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Week 3

First of all, big shout out to Fiona for reading all of my blog posts last night, I appreciated the comments and acknowledgment of the work that I’ve been working at, so vigorously for the past three weeks. Although, this week began with a bit of a roadblock in the forms of AP Exams, I banged those out, one day after another and jumped right back into the kitchen on Thursday. That was the most excited I’ve ever been to get up at seven a.m. in my life and that was a sign to me that I was doing the right thing with this open-ended period of three and a half weeks.
I did a bit of thinking and considered my other and what was initially my first choice as a project: working on Roseway for their yard period. Although that would have been awesome, I am eternally grateful that that fell through. The way that this spring has gone for me, has been an incredible journey and learning experience that I don’t think I would have been able to achieve living and working in Gloucester. The chance to both be in the spring musical, cook and have enough time to play the guitar, while also having some time to have closure with the friends that I have loved and cherished for three years has been incredible. The amount of freedom that I’ve had to develop my passions was liberating. I wish life could just be working at things that you love to do, but alas, that is not so. This whole thought process then brought me to a different, but similar epiphany. What if I hadn’t come to Proctor? It almost went that way. Had my mother answered a phone call, I’d be going to a different school right now. My entire high school experience would be different. I wouldn’t have met the people that I’ve met and had the opportunity to build those relationships, I wouldn't be doing this senior project right now, but most of all, I wouldn’t have gone on Ocean Classroom and had that life altering experience. Now I won’t stray too far because I understand that this is supposed to be about my project, not a sequence of my introspective realizations, but I thought that I would share with those of you reading this.

Otherwise, good week and I am excited to get back at it again and finish strong. I sure hope my judges enjoy the meal that I’m going to prepare for them. Tentatively, it’s four courses and a closely guarded secret. Don’t tell anyone Nate.

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