Final Post

So I’m on the plane flying back to Minnesota. Yes, flying back. God, where did this time go? Wasn’t it just yesterday that I was flying from Minnesota to San Diego, nervous yet excited about what all this summer would hold? Now I’m on my way back, thinking over all it held…and it held a lot. This was quite a summer.
I don’t even really know what to write for this final blog post, what to address, what to say. Maybe I’ll end by answering a question that a few people have asked, that is “So, do you enjoy blogging?” The answer to that is a mixed response, though my feelings toward it has grown warmer as the summer has progressed. Yes, there were times I just didn’t want to write, it felt like a chore but I continued on anyways. I’m glad I did and I’m glad for the people who prodded me to do this. For me personally, I’m glad I blogged so I could remember just all I did and it’s kind of cool re-reading something and how it just instantly brings you back to that moment-the sounds, the pace of time, exactly how you felt and with some, reflect on that to see how magically over time, one has grown and changed or become stronger. It’s an interesting experience, one that I’ve never really had since I never have done a whole diary-esque thing. Also, it was cool to have this so that you all reading this and who(I assume) actually know and have a relationship with me could keep track on all I was doing which is kind of cool, hopefully my blog posts were fun for you all to read or something like that. I’m not sure about my writing style, so I hope my list format wasn’t all too boring, I just didn’t know how to relay things any other way and the point of this blog was just to record what I was up to. The only drawback to blogging for me at least, was my hesitancy to reveal everything and how I held back on writing on certain things that occurred. Why did I do this? Well, mostly in fear that my aunt or someone I was writing about would come across this and read the truth in what I was thinking or how I felt. Though as time went on, especially for August I started to give up on that. But I don’t know, for me that would have been interesting to go back to. Or maybe not, perhaps it’s better just to forget a few things and also not get intimately personal on this public blog. I don’t know.
So yes, I think I do enjoy blogging. Not sure if I will keep this up while I am in Minneapolis, we shall see but probably not, at least not as frequently as this blog was. But I actually stuck to blogging for the whole summer-I honestly wasn’t sure if I could do that and this now is officially the longest diary/journal I have ever kept. And for that, I shall pat myself on the back and celebrate.

Peace, Lauren