20

Another year has gone by, and I'm no longer 19, or a teenager for that matter. I'm 20 now. Not that 20 feels any different than 19... Sometimes I feel a lot older considering where I am in my life and what I've had the opportunity to do, and sometimes I feel quite young (mostly because I'm the youngest person on staff, and just knowing that somehow makes me feel so much younger).

The beginning of my 19th year, I was in Spain, entering our last month of outreach there. During that month, I pondered the decision of joining staff at HDC, and a month later, accepted the Office Assistant position. I spent 2 months at home, and then have spent the rest of my 19th year at HDC. It's been great, and I'm at a place now that I never imagined I would be. I learned a lot about myself, especially through other people. Interestingly enough, when I turned 19 I wasn't really even talking to the person from whom I've learned the most - apparently, sometimes I learn more through the silence, and from the conversations that have come after that silence. I've also learned a ton from my fellow staffers. It's crazy to think how well I know them now, and how they know me. I love it.

It really has been a great year. I'm looking forward to the next year too. I'm now officially accepted at EMU for the fall semester of 2010! I'm really excited to be going there, for the first time - considering that this is the third year in a row that I was thinking about starting to go there. Guess that means that I'm really supposed to be there this time - I honestly believe that. It's exciting.

I'm looking forward to several trips this month, and I'm sure I'll write about them...if I have time. April is going to fly by, and then the teams start to re-enter, and then it's K-teams all summer long... and then it's August, which is the end of my term at HDC. Before I know it, I'll be starting at EMU!