It’s been a very busy few weeks for me, to cap off a busy but satisfying summer.
This summer, I had the opportunity to have my internship in Colorado. While yes, being without a car was stressful and yes, I had to live basically at bare-bones level of kitchen stuff, being in Colorado was honestly a magical experience.
And what, exactly, made it so magical?
Mountains.
Growing up, I never lived near mountains, but it was also something I never thought twice about. I mean, there were plenty of images of mountains in media, right? I knew that mountains were out there, but I never had any particular desire to go see any myself.
But once I got to Colorado, I was taken aback by the ever-present nature of the mountains. Looking out of my bedroom mountain? Mountains. Walking to my internship? More mountains. Heading to a local park so my roommates can run? You guessed it… mountains.
The sight was at first strange, but it felt right. The mountains reaching for the sky above grounded me, reminded me that I was still within the rest of the world, not just in the confines of some town with nothing existing outside of its borders. Though they weren’t the tallest mountains in the Rockies, they were giants to me, and all I wanted was to touch the tops of every single one.
(I did climb one of them, actually. I was sore the entire weekend after, but I did it.)
It was certainly a busy summer, though. Not only did I have my full-time internship, but I did still have some things to do during the last few weeks for my school job. Additionally, I watched my roommates run multiple races (including triathlons), and even ran a 5k myself!
Unfortunately, that means I’m a little behind on some of my tasks for the summer, including some social media work and editing Ghosts of the Steel Road. It means I have to definitely get things cranking my first few weeks of this semester, given that I should have a bit less work during that time, but I do believe I’ll still hit my deadlines.
This next month and a half will certainly be terrifying, especially when it comes to getting my book ready, but I think I’m ready for the challenge.
It will be sad to say goodbye to the mountains, though. The return to school means a return to towns and flatness, where you can see storms on the horizon because the elevation doesn’t change at all. I could go on hikes and runs, but the excitement of going uphill (or potential thrill of falling on the downhill) won’t be there. Obviously, it goes to the idea that the novel is always more enchanting than what’s always around you, but mountains are just cool.
Expect for me to use a lot of videos of mountains on my Instagram for the next few months. I have had a taste of the world of actual changes in elevation and now I’m going to be insufferable for a while.
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