So I have now been in the real world for about a month and a half now...and to say the least it has been interesting.
First things first; college students, I would recommend one of the summers you have, going out, getting an apartment, paying the bills, moving in, and all that jazz for at least some summer. I have found the adjustment to all the "typical adult stuff" has been very easy with already having spent time doing it last summer. I can't imagine the greater anxiety trying to navigate bills, apartment maintenance and the like would have been without having that experience first. Ok, off my soapbox.
I think the most interesting thing about this whole transition has been the social interaction. I have never really thought about it, but the amount of people I interact with more than just a 30 second encounter have diminished ..a lot. Now, this is coming from a guy that spent 3 years living in a fraternity house with at least 15 other guys, not to mention classmates, teachers, co-workers, etc. I would guess that I probably interacted with at least 25-30 people on a normal Monday-Friday. Now, that number has greatly diminished I see my roommate every day (for obvious reasons), I see Teresa maybe 2-3 times a week, I work in an office with 4-5 other staff people at the church twice a week. Outside of my CapFed job, at the random times I may have a meeting or youth group, that is it. What is most interesting to me is that the people (besides my roommate and Teresa) that I interact with the most on a week-to-week basis, are my co-workers at CapFed that I hadn't even met until about 3 weeks ago. They are great people, and it really helps that they are easy to talk to, and a lot of them are around my age. In fact, my direct supervisor is only a year older than me! (which begs the question...what have I been doing wrong?). But now I am down to 10-15 people a day, if I am lucky. Days I don't go into church or see Teresa, it is like...6.... I think that is the biggest difference.
I miss Baker sometimes, but I am enjoying life here for now. Working 7 days a week is probably the hardest part about it. I am aching for a vacation already, but my guess is that I am just growing into it, and it just takes some time getting use to. Well, that's it for now I'll be sure to update some more later!
