Still @ Home...

Hey Zach,

Not much has happened with me, so I waited for a bit to write this. I'm still at home, but I leave for college on Monday so that's exciting. It's crazy that you've been at school for almost a month now (? I  think?). How has settling into routines and getting used to life been? What classes are you taking?

About what you wrote last time, I totally understand how you feel with parties and the social scene.

I really felt that loneliness/pride you mentioned many times during junior year. For me, not being invited to parties (etc..) led to disappointment in my friends and forced me to asses where I was placing my trust and faith. Overall, I'm really thankful that I wasn't exposed to that scene so young.

Even this year, seeing my closest high school friends get into drinking and experiment with drugs was really hard for me. While I wanted to spend time with them and have "fun", it sometimes got hard to do so. I'd feel more like going home than anything else when they were drunk. I think that we'll both definitely be able to find others who we can relate to more in terms of what we define as "fun". I know that for Teacher Michael, his college church group became a core part of his friend group. And it seems like they had so much fun, which is surprising to me in some ways and changed how I viewed fellowship.

Updates on me: Recently, I was at PennApps, a hackathon at UPenn. It was so much fun to see how rapidly tech is changing and all the new applications for it. Using technology to help others is definitely a path I think I want to follow (I wouldn't say "called to follow" just yet).

Turning 19 is also hitting pretty hard right now. It's my last year of being a teenager, and it feels like I need to somehow change and do bigger things. 

PS.

Have you heard about the potential Drake and Kanye collab?!? That would be awesome.

Also, idk if you're a Travis Scott fan but we should discuss the new album (not a fan)

Alright, hope to talk again soon. We should get a video call going w the boys.

-Nathan