiful people who I know care about me, and find clarity in matters concerning others.
And finally, 3) I came to the conclusion that as much as I might long for home in the middle of the most depressing winter months here in New York, I will never find the happiness in Miami that I find here. I know that now, and I know to stop searching for it.
However, coming back to New York and returning to school was not - by any means - returning back into an old routine. There is nothing routine about New York. In fact, it's safe to say that I'm positive this year will bring so many more surprises (enlightenments, breakdowns that lead to enlightenments, breakdowns that lead to a large consumption of chocolate, etc.) than I ever experienced last year.
But I guess that's why I did this. That's why I moved here. Out with the old, in with the new. New experiences, new ways of thinking, new clothes (had to), New York.
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