i now have plans for the 4th.
that's all.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
i'm having fun.
that's really all i have to say right now. i guess i go through these stages where sometimes i feel like i am not taking advantage of the fact that i'm young and single and that i'm not living my life to its fullest. right now is not one of those times. sure, i could probably be doing a lot more than i am (it would help if i had extra money haha), but i do feel like i'm having a lot of fun right now.
this is the first weekend i've had in awhile without anything "fun" to do. i did put in some overtime at work yesterday, not that it's fun to make new files, but i had fun spending the day with melissa. and i made cookies.
yeah. i'm fun.
i just wish i had the money to leave the country right now. and i have no plans for the fourth, which hopefully will change sometime in the next two weeks.
this is the first weekend i've had in awhile without anything "fun" to do. i did put in some overtime at work yesterday, not that it's fun to make new files, but i had fun spending the day with melissa. and i made cookies.
yeah. i'm fun.
i just wish i had the money to leave the country right now. and i have no plans for the fourth, which hopefully will change sometime in the next two weeks.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Home On The Road
Well I departed Nashville on Saturday morning. Saturday evening I went bowling in the ole college town. Sunday morning I went to the old college church. At the moment I'm in Mocha Joe's.... (coffee shop on campus).
It's funny how in these places I see only one or two faces I recognize, and yet it still feels like home. I think I wrote something similar when I got back from homecoming back in October. But it's nice to know that even if I only know a few people still in town, that it's still home to me. I haven't lived here in two years, and it's a town that changes constantly (well, the people do. everything else is the same).
I love it. Anderson is my home. Michigan is my home. Nashville is my home.
The road is my home. I feel just as welcome and just as at peace on the road.
This journey has just begun.
It's funny how in these places I see only one or two faces I recognize, and yet it still feels like home. I think I wrote something similar when I got back from homecoming back in October. But it's nice to know that even if I only know a few people still in town, that it's still home to me. I haven't lived here in two years, and it's a town that changes constantly (well, the people do. everything else is the same).
I love it. Anderson is my home. Michigan is my home. Nashville is my home.
The road is my home. I feel just as welcome and just as at peace on the road.
This journey has just begun.
Friday, April 4, 2008
april showers
(for your reading pleasure, i will copy and paste my a's into this blog).
the past few nights i haven't been able to sleep very well. i've tossed and turned all night, i've been waking up at odd hours. i've been having the strangest dreams... one dream my friend's apartment caves in, the next dream my co-worker is standing in my mom's front lawn mooing, and then later still some of my friends are trying to exorcise a giant bloody eyeball that is resting in a wheelbarrow. honestly, i couldn't make this stuff up (well, i couldn't make it up outside of my subconcious).
as i sit here with my morning cup of coffee (which i desperately need today, as i've already been awake for an hour, and i'm usually just now rolling out of bed), i'm listening to the storm roll through (for the second or third morning in a row now) and i am reminded that when the storms come, they also go. they sometimes leave behind damage, but that damage only creates character.
i wouldn't neccessarily say i'm going through any sort of major life-storm right now, but it has been a stressful month (starting in the beginning of march) that is rolling into a new stressful month at work.
i know it's nothing i can't handle, but it has been daunting at times.
but in a week, i'll be free (if only for a little while). my body, mind, and soul are desperately craving the week of freedom. the week of friends, live music, and the open road. (and even less sleep than i've been getting this week)
the past few nights i haven't been able to sleep very well. i've tossed and turned all night, i've been waking up at odd hours. i've been having the strangest dreams... one dream my friend's apartment caves in, the next dream my co-worker is standing in my mom's front lawn mooing, and then later still some of my friends are trying to exorcise a giant bloody eyeball that is resting in a wheelbarrow. honestly, i couldn't make this stuff up (well, i couldn't make it up outside of my subconcious).
as i sit here with my morning cup of coffee (which i desperately need today, as i've already been awake for an hour, and i'm usually just now rolling out of bed), i'm listening to the storm roll through (for the second or third morning in a row now) and i am reminded that when the storms come, they also go. they sometimes leave behind damage, but that damage only creates character.
i wouldn't neccessarily say i'm going through any sort of major life-storm right now, but it has been a stressful month (starting in the beginning of march) that is rolling into a new stressful month at work.
i know it's nothing i can't handle, but it has been daunting at times.
but in a week, i'll be free (if only for a little while). my body, mind, and soul are desperately craving the week of freedom. the week of friends, live music, and the open road. (and even less sleep than i've been getting this week)
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
The Birthday Post
Well, I thought I'd go ahead and write my entry about turning 25 while I had access to a computer with which I could type all the letters.
I know everyone (or so it seems to me) goes through a little bit of a "quarter-life crisis" when they turn 25. I went through that a little bit this past week leading up to my birthday. A lot of people I've talked to seem to think that they didn't accomplish everything they wanted to accomplish by the time they turned 25. I don't think I had this problem. I think for me, it was just that I felt like I wasn't making the most of my 20's, or making the most of my time being young and single and not "tied down". But I just got back from Fido (great local coffee shop) where I did some birthday journaling, and I realized that I am living the 20's pretty well.
