I am one of those people who needs things to look forward to. Call it a fear or call it a trait, but that's how I do things. I have some plans for the upcoming year that hopefully will pan out and I'll write more as things become official, but they are exciting to say the least.
Next month (Feb. 9th-12th) I'm heading to New York City with my mom to see my cousin dance. She's an apprentice for the New York City Ballet, which for you sports fans, is like being a rookie for the Yankees. She's the big deal on the Morgan side of the family so my mom found some cheap tickets and we're going to see her dance and do the New York thing over a long weekend. It'll be my first time to the big city and it's exciting because for as long as I can remember, I've always wanted to see NY. I'm not even that excited about the ballet portion of the trip, but I'll deal with it and pretend I'm interested. Either way, I'm looking forward to a fantastic little trip and a nice break from winter term.
I lost my job here at school so yesterday I went into Jimmy John's to ask about an ad in our school newspaper saying they were looking for workers. I walked in at 11:30 on Friday and there were 7 people with JJ hats. Four were just hanging out and 3 were actually working. I asked the guy at the counter about the ad and he directed me towards the manager who was sitting in a booth with a friend. I walked up to him and the first thing he says is: "So you want a job? You can have a job in 2 weeks." After getting the confusion out of my head, I asked if he needed anything signed, and he goes: "Oh yeah, that would probably be a good idea." So he handed me an application. When I was filling it out, the girl he was with said that he wasn't going to be there in 2 weeks, and he told her to shut up. I just laughed and figured my chance of getting called was about 1 in 100. They seemed like nice guys, so we'll see how that works out.
Daniel Tosh came to our school last night. Please youtube/google/yahoo him. You will laugh and never stop. The crowd was split, but our section never stopped laughing. Our conservative, private college probably didn't appreciate the abortion, special olympics, punching your wife jokes, but you can only take things so seriously.
Sometimes you need to look around and tell yourself, things are pretty good. I am lucky enough to have had some great opportunities in my life thus far. I am grateful, I thank those who have allowed me to receive these, and I try my best to make the most of them. While in France I saw too many people complain about not liking the trip and wanting to go home. This blew my mind and I knew from that moment on I would never turn into one of them. Go live life and enjoy yourself.
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