Summer Wrap-Up

Man, it seems like just yesterday summer was starting and I was struggling with what to do with myself for three months.   But now it’s over and classes are starting on freaking Thursday.  It’s been an interesting summer, but the past few days have been the most memorable.  Not just the icing on top of the cake, because frankly, I’m not too big a fan of icing.  The last few days have been the extra secret fries you discover in the bottom of your bag, but not of just my summer, but of probably my entire college career up until now.

I can’t really collect my thoughts right now.  But I guess a little back story will do.  I’ve told many people that WPI is not the right school for me, and I think I’ve finally put my finger on why that is.  Though I am studying chemistry and chemical engineering, I’m not exactly a super technical man.  I mean I am, but I still do have a creative side, and the environment at school is so isolated and narrow that only a portion of my personality is “satisfied” so to speak.  It’s the right environment for some people, but for me it’s not quite right.  I feel like I knew that going to school but I thought to myself, “I’m pretty adaptable, so it doesn’t really matter what community there is at college because I can change to fit.”  But after three years I can say that I was dead wrong.  It’s like I’m used to being able to connect with different people, but at WPI only half of my connections are being used and the other half is left in a cage to rot, and when half of something is rotting, the rest of it will start to suffer as well.

Man I get really long-winded sometimes.

So summer, I had a job and work 9-5 Monday to Thursday.  That left me a long weekend every weekend which was really nice.  I quickly got into a routine and started pumping out my days.

Then it ended and I came home to California for a week.  And retreat happened, and I wish never had to leave.  I felt at home; truly a family.  Something I had not felt in a long time.  I don’t know what the future holds for me, but I know God will take care of me.   One more year of school and then I’m into the working world and the rest of my life.

I’ll just keep on keeping on and everything will be alright.