My Eclectic Scrapbook

In keeping a scrapbook of my first week back from winter vacation, I realized just how different my life is when I’m going to school. The week was full of routines and schedules, which is reflected in my eclectic collection.

Included in my collection is a group picture of my family that I took the day before I left my home in Enterprise to come back to school. This picture represents the fact that my family is always close by even when they’re on the other side of the state. I also included a necklace given to me by my little sister in Kappa Delta sorority. The necklace was a late Christmas gift and features our letters, a K and a Delta, together on a chain. Kappa Delta is a very important part of my life and takes up a lot of my time. My best friends are part of this organization and so this piece of jewelry represents a lot to me. I decided to include my key to my new house in this scrapbook as well. For the last two years, I have lived in my chapter house but moved out this term. I’m now living with four of my closest friends on Hilyard Street. Since I lived in the chapter house, I never really did my own grocery shopping. I kept my very first receipt from grocery shopping for myself to include in my scrapbook. To me, this represents a big change and a move toward independence, if only in a small way. Since I was young, I’ve had a strange obsession with office and school supplies. To represent the beginning of a new term, I included a brand new, shiny pen in my scrapbook. I also included one of my favorite buttons, one that reads, “I VOLUNTEER FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD.” Volunteering is a very important part of every week for me, but it was especially meaningful this week because it was my first time back at Planned Parenthood since winter vacation began. Finally, I included the lyrics to my favorite song, the Hawaiian version of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” I love the sunshine, and the weather toward the end of the week was very agreeable. More so, though, this song represents my optimistic attitude for this term.