A Dance to Remember

It's days like this that make my whole little world tick.
The rain was pouring, the wind was howling and the bus ride and walk to work were soggy, but enjoyable. The morning had passed quickly in dealing with mock ups for the March facebook logo to promote Developmental Disabilities Month and meetings. At about 1:00, Meredith and I heard music playing. The clients had been singing karaoke all morning, but that had stopped a while ago, so Meredith went to find out what was happening. A few seconds later she returned shouting "Danielle, get up! We gotta go to a dance party!" We ran across the back hall and Meredith linked arms with me, do-si-do-ing to The Mocerana song. I was then greeted by familiar faces, like Willie, Sheshanda, Marco, Howard and Wayne, all dancing. Wayne came over and asked me to dance. He grabbed my hands and I spun him around several times, then watching the joy on his face as he spun me. Howard then came over saying "Danielle, do you want to dance with me?"
"I'd love to, Howard!" I replied and he immediately took my hand and began to sway and sing to the beat.
Best dance party I've ever been to. I absolutely LOVE my job!
As I left work, exuding pure joy, I arrived at the bus stop and the at realization that I am going to have to leave this. Going to have to go back to school with no solid plans of returning. At this point, I can say that, that makes me extremely sad. Don't get me wrong, I do have things that I will be happy to go back for it's just that this transition to the city and to The Arc has been so easy and comfortable; it's going to be so difficult to leave. At the start of the semester I couldn't have imagined myself loving my internship as much as I do, but I believe I have really discovered a new passion and possibly my vocation.
But, if this positive experience is representational of anything, it's that new things can sometimes be better than anything you could ever imagine. So, as much as I want to graduate school and then come back to work at The Arc, I must remind myself that there is still a whole big world out there. Who knows what I will find.
Live for today!