Well, I have officially completed my first semester at Humboldt State University. I'm not sure what my grades ended up being yet, because the school is seriously slacking in putting them up!
Looking back, the semester was seriously hectic. I had 16 units in school, plus a 20 - 30 hour a week job. Craziness. I don't know why I thought I could do it. But I think I say that every semester...
Anyway, I came home for Thanksgiving and had an amazing time. It was wonderful to be surrounded by my sister, grandma, parents, and most of the Hoeven family. I also just barely got to see all of my favorite people that I had missed so much over the course of the semester. Needless to say, it was one of the hardest things ever to come home after that.
Going back to Humboldt was intense, to say the least. I went back to two on - call weeks in a row at work, accompanied by a slew of papers and research projects that I had to get done, plus studying for finals. Finals week - probably the most miserable week of my life. My computer died, and I was on call. Therefore, I spent the majority of the week hopping from work to the library, back to work again. Also, I had an incredibly bad cold that was in my sinuses as well as my lungs, and it was one of those that was so bad that I just felt like I was underwater. So add complete confusion and being totally out of it to that mix. Anyway, I got through it, because honestly I didn't have a second within it to think about how much it sucked. I even got through my presentation at the end of the week that I had to do with no voice thanks to my cold, and aced it. Now that I look back, I'm kind of proud of myself for getting through all that shit.
Anyway, at the end of finals week my roommate had prepared a wonderful dinner for Shabbat, and it was the nicest thing ever to come home from my last final to an amazing vegetarian dinner and some wine, and meet wonderful friends of my new roommates. The next day both of my jobs that I was working got cancelled, so although it sucked that I didn't get to go back home that day, I got to spend an entire day at the gym and having some serious Heidi time. It was so weird to not be totally stressed out that I didn't really know what to do with myself!
Finally I got to come home on the Sunday after finals, which happened to be my Dad's birthday. We had a nice family dinner, and then I got to see one of my favorite friends. :) I spent the rest of the break having a very productive time catching up with my friends and family. I got to see Grandma, Ross, my Caz Counselor friends, and all of my girlfriends that I love.
I have to go home tomorrow, and I have to be honest and say that I'm a lot less than thrilled. Humboldt was a lot of fun at first, but I miss the life in Sonoma County. I miss living in Santa Rosa and being close to all the people I love, and I feel like there's just a lot more going on here. Humboldt feels really far away from everything, and although I like that it's a small school, I just don't like being that far north. I get more homesick the more time I spend there, and I am tired of lying to people and saying that its great when they ask me if I like it up there.
However, I have to keep telling myself that every negative comes with a positive. Being in Humboldt is giving me the opportunity to find creative ways to make it on my own and create my own happy independence. It also gives me the opportunity to appreciate Sonoma County that much more when I do get to be at home. I can't deny, though, that I'm still sad about the idea of going back up there when all I want to truly do is come home.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Empowerment and Humboldt County
Now that I've been living in Humboldt for a month, I just thought I would state the obvious. It's fucking fantastic. I love it here. I get to hike in the redwoods when I want to get away from my homework. Everyone is SO NICE, and I love all my classes and teachers! That said, I also just got away from a situation that has been stressing me for a long, long time.
Once upon a time, a very creepy old man tried to take advantage of the fact that I am a trusting, sweet individual who sees the good in everyone. This old man, once I severed contact with him for being such a FUCKING creeper, had information about me posted on a networking site that I did not approve of. This was going on for six months, and continued even when I repeatedly contacted this C*** asking him to remove the information. Finally, today, I contacted the moderators of this site and not only did the information get taken off, but his entire profile and all others associated with him and his craziness got removed. So liberating!
It just leads me to wonder about a bunch of things... like, what posesses a man of 51 years of age to delay growing up so much that he feels the need to hack a young girl's social networking site and terrorize whoever he feels like in her name? The best part is that this man, who I'll call Rob (yeah, I don't even give a fuck about him enough to use a fake name), used to brag all the time about how he was an "anarchist," and got whatever he wanted out of the system because he worked outside of it. Well the system fucking knocked him on his ass, and I'm pumped. He was so much of a fucking peter pan that he thought he could just live like a little kid forever, dodging people in charge, and playing immature online games with people to make himself feel better. I hope he gets caught for tax evasion, as he rightly should.
