Freshman Year - Finished

I have had a DA account since September 2009. I was ten years old at the time and had just entered sixth grade.
I am currently 18 years old and just finished my freshman year of college.
Props to all of you who have followed me for some reason even back when I was super cringey and never took responsibility for my own actions! You've watched me grow up! Sort of. 

I know I wrote about the first semester in my 2016 reflection journal, and about my Europe trip in my last one, so I'll skip over those and talk about my second semester.

So my winter break this year was awesome. I really enjoyed getting to be home and because of my whole social situation, I was actually afraid to go back. But things turned around a little bit this semester. Even people just taking two seconds to say "hi" to me as I walked by was enough to make me feel a little better. 
My tech professor asked me to be an Assistant Stage Manager for his show next year if I'm not cast. And that's not something they ask just anyone to do.
I hold the distinction of being one of four freshman theater majors who wasn't cast in anything this entire year. So that sucks, but I did work tech on three shows. My school lets theater majors choose a "concentration": Acting, Musical Theatre, or Technical Theatre. I think I'm one of the only non-tech concentrations that actually knows how to operate our soundboard. The tech professor adores me, and I do really well in his class, what can I say?
Theatre Ensemble was probably my favorite class this semester. All of the freshman theater majors basically got to create characters and be put in improv scenarios that our professor came up with. So even though that class ran from 3-4:30 PM twice a week, it was fun enough for me to forgive it.

But I'm excited to be home for the summer, mainly because I have finally done something that I've been trying to do for three years but never succeeded at.
I GOT A JOB!
It's at a summer camp a town or two over from me. A day camp. One of those really fun kinds with ziplining and archery and inflatable things on a lake. I'm a group counselor, so my job is going to be bringing the kids from activity to activity, and I get to participate in them too and be the child I truly am. So I'm super excited for it to start.
It starts at the end of June, though we have a training week the week before. And since it's a day camp, I'll have weekends off. But if I want to do any fun things like go on vacation or take a Six Flags day, I'm going to have to do it sometime before the job starts.

So there's a little life update for ya. Things are looking up and I'm excited to be home for three entire months!