Two days, 18 hours - that’s all the time I have left. I don’t know what I was expecting in terms of nervousness and panic but this isn’t it. I seem to have reached a calm spot that I didn’t know was possible. I should explain that on Tuesday I will be travelling to London to board a plane to Newark Airport USA. For the next two months I will be a counsellor at Round Lake Camp, Pennsylvania. It’s a first for me in more ways than one - I have never been on a plane, never been abroad and never worked anywhere other than Yorkshire! It's possibly one of the biggest challenges I have ever given myself but hey, why not throw yourself in the deep end? | "I never thought moving out would be so emotional but I suppose I have grown to love my little room in Bradford Halls" | |
Originally the plan was for me to spend this last week meeting friends and family before I go but it's not quite worked. I moved out of halls of residence in Bradford on the 11th June but because the lecturers strike ended I had to come in Tuesday and Wednesday this week to do presentations and tests. I could write a lot about the strike but I won’t, as it's over and I don’t need to worry about Uni till September. As you can imagine, this threw the timetable out and my parents came to help me move the last of my stuff out on Friday! (We had to be out at 9.30am on Sat morning or we got charged horrendous prices). I never thought moving out would be so emotional but I suppose I have grown to love my little room in Bradford Halls - it was like my little home away from home! Thinking of halls, I have just found out I have a new job as Student Warden, starting in September, so I basically return from America and go straight into a job! Couldn’t have planned it better could I? Well I guess I better go do some packing - I have to be at check in at 1pm on Tuesday which means leaving Glusburn at 6am. Ah well I am sure it will be worth it. I’ll try and keep in touch from the camp - should be interesting! Marty | 
