Meadow on the Ledge: First Spring Break in Tacoma

Below are highlights from my first Spring break in Tacoma, WA. Unlike most people, I stayed in Tacoma over the break and enjoyed exploring the new place I have started to begin calling home. For the most part, it was a great break. I spent a lot of the time catching up on homework, applying for jobs, figuring out how to filed my taxes, and sleeping. However, I also spent some time exploring Tacoma and Seattle with friends who visited at the beginning of the break, as well as near the end of the break.

The highlight of my break was the day that my friends from Whitman visited and we went to explore Seattle. There is something about exploring, about traveling and being adventurous, that bring such peace into my life. When I travel, I don't think about the past, nor do I think about the future; I just experience what is right in front of me, living in the present. I love that. That is why I have a heart for traveling.

In addition, it was also nice to have a little piece of home fuse with the new. Though my new school has been treating me well, I have also had a hard time adjusting. To an extent, I have adjusted well, but in other ways, it is more difficult. I know that it will only be time that will help me to fully adjust to the new life here with new friends and a new environment. So, having them see my new life here definitely helped, so that I had the opportunity to share what my new life is like. I think that this was important, especially since I moved into college here by myself. Once I left in my truck, saying goodbye to my pops in Portland, I was on my own.

If anything, this spring break was refreshing, relaxing, and good to help me further adjust to my new life here.

On another note, however, I am freaking out because there is only 6 weeks of class left. I cannot believe how quickly the time has passed since I have been here. I just started school... how can it already be over soon? It scares me how time goes by so quickly, and how I still feel somewhat lost, but soon enough, it's just going to be over! It's just so strange. It's just a reminder, then, to really take each day as its own and live each day to its fullest.