Summer activities

Summer has been wonderful so far! Aside from the extreme amount of extra hours I am working weekly, it is liberating to have so much flexibility in my daily schedule. Granted, this will only last for another two weeks before my two summer classes commence.

Most of my summer vacation has consisted of preparation for my ten months in Italy. I spent several days organizing, throwing away, donating, and packing up 80% of what I own. I am storing everything at my mom's house, which is two hours from where I currently live. I own so much stuff, it's insane! I have to make sure I know where anything and everything is when I am 15,000 miles away, so that I can tell my mom where to find it. Also, I have been putting together a binder of important documents and information/passwords/account numbers so that my mother and grandmother can have power of attorney while I am abroad. Oh--and there's that pesky money aspect. I have been working non-stop in a desperate attempt to save up what I can.

Fun things I have done this summer have been equally as numerous. I hosted a delightful little party for my girlfriends. I called it my Sex and the City trivia game party because we gathered together to play the trivia game that my sister had given me for my birthday.

I had forgotten how much I love to be a hostess. One of the many ways that I demonstrate my love is by serving people and hosting friends in my home, it is one of the things that brings me endless joy. I look forward to owning my own home when I am settled in a career and sharing my time and love with special people. I'm hoping that I will be fortunate enough to live in a nice apartment in Florence, in which I can have a dinner party or two.

The weekend before summer school begins, I will be going to Las Vegas with my group of friends from high school. That will probably be the highlight of my summer and I am looking forward to it greatly! It will be a nice contrast to the jury service that I was called upon to participate in this week. Two days of my life, wasted away waiting outside a courtroom, inside a courtroom, at the courthouse cafeteria, etc. At least I will be excused from any summons that I receive in the next twelve months. And, I got paid fifteen dollars for the second day.