However, I get to have the satisfaction of knowing that, yes, trusting, sweet individuals like myself are targeted. But yes, we also have the smarts to keep C-words like Rob in check. You can't mess. I'm wildly happy, maybe a little naive, and probably love everyone a little too much. But I can still protect myself.
Once upon a time, a very creepy old man tried to take advantage of the fact that I am a trusting, sweet individual who sees the good in everyone. This old man, once I severed contact with him for being such a FUCKING creeper, had information about me posted on a networking site that I did not approve of. This was going on for six months, and continued even when I repeatedly contacted this C*** asking him to remove the information. Finally, today, I contacted the moderators of this site and not only did the information get taken off, but his entire profile and all others associated with him and his craziness got removed. So liberating!
It just leads me to wonder about a bunch of things... like, what posesses a man of 51 years of age to delay growing up so much that he feels the need to hack a young girl's social networking site and terrorize whoever he feels like in her name? The best part is that this man, who I'll call Rob (yeah, I don't even give a fuck about him enough to use a fake name), used to brag all the time about how he was an "anarchist," and got whatever he wanted out of the system because he worked outside of it. Well the system fucking knocked him on his ass, and I'm pumped. He was so much of a fucking peter pan that he thought he could just live like a little kid forever, dodging people in charge, and playing immature online games with people to make himself feel better. I hope he gets caught for tax evasion, as he rightly should.
However, I get to have the satisfaction of knowing that, yes, trusting, sweet individuals like myself are targeted. But yes, we also have the smarts to keep C-words like Rob in check. You can't mess. I'm wildly happy, maybe a little naive, and probably love everyone a little too much. But I can still protect myself.
Friday, July 23, 2010
On Confusing Emotions and Acupuncture.
This has been the most epic summer. I have gone to Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Humboldt, Mendocino, hung out with my favorite people in the world, and had no responsibilities. Funny how when responsibilities go out the window confusion about everything else comes in like a storm...
When do you decide to believe someone when they swear they are telling you the truth? Do I believe that a person has changed, or feels a certain way about me, or wants to be with me, simply because they are being persistent right now? Do people change? I guess they settle down, but I don't know if they really change. I guess if a person wants to be with me they will do what it takes to make it happen, but that just means I'll have to wait and see and that's driving me crazy. I'm just not sure if I should believe this person - and I'm fine without him so I don't know what I should do.
My acupuncturist told me I'm stressed. I guess I'm just stressed because my emotions and my logic are completely, one hundred percent at odds with each other. Like, they are fighting. I feel torn in so many different ways that I'm not sure what to do. When she puts the needles in and leaves the room, I feel so at peace with myself and all I want to do is sit this one out, relax, write, and cry. I swear every time I go to acupuncture lately I just like, contemplate Jesus and cry. I never thought I would be religious again, but something is happening to me, and I'm getting to this really spiritual place. I forgot about it for a while, I think.
Then when I leave the clinic the real world hits me hard and I can't sit this day out, or this drama out, and I can't just sit alone and write and get away from anything, because it's always here. When I feel like people are pulling me in different directions, it stresses out my whole body and I can't get away from it.
Luckily I'm getting a week away, I'm going to go to Camp Caz to be a counselor for 12 to 14 year old children. I'm sure that at the end of my week, I'm going to come home and realize that boy problems aren't worth my stress. Logically, I know it will work out, and boy problems will go away because they always do, but I still feel like I'm on an emotional roller coaster sometimes. I guess its the perfect time for me to go chill with 12 year olds and talk about Jesus.
When do you decide to believe someone when they swear they are telling you the truth? Do I believe that a person has changed, or feels a certain way about me, or wants to be with me, simply because they are being persistent right now? Do people change? I guess they settle down, but I don't know if they really change. I guess if a person wants to be with me they will do what it takes to make it happen, but that just means I'll have to wait and see and that's driving me crazy. I'm just not sure if I should believe this person - and I'm fine without him so I don't know what I should do.
My acupuncturist told me I'm stressed. I guess I'm just stressed because my emotions and my logic are completely, one hundred percent at odds with each other. Like, they are fighting. I feel torn in so many different ways that I'm not sure what to do. When she puts the needles in and leaves the room, I feel so at peace with myself and all I want to do is sit this one out, relax, write, and cry. I swear every time I go to acupuncture lately I just like, contemplate Jesus and cry. I never thought I would be religious again, but something is happening to me, and I'm getting to this really spiritual place. I forgot about it for a while, I think.