Here's a list of good 20's memories:
-The day Ryan and Lisa and I randomly drove from Anderson, IN to Lousiville, KY for no reason at all. When we left Anderson we were planning on just going shopping in Indianpolis, but the trip took on a life of it's own. We spent the night in a sleezy Motel 6 and went back to Anderson the next day. We didn't even do anything in Kentucky while we were there.
-Similar to the above, when Lisa and I went down to Tulsa for spring break to visit Ryan, and we drove to Arkansas and back in one day, then to Texas and back the next, and finally to Kansas and back, just to visit some different states. Again, we didn't really do much once we got to those states.
-Sophomore and Junior year of college, joining AUCME - a worship team where we traveled to churches in the Michigan/Indiana/Ohio/Kentucky/Pennsylvania area and stayed at church members' homes. So much fun.
-Going to Jamaica, London, Italy, and Japan
-Joining L'amifidel - it was so outside of my comfort zone and I made some great friends
-The Mercy House internship, summer '05 - probably the most life-changing 2 months of my life. I really don't think I could find the words to explain how important that summer was to me.
-Moving to Nashville, TN, where I only knew one person in the city, and did not have a place to live or work until after I got here, and I only had $500 to my name when I made the move.
-Traveling five hours one way and not getting any sleep, and "camping out" in 30-degree weather, just to see my favorite band. For the second time on the same tour.
I could probably go on, but who wants to spend their whole birthday on a computer? Not me!
I know everyone (or so it seems to me) goes through a little bit of a "quarter-life crisis" when they turn 25. I went through that a little bit this past week leading up to my birthday. A lot of people I've talked to seem to think that they didn't accomplish everything they wanted to accomplish by the time they turned 25. I don't think I had this problem. I think for me, it was just that I felt like I wasn't making the most of my 20's, or making the most of my time being young and single and not "tied down". But I just got back from Fido (great local coffee shop) where I did some birthday journaling, and I realized that I am living the 20's pretty well.
Here's a list of good 20's memories:
-The day Ryan and Lisa and I randomly drove from Anderson, IN to Lousiville, KY for no reason at all. When we left Anderson we were planning on just going shopping in Indianpolis, but the trip took on a life of it's own. We spent the night in a sleezy Motel 6 and went back to Anderson the next day. We didn't even do anything in Kentucky while we were there.
-Similar to the above, when Lisa and I went down to Tulsa for spring break to visit Ryan, and we drove to Arkansas and back in one day, then to Texas and back the next, and finally to Kansas and back, just to visit some different states. Again, we didn't really do much once we got to those states.
-Sophomore and Junior year of college, joining AUCME - a worship team where we traveled to churches in the Michigan/Indiana/Ohio/Kentucky/Pennsylvania area and stayed at church members' homes. So much fun.
-Going to Jamaica, London, Italy, and Japan
-Joining L'amifidel - it was so outside of my comfort zone and I made some great friends
-The Mercy House internship, summer '05 - probably the most life-changing 2 months of my life. I really don't think I could find the words to explain how important that summer was to me.
-Moving to Nashville, TN, where I only knew one person in the city, and did not have a place to live or work until after I got here, and I only had $500 to my name when I made the move.
-Traveling five hours one way and not getting any sleep, and "camping out" in 30-degree weather, just to see my favorite band. For the second time on the same tour.
I could probably go on, but who wants to spend their whole birthday on a computer? Not me!
Friday, February 1, 2008
it's time...
i need new computer. this one hs officilly bit the dust.
besides the fct tht the bttery holds no chrge, the power cord is broken nd thus continues to fll out every ten minutes, i hve now come cross nother problem.
you've probbly been noticing tht something is missing from this entry. something tht looks little like the first letter of the lphbet.
well, it's not just the first letter either. it's lso the lst letter of the lphbet nd the letter tht comes between p & r.
nd the number tht is less thn 2 but greter thn 0.
nd the tb button. you know, the one tht indents things. nd the delete key. nd the down key.
they re ll there, they ren't missing from my keybord, it's just tht nothing hppens when i press them.
except i don't hve money for new computer. such is life.
besides the fct tht the bttery holds no chrge, the power cord is broken nd thus continues to fll out every ten minutes, i hve now come cross nother problem.
you've probbly been noticing tht something is missing from this entry. something tht looks little like the first letter of the lphbet.
well, it's not just the first letter either. it's lso the lst letter of the lphbet nd the letter tht comes between p & r.
nd the number tht is less thn 2 but greter thn 0.
nd the tb button. you know, the one tht indents things. nd the delete key. nd the down key.
they re ll there, they ren't missing from my keybord, it's just tht nothing hppens when i press them.
except i don't hve money for new computer. such is life.
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