Coffee on a Sunday

I've now been home from college for five months.

Top 5 things I like about being home:

5. I didn't have to buy that hot tub, nor do I pay to heat it.

4. Even when there isn't food in the pantry I know there will be tomorrow.

3. Cable television (even thought it's been only a guilty pleasure since entering college)

2. The warmth of never being alone, and catching up with old friends.

1. A big porch where I can read.

I fought with myself about coming home after school. I hated that I hadn't planned better back in November. (Professor Enrich said we should have started job searching back then... maybe he was right). I couldn't decide where I wanted to go, or how to go about going there. The place that ended up making the most sense was to come home, get my feet on the ground and then move out. I'm still here. And it's okay.

Last weekend I went out for coffee with two of my friends who I don't get to see very often, but who were friends I grew up with. None of us have changed very much. It gave me hope. Ashley is still extremely focused on school and getting ready for graduate school in the fall. Amanda, like myself, made no plans past graduation. We all talked about what that meant, why it's scary, and who has the answers. At this moment another girl we knew from high school and Ash was very close with walked up the steps and then towards us, with her girlfriend ahead of her.

"Hey, North!" she said to us. (The name of our high school)

Ash had ducked her head, saying she didn't want to say hi to Nikki, but was then forced to.

We started talking and Nikki told us that she had dropped out of college three times and the last time realized it wasn't for her. She lived with her mother for a year developing her own business. She now develops businesses from the ground up for other people. She was happy. She said she had found her passion. She was headed off to Miami this week to finalize plans for a nightclub.

That gave me hope. Find my passion. Commit to it.

Today I am making a list of all the great things about being home, and then I'm going to figure out where I want to go next. I'm excited. Anyone know any great cities that you call home? Top five things. Go.

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