Then when I leave the clinic the real world hits me hard and I can't sit this day out, or this drama out, and I can't just sit alone and write and get away from anything, because it's always here. When I feel like people are pulling me in different directions, it stresses out my whole body and I can't get away from it.
Luckily I'm getting a week away, I'm going to go to Camp Caz to be a counselor for 12 to 14 year old children. I'm sure that at the end of my week, I'm going to come home and realize that boy problems aren't worth my stress. Logically, I know it will work out, and boy problems will go away because they always do, but I still feel like I'm on an emotional roller coaster sometimes. I guess its the perfect time for me to go chill with 12 year olds and talk about Jesus.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Pride and Gracias Madre
So this weekend has been quite eventful. Friday I actually just chilled out because I consumed a lot of red wine both wednesday and thursday nights, and wanted to rest before my weekend roaming around the Bay Area.
Saturday Justine and I did two Bikram classes in a row, which was AMAZING. We started our day with a 7 am class, and at 10 am we did a special Bikram class for hips and shoulders, and I learned a lot more about Bikram just by having a guest teacher and learning that I can stretch and contort my body in a bunch of cool new ways.
Then we headed home to chill for a while and went to Cafe Gratitude, my favorite ever raw vegan delicious restaurant, for some I am Luscious, which is a raw chocolate, date, fig smoothie. Yum. We continued on our way to Berkeley, and stopped again at the Cafe Gratitude in San Rafael for some kale celery juice and some delicious vegan tacos.
After some more vegan deliciousness, we met up with a few of my friends in Berkeley for my good friend Ashlyn's 21st birthday. We chilled at the Shattuck Hotel, which is really nice, and had some girl time before going out for the night. We decided that we were going to go to Asia SF, which is this crazy tranny club where there are the most beautiful transsexual men dressed as as women. These trannies were absolutely gorgeous - I couldn't stop staring because they looked so beautiful! Most of the other people there were groups of girls, and there were at least three bachelorette parties there. It was really fun, and the DJ was playing awesome dancing music. At about 12:30 we were ready to call it a night and went and crashed out at the hotel again.
I rolled out of bed at about 8 the next morning to go meet up with Justine again to get ready for the Gay Pride parade at her apartment in Berkeley. We decided to wear our matching purple tutus that we used for Halloween last year, and got all decked out in cute bikini tops and pretty makeup. We met up with some of Justine's friends from Berkeley and took Bart over to the City to watch the parade.
The parade was really cool, and there were people decked out in rainbows and sparkley things everywhere! We met up with our friends Lucas, Diana and Rachel and had a blast just dancing around and being crazy in our cool outfits. At least thirty people wanted to stop Justine and I and get pictures with us in our tutus and it was quite flattering. Eventually we got a bottle of tequila and basically just got drunk at Gay Pride in the middle of the day. We sat on the grass chillin for a while and then we got to watch THE BACKSTREET BOYS in front of the civic center! It was so cool, the audience was yelling all the words, and it was such a funny coincidence to see this cute boy band that we were all so obsessed with in middle school!
After the Backstreet Boys, Justine and I were pretty much done, since we had been inundated with rainbows and gay pride since about ten that morning. It was about 5:30 and we left Diana, Rachel, and Lucas at the parade to walk over to Gracias Madre, which is this vegan taqueria that we had heard amazing things about.
First of all, we ordered Mexican Mochas iced, and they were absolutely delicious. Then we had quesadillas with butternut squash and carmelized onions, topped with pumpkin seed salsa and cashew nut cheese. SO GOOD. I swear I could eat these quesadillas for every meal for the rest of my life and be ridiculously happy. Then we ordered the Papas al horno and the Posole. The potatoes were roasted in olive oil and herbs, and topped with a spicy cashew nut cheese and they were aboslutely amazing. The Posole was like a chile corn soup, and was delicious as well. I just didn't even know it was possible to have food this good as a vegan! I mean, I love vegan food and I love vegetables and salad, but these were amazing creations that I just had no idea were possible! We finished off our dinner with vegan chocolate cake and dulce de leche ice cream topped with a chocolate cinnamon sauce and I swear to you it was like an orgasm in my mouth. SO F-ING GOOD. When we left Gracias Madre we felt like we were all high and giggly just from the amazingness of the food we had just eaten.
