I can now call Tallahassee Florida home. It is a hammer and some nails and whole lotta love that has brought me to this place. I just completed one of the most challenging years of my life but looking back on it as i have in the past few days, every step has been worth it.
I have now been to every borough in New York, except for Staten Island (but that doesn't count). I have managed to train individuals from 15 years old to 80 years old. I have learned a lot about myself, including how to become a better public spea
ker, how to muster the courage to go out on my own and how to deal with difficult people. All of my experiences have brought me to my new home.
After loading up my belongings into the relocubes they were loaded on a flatbed truck and endured the journey to florida.
With only a few casualties including 2 wine glasses and 2 martini glasses ( I sound like an alchi..i am really not) everything made it safely, including the two volvos and there three passengers. After working rapidly, we got my apartment set up and mom and dad were headed back to NJ.
Tomorrow is the first day of orientation and I am so excited. Not only am I going to be studying something that I love, I am going into it with some experience. This experience could be very different from my classmates. Not only did I get to work in one of the largest cities in the country...i got to work some awesome people and serve on various organizations and experience some disasters. I have done a lot of research over the past months and I am really interested to further understand how the State of Florida and academic world views Spontaneous Unaffiliated Community Volunteers. I am going to be taking three night classes this semester and one is about Public Organizations. I am most intrigued by that one for some reason. I forget in which one, but one of them, i get to read about cops, counselors and dogs. How cool does that sound? I am currently working on my application for an internship at the Leon County Sheriffs Office. I have to get my Florida Drivers License before I can apply. I'm waiting for my birth certificate to arrive so that I can do that. Then I will officially be a Florida Resident!
Anyways, as a side note...for those of you who watch the weather channel....they lie. For the past two days you thought Tallahassee was going to die as a result of Tropical Storm Claudette...we barely got any rain....maybe 5 minutes worth. Crazy.
Anyways, as I start my newest adventure at FSU tomorrow, I will not forget how it all started. We have the fifth anniversary coming up of the storm that changed my life. I will have to find a special way to commemorate it....any ideas?
