Life updates

It's been a while since I last posted, and as I thought about it, I realized that not only had it been a while, a lot has happened since my last post.  So here's the update on what has been happening in my life since the end of April.

I worked 20+ hours a week at Panera Bread this summer.  It was a little weird not being at camp this summer.  The first couple of weeks of June were a little rough for me--I wasn't at camp, was seeing posts about camp from my camp friends, but knew that I was right where I needed to be for the time being.  There are the customers at Panera Bread that are regulars, and now that I won't be working as many hours with school, I'm going to miss seeing them and the conversations that I got to have with them.

There was one day this summer that was a slower day at Panera.  I was doing dishes, and was making a nice dent in the giant pile that I had inherited.  Sure, doing the dishes wasn't the most enjoyable task,  but I did enjoy the way that I was able to see (as witnessed by the pile of dishes), that I had been productive that day.  There have been the busy days at Panera too.  There were days when it seemed like ever making a dent in the dishes, making all the orders, making all the deliveries, and keeping my sanity seemed impossible.

Of course I wish I could have spent the summer at camp.  Yet, being at Panera I made some new friends.  There is something to be said about the difference between being able to eat tasty Panera Bread on occasion, and homemade food instead of the camp food  this summer.

In early August my parents and I made the trip to the family reunion.  Although we didn't have the greatest weather for the reunion, it was nice to get to spend time with family.  On the nicest day we had while at the reunion, we have several people swim the 2.5 miles of the chain of lakes.  I was not one of those swimmers,  but one of the four man/woman team escort on two paddle boards and one canoe.

And now the semester is beginning.  I may not be a huge fan of the stats class I have to take, but at least I won't have to take any more math after this.

Off to do a little reading for one of my classes before another!