Then.... well, we spent the next four or five hours looking for Diana, Rachel, and Lucas. It was such a stressful situation, and to make a long story short, they apparently drank three bottles of hard alcohol after we left and were drunk as sh** wandering around SF. We tried to give them directions about thirty times and eventually had to get in our car and drive around looking for them. I don't know how or by what miracle we actually found their drunk butts, but we took Lucas home and drove Diana and Rachel back to Santa Cruz at like one in the morning and crashed there. This morning they all apologized and we were all good, and we were supposed to stay in Santa Cruz for another night or two but Justine and I just decided we were exhausted and would rather head home and eat at Gracias Madre on our way back than hang out when Diana was tired and sick and Rachel had to do homework for her summer class.
On the way home, we stopped and met Lucas in SF and went to Gracias Madre again. This time we ordered vegan Horchata Lattes (AMAZING) and the quesadillas again since they were so orgasmic. We also ordered Nopales, which were prickly pear cactus, rice and beans, and pico de gallo salsa, and Enchiladas con Mole, which were delicious as well. The enchiladas came with a delicious little kale salad with pumpkin seeds, black beans, and enchiladas with delicious mushrooms and Mole sauce. It was so good! This time we went all out with dessert too, and got flan, dulce de leche ice cream, and mexican wedding cookies with coconut ice cream. The Flan was so freaking good, and I really want to know how they did it without eggs, because it was amazingly delicious! The coconut ice cream was really good too, and I was just so happy with the food!
Finally Justine and I headed home but didn't really get out of the city till like 10:30. We got back to Cloverdale about midnight and I just got home and am exhausted! I am so happy with this weekend, the major theme being the absolutely delicious food! I am so in love with life and summer it's ridiculous!
Saturday Justine and I did two Bikram classes in a row, which was AMAZING. We started our day with a 7 am class, and at 10 am we did a special Bikram class for hips and shoulders, and I learned a lot more about Bikram just by having a guest teacher and learning that I can stretch and contort my body in a bunch of cool new ways.
Then we headed home to chill for a while and went to Cafe Gratitude, my favorite ever raw vegan delicious restaurant, for some I am Luscious, which is a raw chocolate, date, fig smoothie. Yum. We continued on our way to Berkeley, and stopped again at the Cafe Gratitude in San Rafael for some kale celery juice and some delicious vegan tacos.
After some more vegan deliciousness, we met up with a few of my friends in Berkeley for my good friend Ashlyn's 21st birthday. We chilled at the Shattuck Hotel, which is really nice, and had some girl time before going out for the night. We decided that we were going to go to Asia SF, which is this crazy tranny club where there are the most beautiful transsexual men dressed as as women. These trannies were absolutely gorgeous - I couldn't stop staring because they looked so beautiful! Most of the other people there were groups of girls, and there were at least three bachelorette parties there. It was really fun, and the DJ was playing awesome dancing music. At about 12:30 we were ready to call it a night and went and crashed out at the hotel again.
I rolled out of bed at about 8 the next morning to go meet up with Justine again to get ready for the Gay Pride parade at her apartment in Berkeley. We decided to wear our matching purple tutus that we used for Halloween last year, and got all decked out in cute bikini tops and pretty makeup. We met up with some of Justine's friends from Berkeley and took Bart over to the City to watch the parade.
The parade was really cool, and there were people decked out in rainbows and sparkley things everywhere! We met up with our friends Lucas, Diana and Rachel and had a blast just dancing around and being crazy in our cool outfits. At least thirty people wanted to stop Justine and I and get pictures with us in our tutus and it was quite flattering. Eventually we got a bottle of tequila and basically just got drunk at Gay Pride in the middle of the day. We sat on the grass chillin for a while and then we got to watch THE BACKSTREET BOYS in front of the civic center! It was so cool, the audience was yelling all the words, and it was such a funny coincidence to see this cute boy band that we were all so obsessed with in middle school!
After the Backstreet Boys, Justine and I were pretty much done, since we had been inundated with rainbows and gay pride since about ten that morning. It was about 5:30 and we left Diana, Rachel, and Lucas at the parade to walk over to Gracias Madre, which is this vegan taqueria that we had heard amazing things about.
