summer lovin'

Yes the summer of '09 still has few weeks left to it, but my eyes are set to that of Summer '10. The options for ways to fill my time seem to endless. My mind is one of endless imagination. some of the things i have thought have even surprised myself. but im going to use this space as a way to wrote out the realistic options and to write all about them to hopefully get some clarity on what it is i want to do.

Option 1:

coming back home to pennsylvania. this always me to save much of money while having little expenses to pay for. however, do i want to spend another summer living with my parents, while having hardly any social life once again?

Option 2:

getting a job as camp counselor at a summer camp for sick in connecticut. this is probably my most favorite option although it kind of conflicts with that of option three which will be discussed under that heading. with this job i'll be working from the beginning of june till nearly the end of august. i'd make roughly $3000 for the summer which is rather good since housing is covered, you are fed three meals a day, and you get to be a bright spot in these sick kids life. this is something i've always wanted to do and is something i want to do for the rest of my life, however, that is another whole story in itself. This option also poses some complications for option 3 which will be covered below.

Option 3:

Taking part of the study abroad program to South Africa through my school. The program is roughly three weeks long and i will be getting credit for three courses. However, I will need to buy my own plane ticket to and fromo SA along with most likely needing to get a loan to cover the tuition cost. But the credits is very tempting because i had to take two trimesters off last year due to some problems and this would help me with getting back on track for graduating May '11. The program also deals with working with some of the orphans there in South Africa, which i'm guessing will be in the town of Cape Town. Once there we spend two weeks working with the kids, taking over some sports equipment and teaching them some things about sports. I believe the third week is spent doing some site seeing around the country. I'm not exactly positive on the details of the trip, this summer ('09) was the first year the program has been run. I did have a friend that went on the trip & she said it was defiantly worth it. Also, the World Cup will be going on as we are there. Nothing like hot, international soccer guys walking around the city. Which also hightens the possiblity of a Prince Harry siting since he is such a big soccer fan, that is if he isnt bogged down with military obligations. This choice though conflicts with that of option 2. But there is some what of a solution to this problem. This camp also takes on volunteers for a session. Being a volunteer you dont make any money doing the job and you are required to work one session, each session is a week long. Sounds like the perfect solution. But how am i to make any money? What job in their right mind will hire a college student for the summer who will need to be taking essentially a month off? I'm not really sure, but if there is one out there shoot me there information. With getting a job that would allow this would make it possible to do the three things i want to do most in life to be done in one summer alone.

So there are the three options i have thought of & all three are ones that i despirately want to do, now it's just trying to figure out a way to do so.


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