the weekend

This weekend was one of those weekends, I have anticipated, for a while. I had training for an organization that I am doing volunteer work for. Due to the necessity for anonymity that this site maintains I will not reveal too much about it. What I will say is as much as I hate waking up at 7 am(especially on a weekend--although its not like I wake up that early on a daily basis to begin with, so I can't complain much), it was a joy to wake up early to go to my new favorite neighborhood of this wonderful city, to sit in a room, close the door, and be surrounded by like-minded individuals who strive to make change in the exact same way that I do. People whose passion comes from the same place deep inside as mine does. It was a beautiful thing. I think I really do know what it is I want to do with my life. Once I begin actually doing my volunteering I will truly be able to gauge whether this is what I want to do as a career, but a year-and-a- half ago when I graduated from Hofstra, I knew that this was what I wanted to, but I guess I was unsure. Unsure how my family would react to me going into a field that was completely unrelated to what I just earned my degree in. Unsure if I could be any good at it. But I am more sure now then I was a year ago that this is what I want to do. This is my passion. A passion I am first truly beginning to delve into now, but, a passion nonetheless. Its wonderful to be passionate about something...even if it is in its beginning stages. Another passion, flea markets. I am doing a flea market here in Kew Gardens on Oct 17. I will be selling yarn and books. Between my mother and I we have soo much stuff. We could make a killing with all of the things we have that we could sell. I discovered the Union Square Artists flea market and the farmers market. Amaaaazing. Local farms from Upstate New York selling their fresh produce and products in Union Square. I bought a Pink Lady Apple yesterday(most amazing cross breeding of apples ever), and a vegan homemade blueberry and rasberry cookie(delish!) and I bought 3 glass charms to wear on a necklace, a handmade t-shirt with pills on it, and 3 string bracelets, and a fedora style hat(in gray) that I have been wanting for months and finally got and it looks amazing on me which is rare for hats. And then my evening ended with seeing someone I had anticipated seeing for the last month. Things went well. A bit uncomfortable due to circumstances that have occurred since the last time I saw him, however it was nice to finally have the chance to talk face to face. All in all I had a good weekend. The anticipation was worth it, and things went exactly as according to plan.