First of all, we ordered Mexican Mochas iced, and they were absolutely delicious. Then we had quesadillas with butternut squash and carmelized onions, topped with pumpkin seed salsa and cashew nut cheese. SO GOOD. I swear I could eat these quesadillas for every meal for the rest of my life and be ridiculously happy. Then we ordered the Papas al horno and the Posole. The potatoes were roasted in olive oil and herbs, and topped with a spicy cashew nut cheese and they were aboslutely amazing. The Posole was like a chile corn soup, and was delicious as well. I just didn't even know it was possible to have food this good as a vegan! I mean, I love vegan food and I love vegetables and salad, but these were amazing creations that I just had no idea were possible! We finished off our dinner with vegan chocolate cake and dulce de leche ice cream topped with a chocolate cinnamon sauce and I swear to you it was like an orgasm in my mouth. SO F-ING GOOD. When we left Gracias Madre we felt like we were all high and giggly just from the amazingness of the food we had just eaten.
Then.... well, we spent the next four or five hours looking for Diana, Rachel, and Lucas. It was such a stressful situation, and to make a long story short, they apparently drank three bottles of hard alcohol after we left and were drunk as sh** wandering around SF. We tried to give them directions about thirty times and eventually had to get in our car and drive around looking for them. I don't know how or by what miracle we actually found their drunk butts, but we took Lucas home and drove Diana and Rachel back to Santa Cruz at like one in the morning and crashed there. This morning they all apologized and we were all good, and we were supposed to stay in Santa Cruz for another night or two but Justine and I just decided we were exhausted and would rather head home and eat at Gracias Madre on our way back than hang out when Diana was tired and sick and Rachel had to do homework for her summer class.
On the way home, we stopped and met Lucas in SF and went to Gracias Madre again. This time we ordered vegan Horchata Lattes (AMAZING) and the quesadillas again since they were so orgasmic. We also ordered Nopales, which were prickly pear cactus, rice and beans, and pico de gallo salsa, and Enchiladas con Mole, which were delicious as well. The enchiladas came with a delicious little kale salad with pumpkin seeds, black beans, and enchiladas with delicious mushrooms and Mole sauce. It was so good! This time we went all out with dessert too, and got flan, dulce de leche ice cream, and mexican wedding cookies with coconut ice cream. The Flan was so freaking good, and I really want to know how they did it without eggs, because it was amazingly delicious! The coconut ice cream was really good too, and I was just so happy with the food!
Finally Justine and I headed home but didn't really get out of the city till like 10:30. We got back to Cloverdale about midnight and I just got home and am exhausted! I am so happy with this weekend, the major theme being the absolutely delicious food! I am so in love with life and summer it's ridiculous!
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
On Trusting and Beautiful Days
I hate when I learn that someone I've trusted for a really long time isn't who I think they are. I always look back and feel like I should have seen those red flags, but oh well. It's too late now. I guess sometimes it takes an extreme situation to get me out of those relationships. Bikram Yoga makes me emotional about these things - I cried throughout the entire floor series. And in Savasana for a full 15 minutes after class. It felt good to let it all out though. I needed to.
However, after Bikram I was completely blessed to spend time with an incredibly sweet, normal, gentlemanly guy who is totally into me. We hiked, went out to dinner, and he opened car doors and paid for my meal. After dinner, we headed out to the beach and he showed me this tiny little cave in the bluffs where we sat protected from the wind and watched the beautiful, beautiful waves. Resting my head on his shoulder while he had his arm around me and staring at the ocean and sky was total bliss - I couldn't have asked Life for a better way to make up for the fact that I lost faith in a person who I gave everything to.
I have to say that I am so grateful for the people in my life that are genuine and good - the best friend that I can call when I am flustered and about to lose my head over stupid situations, the yoga teacher who doesn't draw attention to me while I'm crying in her class because she's been there, and the guy who is so incredibly nice to me and I have no idea why. All I can do is be thankful. I am loving life and this beautiful day.
However, after Bikram I was completely blessed to spend time with an incredibly sweet, normal, gentlemanly guy who is totally into me. We hiked, went out to dinner, and he opened car doors and paid for my meal. After dinner, we headed out to the beach and he showed me this tiny little cave in the bluffs where we sat protected from the wind and watched the beautiful, beautiful waves. Resting my head on his shoulder while he had his arm around me and staring at the ocean and sky was total bliss - I couldn't have asked Life for a better way to make up for the fact that I lost faith in a person who I gave everything to.
