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You got to buckle up and face that stormy weather, together

October 2, 2008 in America, Locations, Personal, Recommended, Washington · 2 comments

This post is a little late, but I’ve been trying to decide the best angle to approach it from, what specific facet of this major event I wanted to discuss. I’m still not sure, to be entirely honest. But let’s lay it all on the table now before I ramble myself into a hole: I’m engaged. Last weekend Randy and I went up to Bellingham to check out some potential wedding venues. Saturday, between two venues and while looking for crabs at a waterfront park, Randy hid the ring beneath one, and after flipping it over on the pretense of looking for crabs, seeing two and asking, “Why did you have me flip this rock over,” then looking once more to see the ring as he moved to his knee, I found my jaw agape.

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I won’t go my whole life, telling you I don’t need

August 14, 2008 in Personal, Recommended · No comments

I had an emotional breakdown tonight, which is highly ironic considering my last post. But, like all of my emotional breakdowns, it seemed to be pushed along by a little hormone called estrogen. And, also like all of my emotional breakdowns, a result of something rather important that I have chosen to ignore. Last time, it was how much more important Randy was to me than Russia, and this time it was just how much people stress me out and completely exhaust me.

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All the stars were crashing round, as I laid eyes on what I’d found

July 22, 2008 in Personal · 6 comments

Last week I went and worked at a church camp as a cook / photographer. While I don’t currently consider myself a Christian, I still thought a lot about faith and what I put my faith in. It’s a subject I have been considering a lot in recent months, actually.

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With every broken heart we should become more adventurous

July 3, 2008 in Personal, Recommended · One comment

I’ve been thinking a lot lately on attitudes and outlooks. It wasn’t all that long ago that I was easily (and correctly) categorized as a bitter cynic, often pessimistic. These days, however, I am keenly optimistic and enthusiastic about the future and my life. And, oddly enough, I think the catalyst for this change was my parents’ decision not to cosign my loans for college.

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And if you were an ocean, I’d learn to float

June 12, 2008 in Personal · No comments

Here’s the thing about being 19: It sucks. At least for me. (Not like being 20 will magically make things better, though.) I feel like I’m on the verge of so many things coming together, but I’m stuck in the waiting. I’m in a career that won’t really officially be “started” until four years from January when I’ll have a degree. I’ve found someone I want to spend the rest of my life with, but we have/want to wait until finances come more in order. And, most immediately, I’m trying to find a place to move to.

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