Home Sweet Home, and Back Again

This weekend I realized 3 things about myself:

1. I am very indecisive.

2. I can be somewhat impulsive.

3. I'm pretty sure I'm a record-breaker.

Now I'll explain.

Earlier in the week, I felt really homesick. Considering I had a 5-day weekend, I wondered if I should go home or not for some of it. So what do college freshman do when they don't know what to do? They call their moms of course, and so did I. We decided it would almost be a "tease" for me to come home and it was probably a better idea if I stayed and stuck it out. So we went with that, the first two days of the weekend. It didn't last long after the fact that I was on the phone with my mom Sunday night talking to her about struggling with future decisions and the longing for my bed when she planted the seed in my head that I could always come home for a day and go back the next. What do you get when you put a mom and a homesick impulsive college student together? Road-tripping home for the day! As well as the world record for shortest time away at college before coming home for the first time. Struggling with the decision of rushing for a sorority, what to get involved in, missing my home church and my home in general, I felt like I just needed to remove myself from GMU for a day to refocus, and ground myself. Kind of in hopes of going home, to realize/maybe even miss my new home. It was exactly what I needed. After everything, I realized that I came here determined to bring the Nicaragua Fund/ trip to Mason and that will continue to be my main priority (besides school). If I find that a commitment to a sorority still allows me the time to start this organization and pursue it accordingly then that might be the answer and balance I've been searching for. For now, I'll be attending the orientation for recruitment on Thursday night and take it from there. I've been praying about it a lot and I know God will give me some sort feeling to head in the right direction, so I'm not worried :) 

Anyways...

Today, instead of the 5-hour long seminar again, we went a the National Museum of the American Indian in DC! I've started to really like going into the city, using the metro, and just exploring! Mom you'll be happy to hear that I finally like to explore things like you! DC is great, for a day, but I now know I could never live in the heart of a city, I couldn't imagine taking the metro to work every single day! But I love the day trips and can't wait to do more. :)