Winding Down

This has the potential to be the most emotional week of my entire time here in Colorado Springs.  For example, I've cried twice already today and its only 9:30 in the morning.  It doesn't help that I am terrible at goodbyes, always have been.  But it also doesn't help that I have become so close to these girls over the past three months

I'll admit that when I first got here, I expected to have a great experience at work, but I didn't expect to meet people that I know I will be friends with for the rest of my life.  These girls are so amazing and I cannot imagine what my internship would have been without them, probably boring!

This morning I had to say goodbye to my roommate as she goes back to Oklahoma to get ready for her last year of grad school.  This relationship especially surprised me.  I haven't had to share a room with someone since I was a freshman in college, and for those of you counting, that was 7 years ago.  So I was worried about what was going to happen...  Needless to say we became friends so quickly and by the end it seemed like I was saying goodbye to one of my best friends.  I could/can tell Chelsea anything and I know that we will be friends for a very long time, I love you CHELS

I am very grateful not only for the opportunity to further my career and find out that the Olympics and the Olympic movement is really where I want to be in my life, but for the fantastic people that I got to meet along the way!

Next Saturday, when I leave to drive home, I'll probably cry until I get to Denver, or maybe all the way through Wyoming...