In other news:
Family friends Judy and Steve gave me a Borders gift card for graduation. So far I have purchased “Rules for Radicals” by Saul Alinsky and “Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching” by Dave Foreman and Bill Haywood. Reviews will be forthcoming and I’m sure they’ll be awesome.
When my sister and I were looking through my mother’s old things last week we came across a piece of paper with two lines on it. It said this:
When you’re green you’re growing,
When you’re ripe you’re almost rotten.
I don’t really know what it means but I took the paper and have written the quote in the inside cover of my planner. I have never felt so unprepared for the world as when I began to face it knowing my mother wouldn’t be there to guide me when I needed it or act as a sounding board as I worked my own problems out when I didn’t. At such a green stage in my life it’s comforting to me to know that at some point she felt there was power in youth and ignorance and the learning process yet to come. It comforts me to know that there is some joy in not being “there”. I don’t know precisely what to do or where I’m going but I’m a little glad… I’m not quite ready to be almost rotten. Finally, it reminds me to take opportunities to grow and learn. Nothing was more important to my mother than education. In the past, sorrow has broken me and held me back from doing what I’m capable of. For her sake, I can’t afford to stall my life, my growing experiences, because of grief. I must be motivated by my sadness.
I’ve been offered a job for the fall! I have another interview on Tuesday after which I have decisions to make. I’ll tell you all about it when decision time is over.
Still need a job for the summer.
Andy and I went today for the first time to volunteer at ACRES student farm. Everyone was very nice, the weather was beautiful and we got to plant some rockin’ veggies. I’ll probably post someday about the farm with pictures, until then I’d like to help them out over the summer as much as I can. Next weekend Andy and I were going to head to South Dakota for some camping but I’m having people in town the next few weekends so I’ll probably push to stay here and work at the farm again and clean the house since it will be our last chance for a while.
Class starts on Monday. 1St summer session= Minority Media 2nd=Research methods :0(
Stay Green!
