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I took yesterday off from blogging to enjoy the festivities. Polestar hosted a free community event, and again the people flocked and the food was amazing! We had a giant slip and slide for the kids and adults who act like kids. I believe I heard someone say it was 100 feet long. Everyone lubed themselves up with soap then launched their torso onto the wet plastic heading face first downhill. Of course there were fireworks and the good ole camp fire. We had a family of 5 staying with us this weekend; 7 year old girl and 8 year old twins. It was a bit chaotic, but they were adorable. The 8 yr old boy played his ukulele for us and it was so cute! He even played Jason Mraz “I’m Yours” So Sweet!

Being that today is an observed Holiday, we had the day off as well. I spent the morning frantically searching for apartments since my lease ends in 6 weeks and I don’t have a place to live. My Brother and I exchanged a bunch of emails discussing houses and during this process we discovered that we are each looking for the exact opposite of the other. He wants cheap, practical and close to work. I want aesthetically pleasing and downtown. He wants a roof over his head, I want to throw dinner parties. He decided that this was probably time for him to get out on his own. Which is awesome for so many reasons. First, I don’t have to frantically search for a place now because he will have a place and I can stay with him. Second, I can mooch off of him when I get back, eat his food, leave dirty dishes in the sink, and sleep on his(my) couch. He’s even moving all of my stuff into storage for me while I am gone. I am not excited about the storage part, I’ve only had a storage unit once in my life and all I can remember about it is the disheartening feeling that came over me as I stared at my life in a giant box.

Tomorrow will be one week here, and I’m just now feeling acclimated. I was able to get myself on a schedule and carve out specific hours to do my recruiting job. Of course that means that I wake up at 5am every morning from here on out, but hey. I originally wanted this trip to be a vacation, but honestly I’m happy with the way it has panned out. It is far from a vacation right now. It’s much more of a learning experience and each day I keep reminding myself of that. I’m hoping to learn a ton of skills and tolerances. I have never lived with a dozen people before, so that in itself is teaching my tolerance and patience. I’m learning to calm myself down when I hear my housemate smacking their food. I’m learning to wake up early and get the most out of the day. I’m learning to not take things personally when people make demands, suggestions or comments. I’m learning not to over analyze everything. I’m learning to live outside of my comfort zone. How to be ok with a little mess, and not be a neat freak. How to not scratch what itches and focus on other things. How to bite my tongue when I want to scream. How to take a time out and just relax. How to be ok with multiple directions, multiple projects and zero sense of completion. How to deter mosquitoes and avoid a 68th bite on my body. How to sit up straight. How to let things go.