I can't tell you how many times I started a college post that just didn't feel right. Well, it took me three days, and then inspiration hit me while I was sweating in my new dorm. (TMI? Maybe, but we all sweat, so it's whatever!)
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I remember my very first night at CIY Move ever. I was
anxious. I was on a college campus for the first time, rooming with a girl I
hardly knew, and had tearfully said good-bye to my family. This was the longest
stretch of time I had ever spent away from them and it was bizarre. Also, it
was HAWT. Like the kind of hot that is sticky and anything that isn’t an ice
cube repulses you.
That’s kind of like tonight. I’m EXTREMELY anxious and while
it isn’t my first night on a college campus, I hardly know the girl that will
be sleeping in the bed next to mine. And to say that it was hard to say “see-ya
soon-ish” to family would be putting it mildly. It is also HAWT! Do I dare to
say that I miss Washington’s weather? I’m close, but not quite.
It’s also crazy to remember all of the great things that
came from CIY: a soul sista, lifelong friends, a clear direction for my future
and life change that can’t possibly be fathomed. I only spent a cumulative of
three weeks at CIY, and college will be my life for at least the next three
years. I think it is safe to say that I’ll get some great things out of college
too. But I have no idea what it will all entail, but loads of change is to be
certain.
Change won’t come easily. So far, it means being over 1,000
miles away from everything “safe” and closing what I consider a pretty
successful 18 years. But it also means so many new things that God has in store
for me. It is safe to say that I’ve felt
almost every feeling imaginable today and now I’m just exhausted, but I couldn’t
leave y’all hanging about what it’s like in Cali!
