Such a slacker...

I am such a slacker. I haven't even updated since I've been home from tour.

So, yeah, I'm home now. I'm living back in San Clemente with my mom. And I'll probably be here for about a year or so. I'm taking some online classes at Saddleback, but other than that I'm not in school right now. I'm still teaching at Pacifica HS. That gig is still going well. I'm also working at Starbucks...it's actually really cool and I like it so far. And then I'm going to start DJ-ing weddings in Newport Beach this month. I've been training for that...my first solo gig is on the 17th.

My summer was very long. I had a great time, at times...and sometimes it was awful. But, what else can you expect. Being a Vanguard cymbal player was a lot different from what I thought it would be, but I expected that to happen anyways. As far as how the corps placed...I don't really care. Lowest placing ever for SCV...whatever...I seriously got over that about a week into July. My section was pretty good, in my opinion...and I was ok with that. We came so far throughout the course of the season, and I feel like personally I accomplished more than I ever thought I could.

Moreover...I fell in love. With another human being. Sounds weird, huh? I have a boyfriend. Sounds even weirder. But yes, I am absolutly, head over heels, madly in love with Walter James Turner III. And I can't even imagine living my life without him in it. What really sucks about the whole situation is that he's from Houston, TX. And that he goes to Berklee school of music in BOSTON. But...we're making it work. He's already been out to visit me since the season ended, and I'm probably heading out there sometime at the end of the month. It just really really sucks being away from him so much. Every breath I take is in the context of missing him. He's really all I think about these days...and even the other things I think about are all in consideration of him. It's really weird. I'm not used to having someone in my life that I want to be involved in every aspect of who I am. But what's even weirder is that I don't mind. I'm ok with the fact that he's gone past my normal boundaries of how close I let ANYONE come. This openness to commitment is very new.

Needless to say, the way I am viewing things these days is far different from when I left. But...it's good. I'm much more relaxed about everything, and I'm actually accepting the fact that maybe sometimes it's ok for things to be going alright. Anyways...if you want to talk about it more just IM me or something.

Oh, and if anyone wants to hang out, you should call me. I do have 3 jobs, but surprisingly enough I have quite a bit of free time.