Corlew is Closed!

Finally! I may not be out of my building quite yet, but it is officially CLOSED for the rest of the summer. I am on call tonight and not enjoying the running back and forth between Corlew and Monohan. I'm so ready for this job to be over and to be OUT OF HERE.

On a much brighter note, I'm going to California! I won the trip to compete through the Collegiate Discussion Meet! I'm very excited. I LOVED the Young Farmers and Ranchers Conference, I want to go every year. Once I finally get a grown-up job and work at a high school, I want to join the local Farm Bureau and go to meetings. I can't wait! I felt like I had graduated to a new calibur of people in the industry. I was glad to see all my FFA people. I loooved hearing Lee Maddox's voice on every video. I was so inspired by the stories of the Tennessee agriculturalists. I felt like being there was right where I was supposed to be! Jessica is also going and I'm glad we get to go to California together!

Every participant got $200, and I got an additional $500, which means ... I'm FINALLY getting my own computer! I'm waiting for the tax-free weekend. I'm sure this seems trivial but I've never had my own computer and my mind reels at the thought of everything I will be able to finally do. I won't have to sit in the smelly computer labs like I am right now!