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New Beginnings and Old Endings

Where to start, it hit me today. As I stepped out of my home and began walking toward my car, I found myself staring at a wet landscape of a few fallen leaves, the family boat in the driveway, and a gloomy gray sky. Fall is here, and that means change. So I'm happy to be blogging at this moment, my first post in almost 2 months. Back from my hiatus if you will. It's been an interesting 3 or 4 months. I made a concious decision to return home and live with my parents for the Summer. I felt it would be a good opportunity to clear my head. As a result, this mentality led me to put a lot of reading, blogging, podcasting, and most things marketing on the shelf. At least that's what ended up happening. Truth be told, the previous couple of sentences are probably more synonymous with lazyness.  But none the less, I've had the chance learn and process a lot this Summer. Most of it can't be found in any kind of text book and most of the work I did was unsophisticated, for lack of a better term. But as I sit in my room looking at a pile of unpacked clothing bound for Bellingham, I need not get drawn in to ponder the what if's. The hindsight can often look better than the present tense. Now I don't want this post to turn into what sound like excerpts out of a book called "Lifes Little Lessons" or something like that. But  there have been those moments over Summer's course. I found much truth in the little things and that truth revealed itself in both unexpected people and places. As I head into what short time I have left in my days as a college student, it's amazing as I begin to reflect on the experiences I've had and all the great people that helped make those moments memorable. These last two quarters will be without a doubt busy, but for those out there reading this, help me take every opportunity possible to make a memory this year. Along the way, you can expect that I'll do my best to keep blogging about new experiences, idea's, thoughts etc. Look for more reflections and stories on things learned this Summer.

Back to Belfair

This afternoon I packed up my car and headed back to my home town of Belfair on the Olympic Peninsula. Even though Belfair has seen tremendous growth, it's still a small town with little to offer as far as work experience goes. This seems almost needless to say, but I don't plan on calling Belfair my full time home after college. This will most likely be my last Summer back home so I plan to enjoy myself and spend some quality time with friends and family. For some reason it's always surreal leaving Bellingham. I'm not sure why but when I take the on ramp and merge onto I-5, it's as if I'm driving into the unknown even though I know what lies around that next turn. I'll be home in Belfair for the Summer to work on some projects before heading back up to Bellingham in September. I'm hopeing I can blog about these work experiences over the Summer. I don't have much to do this next week so I'm planning on tackling some much neglected reading and there's a very good chance I'll be blogging as well. I wish everyone the best of luck with internships, traveling, school etc.