[Jennifer5]

Originally Posted by Daniel

Don't please me. Please yourself.

Some of those things may take awhile to sort through. Can't rush a good thing, right?

You're right about being more specific though! There are some things that I cannot answer right now, but there are some that I can.

• Done or almost done with school, depending the degree I end up going after. Right now, I think that means something in architecture or architectural design. There is a lot of research I need to do before I decide this though.
• I would like to have traveled to at least a couple new places. I would like to travel the U.S., specifically places such as Mt. Rushmore, Lincoln Memorial, etc.
• I'd like to have participated in at least one more Soulforce event.
• I'd love to have an active roll in helping with local human rights (including using what I know about ASL, which I will have learned).I will in-fact take ASL classes as part of my college education. I would like to be part of the local Human Rights Network and help make it active once again. Or at least do my share as an individual to protect those I can.
• I want to continue to have a good relationship with my family. I will remind myself in difficult situations to take a step back and think, to avoid getting into one of those messes that is hard to fix. With my family, this should be easy, but it's not a topic to dismiss.
• I would love to keep a couple specific friends and not let the time and differences pull us apart. One family comes to mind, I want to make sure that I stay in contact with them. I need to be somewhat cautious about what I say to them, I do not want to burn bridges. Also, my "uncle", after he reappeared in my life after 3 years, I know that he will always love me, but I need to keep contact.
• I would love to have a least one BEST friend that I can share anything with.This person would be someone whose shoulder I could always cry on, the kind of person that will pick up the phone in the middle of the night. Someone who act a roll of a partner or a sibling-like relationship. You can tell this person all of your secrets. Also, an important point is that the friendship goes both ways and I can also be there for him/her. This person I can trust fully.
• I want to be living in an area where I am happy, although I don't have a specific place in mind. Day to day I change my mind about where I want to live. Lately, it has been here. However, I know that the specific location is not what will determine where I want to be, it's the people I love. I want to be living somewhere where I am surrounded my friends, not enemies and I realize that a lot of that is up to me. For a physical location, I think right now I would choose here or the bay area. After traveling a little, that may change though.