I have to say that I am so grateful for the people in my life that are genuine and good - the best friend that I can call when I am flustered and about to lose my head over stupid situations, the yoga teacher who doesn't draw attention to me while I'm crying in her class because she's been there, and the guy who is so incredibly nice to me and I have no idea why. All I can do is be thankful. I am loving life and this beautiful day.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Summer!
This summer has been absolutely amazing so far! I didn't realize how isolated I felt when I was in school all semester without any free time!
I have gotten to catch up with so many friends, have good conversations about meaningful things, I've had good laughs, and gotten time to relax.
Sunday I went to Live 105's BFD in Mountain View, and saw some amazing music! First off, the Dirty Heads were freaking awesome! As was Gaslight Anthem, Cage the Elephant, and Silversun Pickups.
The most amazing part, though, was that I actually got to see SUBLIME play. Live. I didn't even consider how amazingly awesome it was going to be until they were about to come on - I mean, I've been obsessed with Sublime since I was like, 12. They finally have Rome, their new singer/guitarist, and they sound SO FREAKING GOOD. My favorite part was that they didn't really play any new stuff, just the stuff that everyone new. It was so cool that the audience was singing along to every song, and that they sounded so amazingly the same as when they had Bradley.
This weekend is staff training for Camp and I'm so excited! I love summer. So. Freaking. Much.
I have gotten to catch up with so many friends, have good conversations about meaningful things, I've had good laughs, and gotten time to relax.
Sunday I went to Live 105's BFD in Mountain View, and saw some amazing music! First off, the Dirty Heads were freaking awesome! As was Gaslight Anthem, Cage the Elephant, and Silversun Pickups.
The most amazing part, though, was that I actually got to see SUBLIME play. Live. I didn't even consider how amazingly awesome it was going to be until they were about to come on - I mean, I've been obsessed with Sublime since I was like, 12. They finally have Rome, their new singer/guitarist, and they sound SO FREAKING GOOD. My favorite part was that they didn't really play any new stuff, just the stuff that everyone new. It was so cool that the audience was singing along to every song, and that they sounded so amazingly the same as when they had Bradley.
This weekend is staff training for Camp and I'm so excited! I love summer. So. Freaking. Much.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Summer Exciting - ness!
So it is now summer and I am officially done with Community College. That feeling is AMAZING, because I am soooo ready to leave Sonoma county and see some change of scenery.
And, speaking of change of scenery, I just got back from a three day weekend in Gerlach, Nevada. I know, you've never heard of it, but it's the only (tiny) town within miles of access to the Black Rock Desert, which is where Burning Man is every year. I still haven't been to Burning Man, but have now decided that I HAVE to go. I never thought I would say this, but I absolutely fell in LOVE with Nevada - the desert, the crazy mountains, Pyramid Lake... I loved it. Especially being out on the playa. There is something so grounding about standing in the middle of the desert with nothing for miles around. The playa is 30 miles long - it literally is just miles of nothing.
And at nighttime it was absolutely incredible. Being on the playa and looking at the stars was like no other experience I have ever had. I don't think there is a view of the stars like that anywhere else.
It's good to be home, but I am just more excited for this crazy summer. It's funny how I thought I would have all this free time once school was out, but really I just went from having no days off to having one. Next week once I'm done working at Adel's I'll have more.
This weekend I go to Live 105's BFD concert in Mountainview, next weekend is Camp Rally, the weekend after is Dance Recital... I can't believe how crazy this summer is going to be!
And, speaking of change of scenery, I just got back from a three day weekend in Gerlach, Nevada. I know, you've never heard of it, but it's the only (tiny) town within miles of access to the Black Rock Desert, which is where Burning Man is every year. I still haven't been to Burning Man, but have now decided that I HAVE to go. I never thought I would say this, but I absolutely fell in LOVE with Nevada - the desert, the crazy mountains, Pyramid Lake... I loved it. Especially being out on the playa. There is something so grounding about standing in the middle of the desert with nothing for miles around. The playa is 30 miles long - it literally is just miles of nothing.
And at nighttime it was absolutely incredible. Being on the playa and looking at the stars was like no other experience I have ever had. I don't think there is a view of the stars like that anywhere else.
It's good to be home, but I am just more excited for this crazy summer. It's funny how I thought I would have all this free time once school was out, but really I just went from having no days off to having one. Next week once I'm done working at Adel's I'll have more.
This weekend I go to Live 105's BFD concert in Mountainview, next weekend is Camp Rally, the weekend after is Dance Recital... I can't believe how crazy this summer is going to be!
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