Last weekend in Colorado
It’s that reflective time. When you have less than a week left in a place that you enjoy, you start to say goodbye to the place and the people and the experiences. No, the experiences will never be lost. They are well documented in the facebook albums and the shared memories. The hard part is returning to a life that once was with all of these new experiences. My mom moved me in last weekend to Columbia. I’m starting to order my books for the next semester. Talk about transition — London, Denver and now Columbia, Missouri once again.
Don’t get me wrong. Senior year should be one of the most exciting, fun and carefree times in my college life (or so I hear). But it is not carefree simply because I’ll be further honing in on what I want to do with my time after college. Will I stay in journalism and work in radio or for a magazine or will I start a new path in reality or scripted television, film, or advertising? I’m young and it’s all ahead of me. And that is fun. Scary, but really, really fun.I’ll further see what I like to do at Mizzou. I’m already taking classes I’ve never taken before. Now I’d like to explore Columbia and Missouri. I need to take this “say yes to experiences” mentality with me back to school. As associate producer for a new radio show, this semester will be as busy as ever.
I did knock off quite a few things on my list this weekend with my brother visiting from Colorado. We went Kayaking near Golden, Colorado in the freezing creek and followed that up by a tour and samples at the Coors Brewery. We went dancing downtown. We hiked on the Fourth of July trail and hit up the farmers market in Boulder. We went back in time for the Colorado Renaissance Fair on Sunday. Now that certainly brought back memories of yesteryear when our family would visit the one in Kansas City decked out in costumes (well, my brother and I would dress as Pirates).
A successful weekend to be sure, but it got me to realize that sure enough, this will be the last weekend here. No more picking up and going to the mountains whenever I want. Now it is time for classrooms, books and most likely a server job once again. However, while I’ve had these experiences, I’m in no rush to graduate and enter the real world just yet. This is my chance to really try some new things and continue to expand my horizons. It still applies whether that horizon is in Denver or in Columbia.