I'm back on the APU campus in Azusa. So many memories flood through my mind as I walk past the freshman dorms, the mail boxes, the Cougar Walk, and even Cornerstone Coffeehouse.It was only two years ago that I came here as a new student and explored the place I would soon call home.
Being away for a semester was refreshing. South Africa challenged me beyond what I ever thought I could handle and gave me a new perspective on life. It wasn't an instant text message letting me know what I would believe and who I would be from now on; it was more of a year-long essay that I researched, brainstormed, and finally put together word by word in a delicate process.
This year is quite different because I am now an upperclassman focused on the world outside college instead of the world of college. Two years ago I was just trying to figure out how all this worked and I was concerned about survival, now I feel confident as I walk into my first class and I'm aware that college is only temporary. Soon I will walk away from campus and enter the reality of the adult life. For now, I only get a small glimpse of it as I try my best to prepare for the full picture.
I started this blog so I could write about my adventures in South Africa and so that people back home could read about what I did every day and not bombard me with the same questions over and over, but now that my semester abroad is over I want to continue writing about my "normal" adventures. What I mean by normal is that we often think about an adventure as something extraordinary, as something that marks you as above the ordinary and completely takes your breath away, but, the older I get, the more I realize that every day is an adventure. I never know what is going to happen or how long the day will last.
It's not just another semester. It's my third year of college and life is full of surprises. Here we go.
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