* Albert Einstein
"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once."
It's been 11 days since I last blogged - - whoops! It's kind of an understatement to say I've been busy, but Mr. Einstein put it best. Fortunately for time, not everything can happen at once. Life's too short for that, and someone famous said that too, at some point...in time.Moving right along. The week before last flew, like really flew. I'd spent the weekend with MJ and his family - - brother and sister-in-law were in from Scotland, so the past 2 weekends have been spent meeting them and getting to know them and her family. We went to a wedding, a couple movies, bookstores, countless restaurants, a party - - we were busy. And work has consisted of swim days, out of town field trips, meltdowns, discipline dilemmas, and a whole gamut of fun. Needless to say, it's been quite busy for this hippie.
This coming weekend however is a 5 day weekend: no service on Friday, then Saturday/Sunday off, and camp's cancelled for Monday (4th of July) and Tuesday as well - - I will have found heaven on Earth. :D Then, in a couple of weeks it's my birthday and MJ's been planning this super surprise for months now. He's been in cahoots with my mom and they're both sworn to secrecy, I'm allowed no details - - it's really quite frustrating. (MJ if you're reading this, know I am deeply aggravated :P :::kidding:::)
Anyways, just wanted to catch up real quick, letcha know it's all groovy baby, and leave you with a few more inspired words from Old Albert...
- "A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be."
- "A person who never made a mistake never tried something new."
- "All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree."
- "Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them."
- "Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile."
Until next time~* African Proverb
"It's not what you call me, but what I answer to."
I've been called many things - - some good, some bad; many hurtful, many inspiring; but most of all I've had to realize which ones to hold on to for their truth and which ones to let pass me by. And with all of them, I've had to learn if and how to grow from each.
Here are a few I've decided to answer to:
*Daughter
*Friend
*Leader
*Love
*Enemy
*Competition
*Friend
*Confidant
*Passionate
*Stubborn
*Student
*Independent
*Talented
*Smart
*Intimidating
*Assertive
*Caring
*Understanding
*Dependable
*Extrovert
*Grump
*Bossy
*Empathetic
*Girlfriend
*Perfectionist
*Uptight
*Opinionated
*Protector
*Singer
*Performer
Ok so, maybe it's a couple more than a few! :P But, the point I want to make is there are positive and negative aspects in each and every one of us. And your life's outcome depends completely on what you make of it. You can choose to listen to people tear you apart and allow people to bring you down. However, if you choose to instead grow from the adversity or challenge someone's opinion or belief of you you'll wind up stronger in the end. Not only will you have a better sense of who you are but you'll have a firmer grip on who you want to become and how you want others to see you.No matter who you are or what you choose though, it's all groovy baby!
Until next time~
* Anonymity
"The problem with losing your anonymity is that you can never go back."
Hence, there is no author's name on this blog, nothing to link it back to me (the writer), and nothing boldly stating who the owner is. Those who know I have a blog don't know the name of it and those who may stumble upon these random ramblings won't know who they belong to. And I will keep it that way for as long as possible.I don't want any past experiences or prior knowledge of me and my existance to be linked to this blog. I want a clean slate, if you will, to start over with in the cyber-world most of us now reside in. I want whatever profound writings I come up with (if any) to be held to a standard of one's own choice, not to be judged based on my relationship with an individual, or times we've shared, or ideas a reader may have towards me and the particular subject matter at hand.
And for now we'll see how long the anonymity lasts, but if you do happen to track me down or discover the hippie behind this madness, it's all groovy baby!
Until next time~
* Summer Lovin'
Summer is officially here! I am more excited than I've ever been before!
I'm working at an AWESOME summer day camp for a third year and I am ecstatic to see my kiddos!!! We started our second week of training this week and start camp with the kids next week -- I absolutely can not wait! My job consists of lots and lots of paperwork - - I head up a team of 5 other interns and am in charge of 60 elementary aged campers. This camp is a literacy-based camp for low-income, at-risk kids. This will be my third summer working for the program and I have loved every single minute of it (minus those minutes involving aggravating, sub-par interns and holy terror children) - - other than that, it's been a blast every year.
So, I'm sure these next 2 months will be filled with camp-related posts and daily trials and triumphs of the summer - - hope you enjoy it. If not though, it's all groovy baby!
Until next time~
* Goo Goo Dolls
"And I don't want the world to see me, 'cause I don't think that they'd understand. When everything's made to be broken, I just want you to know who I am." - Iris
So, last night MJ and I went to a Goo Goo Dolls concert out at a casino in the middle of nowhere. It. Was. Fantastic! The opener was awesome! Graham Colton - - go look him up, his song "Pacific Coast Eyes" is played pretty frequently on the radio and he just released a new album (titled the same). He's got a pretty mellow, acoustic guitar sound - - Goo Goo similiar with a hint of the Script.
The quote above is from our favorite GGD song, Iris. What's funny about it is we both individually loved this song before we met. It held really special meaning for us both and then once we started dating found out how important it was to each of us. This was the last song of the set (there of course was an encore, but we didn't stay for that - - gotta beat the casino traffic :P). As they started to play it I told MJ not to judge me if I started to cry - - so I'm a little emotional, I'm female. Anyways, so there were are standing together, listening to this heartbreaking song and I'm just a-cryin' away. I'm standing there thinking about all the things I've gone through from the time I first heard this song until now and realizing I've changed so much (I'll get into more of that in later posts I can assure you). But that quote up there sums it all up, everything I've gone through: shame, guilt, joy, fear, triumph, defeat, love - - all of it, it's been mine and only mine. It has been personalized for me only and that goes for each and every one of us. BUT - - despite feeling alone in the world, and besides the crap we go through, whether we feel like it's only ever happened to us or not, it hasn't. And, (sap alert!) not only does the song mean something to me individually on an extremely personal and deeper level, but it now means something to us both, together as a couple.
For once, I feel understood by another individual and that is all groovy baby.
Until next time~
* Henry David Thoreau
Let's see, I became a real human being approximately 3 weeks ago...and by that folks I mean I graduated from college. Yippie! Since then I've toured the north eastern parts of our great country - - visited New York, New Jersey, D.C., Pennsylvania, drove through North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas leading me back home. It was quite the hellacious adventure, lemme tell you. And amidst the nation's history drenched sites, I longed for home and the ones I love. Not to say I didn't enjoy the trip, however after an E.R. trip and bronchitis diagnosis it's safe to say I was less than pleased to be on a tour bus with a bunch of people I'm less than partial too. (those of you reading this whom I actually do love and enjoy the company of just disregard the last statement) I'm now in a limbo of sorts and waiting in this transition phase between travelling and settling that I've inevitably been stuck in for a good 4 years or so."Go confidently in the direction of your dreams, Live the life you've always imagined."
Moving right along, this is the first time I'll be opening the twisted head my mind resides in to let the world in on a little bit of the fanciful, frightful, and fun-loving thoughts I experience on a daily basis. I'm moving towards the life I've desperately fought to imagine, no matter how many times it's shifted along the way.
You may love it, you may hate it - - either way it's all groovy baby!
Until next time~
