The Start of Summer

Summer is officially here. I suppose that means I won't have any excuse to not regularly update this blog. First post of the summer!

Well, as I'm sitting on this couch, I'm thinking about how much I miss Mizzou. I miss Schurz, Asian American Association, the entire campus, but more importantly, I miss all of the incredible people I've met this year. After arriving home late Thursday night and moving all my bags into my room, I literally wanted to go back to school right away. As I sorted through school papers and clothes, I thought about how amazing freshman year has been. Although there were many sleepless nights and hectic days, I enjoyed every moment of it. When final exam time rolled around and I realized that I would soon have to leave the people I've spent the entire year getting to know, I was extremely sad. I suppose that from living in a dorm, I got used to having so many people surrounding me all the time, and being comforted with the knowledge that friends were literally just a couple steps away. I didn't want to leave my dorm or school, because I knew that when we all return in August, everything will be different. It'll unlikely that I'll ever have any classes again with friends since we're all separating towards our own majors.  

However, it's been two days since I've arrived at home, and today, I realized that even though I'm not at Mizzou, it really isn't as bad as I thought. I think that near the end of the school year, I panicked and worried that I won't see some people again next year, but reflecting back on it, that thought is completely ridiculous and unnecessary.

Plus, over the next three months, I'll be able to hang out with wonderful high school friends and enjoy being home. I'm anticipating many movie nights, evenings at Manchester Park, afternoons at the pool, and just relaxing in the presence of the friends I've shared my entire high school experience with. Also, I'm looking forward to many hours working, sleeping, watching shows and movies, and reading lots of books. Not to mention I'll be going on a mission trip to the Navajo Reservation in Arizona from June 30th until July 7th. There are so many things telling me to make this summer as awesome as possible!

I cannot wait to see what these next three months have in store for me.

Also, happy Mother's Day!

-Tina