Finally on the Blogspot

I feel like I'm the last one to show up to the party, but that's just how this works I guess. I'll play catch up in due time. Last Wednesday I attended the chaperones meeting with Don, Kendra, Jennifer, and Tori. We had lots of information to gather and to process. Truthfully, I'm still trying to process some of it. So far I've gone through all of it once, and I'll probably go through it all at least once more before departure. In my usual meticulous fashion, I'll probably read it again in New York.

Sadly for I have not yet mastered the ways of digital photography. In the time leading up to departure I need to work on getting a reliable camera that isn't my phone. I'm actually somewhat averse to photos. Half of me prefers to simply remember the experience instead of seeing it, the other half just thinks I'm ugly. Beauty jokes aside people close to me always remind me that photos aren't always for me, but for others. One of my personal goals this summer is to get out of my anti-photogenic shell and take more pictures for more people besides myself.

Right now most of my work with ILC has been in preparation. We'll have our Meet and Greet dinner pretty soon and the San Francisco dinner not long after. All the while I get to dig up all I can on Cornell, Ithaca, New York, Finger Lakes, and the like.

Just at a cursory glance I'm already interested in visiting NYC, Finger Lakes, the Eerie Canal, and Ithaca Conservatory. I'm sure there's lots more to see and do!