Wow, long time

It has been over a year, and what a year! After leaving Concordia I went to Mira Costa to study Recording arts. The first Semester was awesome, the second cool, but this one is not so great. It is getting better though.

Kat and I started dating last November. I can't believe it has been over a year! We started renting an amazing house with our friend Jacob, and we got a puppy. Life is great but I feel like I have dug myself into a rut. I have become lazy and unmotivated. I was definitely not ready to juggle a relationship, school, work, and a puppy. I have kind of just gotten into this routine and i have lost sight of a lot. Don't get me wrong I would not trade anything, I love it. I was just reading my past posts and i realized I have kind of just lost my drive. Life just kind of got harder and I didn't take it well. Laziness kicked in and I lost sight of my dreams and it wasn't until recently that I realized I was dragging other people down with me. So I dragged my but into gear and worked towards bettering myself, but that feeling didn't really kick in until I thought about why I left Concordia and came back to San Diego.

I left because I felt like I had taken a backup plan instead of what made me happy. I took the sure thing because it promised a steady future, but that is not what I wanted. I left because God was pulling me somewhere else. I wanted to be immersed in music and become a songwriter and Mira Costa may not have been the answer but it has given m the tools to get there. I got s caught up in everything else that I lost sight of why I am where I am, so I started to hate school and where my life was going. But soon my wonderful girlfriend was noticing everything and that is when it hit me and it all came tumbling down. So this new post is a mark of something new (and a reminder to myself if I ever want to read back on older posts).

So here is to reigniting my passion for music and songwriting.

Here is to a newfound relationship with a wonderful God.

Here is to a happiness that the Lord has blessed me with and a new found drive that he has given me.

And here is to a loving Girlfriend who always reminds me of these things and will support me on this journey :)

Blessings :)

This summer has been full of blessings. My first week of work with the little kids day camps was so cool! I had way too much fun to be getting payed. I am loving it. Plus Kat is letting me live at her house when I am working which cuts my commute from 45 minutes to about 10. I am loving all that is happening. Then last week Kat was at CYT High School Camp and I was so bummed I could not go or work there. I went and saw her showcase at the end of the week and it was great. Everything she said about camp sounded so amazing but I knew that it was something she needed and not something I was supposed to experience. I was bummed but then at work on Monday we were told that one of our camps was canceled because we had no enrollment. This sucked because I was out of work for a week, but when God closes a door he opens another. On Tuesday Vana came to camp and asked me if I would like to work at the Middle School camp. I agreed and I am so excited that I do get to experience this. I am so happy that I got involved with CYT this summer and it is going to be painful to leave, but I will be back.

Sooooo..

I have forgotten about my blog!mI have not posted my photo a day for forever and I was forgetting to take picture and my camera was dead with no charger so that did not help. So now I am back on track and all that stuff. I am very excited for summer. I am just excited to hang out with my friends I have not seen in a long time and do pottery and do crazy fun random stuff. Also today I found one of my hats on my roommate's desk and I was a little angry but I didn't really care I just don't want him all up in my stuff. Then I go on Facebook and his profile picture is of him WEARING one of my hats at something called "420 Fest". Needless to say I am a little upset. I find it funny that he would just take one of my hats and wear it but at the same time I am pissed. Ugh it is not a good situation with him. Oh well only 2 weeks left!! 

Chargers

So this has not been my week for chargers. First my phone will not charge and it turns out my charger is not working so my friend gave me an extra one she had. It was kind of nice to not have my phone for a day though. Lonely but nice. Then I could not find my camera charger after my camera died. I looked everywhere. I looked in the place I remember leaving it about 40 times. I searched high and low and could not find it. So I stopped looking after a day of searching. Then a few days later I was putting books in the bag that I had searched 40 times and it was in there. How did I miss it?! Man that was frustrating. 

An adventure

I am sick..... lame. 

So lately I have really been craving something exciting and new. I don't know why, but I just want to pack up and go somewhere. I really don't care where, just not southern California. I am just getting a little restless. Don't get me wrong I love it here. I love Concordia and all my friends here, but I just want something new. I want to travel or move somewhere random. I just get this feeling that I am missing out on stuff. That is definitely not true though. I am still young and plus if I was living out on my own I would not have the time and money to do those kinds of things. I know I need to be patient, but I kind of just want to get on with life. I might just transfer somewhere in a year or so. That might help. There is way too much I want to do, but that darn thing called money is not really helping. I know that God will provide for what I need and if I am meant to go somewhere I will be there, but I think because I want it so bad it is hard to have that trust. I just have to be patient for now. 

As much as I want something new I still must say that souther California is one of the best places to live. Yesterday I went to the beach, came back to school, went to Disneyland, went to the Spectrum, got new shoes, got a haircut, went and got ice-cream, then finished the day with a game of Mad Gab. I am very blessed to be living in such a wonderful area, but regardless I want something new. I just want to take an adventure to somewhere. Any ideas? 

Weekend

This weekend my best friend Kat came to Laguna and it was FUN! We went to a youth conference this weekend and I am very glad I went. It definitely made me happy with the choice I have made to study youth ministry. I got to be a leader for my youth group so it was a good experience. I love the conference and I think it is a great thing that they are doing. Before the conference they have a countdown to when the conference starts, and when the clock got to one minute everyone was screaming and so excited for this conference. It was amazing to see hundreds of teenagers get so excited about worshiping God for a weekend.  

In Laguna Kat and I walked around the art galleries and went to eat at a very good mexican restaurant. WE hung out in the hotel room and walked on the beach. It was a lot of fun! 

Patrick got style advice from the girls this weekend. I am very proud of him. I don't think he was so excited but he looks good so he should be thankful.  (wow sounds a little gay). Anyways that was it. 

Exciting

So last night Invisible Children came to Concordia to do a screening of their new short film, rescue. (if you do not know what Invisible Children is www.invisiblechildren.com check it out.) I really love what this organization is about and all the things they are doing for children in Uganda. 

Anyways, the film is about a new event they are doing called Rescue. At this even people will be "abducting" themselves and waiting for a rescue. We will be spending the night somewhere in Orange County (many other cities are doing this also) and there we will be writing letter to politicians and trying to rally all the help we can get. The purpose of this is to rescue the children in Northern Uganda that have been abducted and forced into the LRA to become child soldiers. 

I am very excited to get involved and help this organization. My friend Kaala and I are planning to have a benefit concert for IC next fall. We hope to make this a big as we can possibly make it. We are really excited to see what we can make happen with this. I am just really excited to get involved and I hope to find some more ways in the future. Possibly become a roadie.