The First day

Today is the first day of the rest of my life.

I guess that this is true every day. Today starts the rest of my life. But tomorrow also starts the rest of the rest of my life. The day after tomorrow starts the rest of the rest of the rest of my life and so on and so forth. It's pretty invigorating to think of the future like this. Like every single day, I get to start over, if needed. I have the chance to take my life and do with it what I want/need EVERY SINGLE DAY. Maybe I'm just being extremely positive or overly optimistic but, I'm just overjoyed with this feeling today.

I'm Jem.

Huh, well, this is awkward but I had completely forgotten about this blog!! That probably sounds really silly and it isn't like I really have a ton of followers but, it still really shocked me that I didn't remember that I had created this. I feel as if a TON has happened to me since I made this. I am now a junior in college. I am pretty healthy (still have a chipped bone in my ankle, a deaf ear and a jaw problem but it's all together at the moment). I have two great roommates. I love sorority life. I only have 2 more classes and then I could be done with school. I lost my dog. I found pinterest. I'm still the messy, crazy fun loving girl that I've always been, just trying to be a little more responsible. I'm 21. That's a big one. I am obsessed with dinosaurs, church camp and nail polish. I may or may not be in class and may or may not be not paying attention. I may or may not be chewing gum even though I'm not allowed to. I'm a geek. I'm a sorority girl. I'm crazy. I'm me. I'm Jem.

First day of Summer

Today was so great. The gang and I went to a ropes course to do some team building stuff to make sure that we can function together. We had SO MUCH FUN!!! The actual challenge course was a little annoying (everyone was hungry and we didn't really want to do anything lol). We did a pretty good job at completing the challenges. I guess that means that the summer is off to a great start!

After training, we all went to Olive Garden and one of the guys got a glass of wine. Now, my friend isn't very well versed in alcohol so me and the other guy counselor had to coach him what to get in the first place and then he got really intoxicated after 4 sips. It was hilarious and great team bonding. We all will be making fun of him for this for the entire camp season.

I am so excited for this summer. I've had a pretty rough year and really need this off, fun time. I should try and get some sleep for tomorrow...

Let's Start at the Very Beginning

I have decided to start a blog about my life. I have a few other blogs, one about my year in France and another (that I'm starting) about my life with TMJ but, I feel as if I need one to just vent about my ridiculous life.

I am a 20 year old (almost 21 year old. 2 months and 19 days till my birthday, not that I'm counting...) college student studying French and International Relations and Diplomacy. I'm not really sure what I want to do with my life so, I'm just getting a degree in something I love; French. I lived in France for a year (11 months) between high school and college. I love coloring books, eating chapstick, typing a lot of text really fast, the girls that I babysit, archery, camp, tye-dye and SO MUCH MORE!!! I dislike styrofoam, crutches, ignorant people who yell at you when they realize that you are partially deaf, brushing my hair, wearing socks and again, SO MUCH MORE!

I'm going to use this blog to chronicle my summer in small-town Ohio. I love it here and have grown up here but, it's a lot different from the big city where I go to school at. I'm working at a christian summer camp this summer just like last summer and have been counting down the days for about a year now, well however long it's been since the last day of camp last year. Tomorrow is our first day of training and I'm so pumped that I can't sleep. Well, that and the fact that I have a jaw problem that makes sleeping almost impossible. I am also deaf in my left ear due to it. This summer will probably have a lot of crazy moments due to that, I can already tell.

I will try and get some sleep now. We're going to a ropes course in the morning and doing some team bonding. There are 5 staff members (4 counselors and the director). Everyone is returning from last year except for the girl counselor. I'm so pumped!!!

Night!

~J