Summer's Ending Soon

As I see my younger brother leaving for college this year, with his neatly organized boxes, freshly pressed pants already on hangers, and his brand-new Dirt Devil vacuum fully charged (why he is charging a vacuum I don't know), it brings me back to the summer before my freshman year. I seem to remember my room full of college necessities slightly less organized and slightly more pink. I also seem to remember that slightly nervous yet overwhelmingly excited feeling of an long-awaited change. That same feeling has struck me again this year as I will not be returning to The Hill, where everything was so comfortable and lovely: the dunham quad, commons dining hall, opus, the occasional streaker...

This year, after weighing the pros and cons meticulously for weeks, I have decided to venture out past the oh-so-cliche "comfort zone" and spend my junior year in Paris, France. Yes, I have been there before and actually stayed with a French family as an Au Pair so, I mean, I kind of know what I'm getting into. At the same time, I never had to take any classes in French or pledge that I would not speak English while I am over there. Yeah, so some of this is kind of making me bug-out just a tad, but hey, it's Paris, the City of Lights, I can deal.

I know the end of the summer is certainly winding down since I now have time to actually get 7-8 hours of sleep at night. Between two unpaid internships, a waitressing job, as well as an on-call babysitting service, there was absolutely zero time to do anything else. The little amount of sun Buffalo did get this summer, I was always under a roof, so Casper the friendly ghost has got nothing on my skin tone right now. I did love my internships though (hated the restaurant) which I think opened a lot of doors for me and gave me insight into future careers. I do know for certain that career will never include going into the restaurant business.

So I thought this blog would be good for a few things:
#1 I can still write a bit in English and it wouldn't hurt keeping up with it since...you know...I'm an English/Art History double major.
#2 My peeps can catch up on whats happening even when I'm not on Skype (mental note: get on that whole Skype thing...)
#3 I guess catalog my thoughts into one place, mostly for myself

So all that is left of summer will be planning for my year abroad and possibly trying to get some much-needed vitamin D.