Wake me when September starts Well I am now officially in hour 240 of my internship; when 5:00 pm comes and the workday is done I will have completed the amount of hours required for me by my university (I'll go ahead and work through Friday...they're paying me like $17/hr...why not?). So tomorrow I will complete the paperwork and send it in and by the end of the week I should be officially a college graduate. No cap, no gown, no diploma (yet). Just a big sigh of relief. And then two weeks from today I will bid the Caribbean adieu for a few months, returning home to get everything in order before my January departure for destination unknown. Scary. Exciting. I still have some work to be done on my medical clearance, but since I was accepted so early along in the process the people in D.C. tell me I have plenty of time. Still, it will be my first priority once I arrive back in Texas. That and moving my mom and sister into their new house. And having some authentic Tex-Mex. And seeing my family and friends. And watching a Texas sunset.

And this paddle game. But that's all.

I've been looking forward to September for so long, I can't even explain it. I've been trying to put thoughts of the future aside, but sometimes I can't help it. For at least a month...no school...no work...no internship...no academic worries. Just life. Regular, ordinary life. But it will be life a la Josh, of course (that just means expect plenty of Fletch quotes). Five and half years. Seems like a lifetime--(cue flashback music, fuzzy screen...)  ¶ 8/17/2005 05:06:00 PM