It's Almost Time to Say Goodbye....But Not Yet

Friday will be my last day in California. It's a bittersweet week because while I am SO excited to see my dad on Wednesday and my family next week, I will be saying goodbye to people who became like a second family to me. The whole Clauss family, the workers at Yosemite, and the other people I met will all have a special place in my heart because they made my summer a huge success.

Probably the hardest thing about this week is that the workers keep asking me if I'll be back when I'm finished with school. Nothing has been said to me from anyone above me about that, so I don't know what to say to them. I usually just muster a smile and say something like "I don't know but I'll be back to visit sometime." If they go on and say, "But you'll come back to work here, right?" I just answer honestly, saying that I don't know and I guess we'll find out in the future. The whole thing has got me very confused because it makes me happy to know that they have enjoyed working with me but I have no idea what my managers and bosses think of me or the job that I've done this summer. Maybe that's something that I'll find out later this week. Hah, the workers might ask all of the interns the same thing every summer.

I have also been reminding myself that God brought me out here for a reason. While I'm not exactly sure why, I know that I will walk away from this experience with a new confidence in myself, new skills that I can put into use wherever I end up and a realization that being out on my own is more fun than I thought that it would be. There are lots more things that I could add to that list.

So I will be enjoying myself as much as I can this week. Tonight the interns are going to a BBQ at someone's house. Tomorrow we supposedly have a meeting and then a tour. Wednesday my dad is flying to California and I'll see him that night! Thursday night I'll probably do something with Brenda and Friday will unfortunately be here too soon! Dad and I are driving home so I'll do my best to post one more time about this summer before school starts in two weeks!