Summer

This summer not only will I be working full time at Dana Farber, but I will also be working part time at my old job. This is going to be one of the busiest summers of my life, and I am going to have to find moments of freedom and really take advantage of those. It is my last summer before I graduate college and I want to be able to enjoy as much of it as I can. I feel like this is very possible, as long as I learn to enjoy the small moments in life, and don't try and dwell on the things I'll be missing out on. I know that this summer is very important, and that it could have a huge impact on the rest of my career. I am planning on taking full advantage of every opportunity that I can find. I am hoping that I can leave a good impression at Dana Farber and maybe go back and work there once I graduate. I am not planning on treating this as an internship, but rather a job that I am looking to keep for awhile. I want to be able to impress all those who I am working for and with, and I want them to be able to rely on me right off the back. I am going to volunteer for as many things as possible. I want to meet as many people as I can and get my foot in the door in a lot of different areas. I also hope to keep in touch with some of my classmates so that we can compare experiences and root each other on. Best of luck to everyone else :)

End of an Era

Tomorrow I am moving out of Durham for the summer. I have been packing all weekend and it is making me more sad than any of the other years I've moved out. This is because every year since I came to school here I have lived with my best friend from home. We shared a dorm room freshman year, just the two of us, last year we shared an apartment with four of our friends, and this year we shared an apartment just the two of us. However, next year we have decided not to live together. We didn't do it because we weren't getting along. We did it because we have different priorities. She wanted to be somewhere in the middle of everything, where nightlife is easily accessible to her. I wanted to be somewhere quieter, where I have more privacy. Over the last year I have made two really great new friends who understand that side of me in a way my old roommate and best friend do not. I am living with them in the lodges next year and I am so excited. I am really nervous and upset to leave my best friend though. I have never lived on my own without her before. We know the way the other works. We know how to not step on the other's toes, and we work well together for the most part. This is going to be a big step for both of us in stepping out of our comfort zones. I'll be interested to see how I adapt.