Sister Hazel Concert

Sunday night I was fortunate enough to get front row center standing room at the free Sister Hazel concert. It was amazing, so much fun, and loud! Sister Hazel was extremely down to earth, and the lead singer smiled at me and also chuckled when I pointed at him while I sang his song along with him. I got a picture with him, he was very nice. This guy named John McLaughin, who is an up and coming guy with a lot of talent, charisma, and a great body, opened up for him. I would write more, but I have people to call and homework. Plus it is so nice outside, I don't want to be on the computer in my dorm. Here's the picture of me and Ken from Sister Hazel.

I Went on a Safari

Well, my orientation sort of deal, better know as "leadership safari" is over. I am actually kind of sad, because I ended up having a lot of fun. The first day or two, I was wondering what I was doing here, but it has worked out great so far. I had a great group of people to be involved with for the week. There was some great speakers, comedians, and even some slam poets that were awesome. I had never seen anything like that, we don't get that type of entertainment in Adrian. I don't think I coiuld be a slam poet, but it was so intense and beautiful. I loved it. I would like to right that style of poem sometime, just to see if I could do it. I couldn't get up there and perform it for a ton of people, though.

Sister Hazel is going to be here this Saurday, and I guess there is another comedian tomorrow night. It is cool to have so much to do, compared to having nothing to do. Today I went to the "SAC" to work out for my first time. It felt great. I need to make it a priority in the winter to work out, because it is amazing what it does for my mood, plus it is just a nice place to work out.

I felt like I was on the phone all day today, becayse I have been so busy I lost contact with people. It was so nice to talk to people from home. I had a great 40 minute phone conversation with April. It did not feel like that long at ALL. When I hung up, I knew we had a nice little chat so I figured it was like 20 minutes...when it said 40 minutes and some seconds, I was in shock. We had this motivational speaker who gave us all blow pops. The point was to give the Charms Blow Pop to someone in our life who makes our life better. The catch was, that it couldn't be like a family member or boyfriend. It had to be someone in our life who makes our life better, but has no obligation to us. He wanted us to tell them straight forward "My life is better, because you are in it." We talked about how hard this is, because in our society it is easier to disrespect someone or just give them a small compliment, than actually be real and make their day. Today, I told April about the speaker and his message, I told her my life was better because she was in it, and that I hope she wasn't offended that I am not mailing the blow pop. She got a kick out of the blow pop comment, and she was really appreciative about it. We then had a great discussion about how we should say those things to people, but for some reason we don't, and we explored some possible reasons for that. She also helped me feel better about not knowing what I want to do, and thinking I don't want to do Physical Therapy. I think I'm placing far too much stress on things that I need to relax.

I just dowloaded the SugarHill Gang song "Apache." That somehow turned into my Sea Turtle's group's theme song, because there is a little dance everyone does to it here that is hilarious. We were constantly dancing to that song, several times a day. I am excited to have it on my ipod now. I also recently purchased "Buttons" by the pussycat dolls, because that has been a big dance song.

I am nervous about starting my classes, but everything is going well so far. I can't believe I am finally at college. I dreaded it for so long, but I'm liking it now. I hope it continues to be a good time and a growing experience. I'm jsut happy that I finally had the change to blog again. It's been too long, since I had a real blog.

College

Well, after a year of anxiety I am at college. I have to come to the conclusion that so far, it's not that bad. I tend to be impatiend with making friends. So far, I have 0 real friends. It is hard to make real friends this early on when everyone is desperate for clicks and comfort zones that do not exist. Today we divided into our groups, which is cool. I had never met any of the people in my group, and we will now be like a family for the week. I have som cool people in my group, I think I might actually get to make some friends. It's not that I am anti-social. Making friends has never been a problem, but when there are so many people it is hard to see the same people. It is not as scary as I thought though. It is sometimes uncomfortable, but it is definately something I can do. It's not far fetched or some huge difficult thing. It just takes time. I probably shouldn't be blogging, but instead meeting people. We have a busy day tomorrow, and I'm tired so it is hard to go be all hyper while people play poker, which I never have found that fun. It's weird to be totally unknown. In high school people always had an idea of who I was, even if it was not exactly the case...they at least had a start. I want to right more about the chaos, stress, and sad goodbyes with friends I had, but I probably should get off the computer. The verdict is, that I am doing fine...despite missing everyone and dragging my feet to get here. It could be fun. I will see how this week goes.

I don't wanna...

I don't really want to blog. I wanted to wait until tomorrow, because I am sure I will have a lot to say after I meet with April. I am really excited to tell her about my trip. I briefly told her a few things over the phone, but so much has happened this summer. I am interested in hearing all of her thoughts. I can't believe I leave for school in a week from Saturday. I am really nervous, but I think it will happen so fast that I won't have time to think about it. Now I have to constantly remind myself to carry with me what I learned in S Dakota. In my previous experiences there, it seems like some high that lasts for a week and then vanishes just as quick as it came. This time I was able to see my role in the circle of life. It is so cool out there, because everything seems to make sense and happen for a reason. Then I get home, and I lose my vision of the circle. I hope that I continue to look at life in that way.

I am working a soccer camp this week. I am having fun with the kiddies and working with people I haven't seen all summer. Wow, I really should write so much more about everything. Maybe tomorrow will be a real blog entry, because right now I jsut don't wanna.