Wednesday, December 03, 2008

hello friends

well it has been a very long time since i have blogged. i almost gave up. still holding on by a thread.. but giving it another shot.

life is interesting right now. i think i am learning a lot, secretly. it feels like one of those times, where it has been hard. in a not hard way. i mean i work at a coffee shop and live at home with my parents. so how hard could that be? but it is not where i expected i would be at 24 (still not used to that). i am dealing with my expectations. trying. i put expectations on everything.

go to college. get a job. love your job. move out. save money. travel. be happy. satisfied. completed.

not really sure where i got this from. because no one around me has really fit in this box.

but i know that everything is going to be ok. i am learning.

someone asked me the other day how i felt about going back to school. when it comes down to it i am excited... i am taking ceramics, jewelry, and painting. but it is also a bit of a punch to the stomach that i am going back to saddleback. 24. still at a coffee shop.

and even writing that i know that it will be ok. time will go by fast. and in the long run it will be way worth it.
i want to enjoy where i am at today. i have a job. and i can go back to school.
well it does feel good to be back. hope you didnt give up on me.

11 comments:

tristan said...

you are good.
you are young.

Julie Hibbard said...

I went back to Saddleback at 24. I was a waitress. I had two children. I had no idea where I was going. It took ME another 13 years before I had a bachelor's degree. I loved every minute of it.
Today, at FORTY FIVE, I feel like you. Where am I? Where am I going? But I smile and have fun and enjoy each day...
I am 20 years ahead of you and one thing I know for sure...it's a journey...there really isn't a destination.
I love you. I am so proud of you.

cara. said...

welcome back.

and you're doing exactly what you want to be doing. when will you ever get the opportunity to learn this stuff ever again?!

24 is young! don't be too anxious to grow up. you have the rest of your life to do that.

Chad Cheverier said...

hey nice seeing you today and talking. see you saturday too!

oh, hello friend. said...

glad to have you back dear.
friend dinner, coming soon.
after this months port show.
write it down + come! ♥

Annie Smith said...

thanks for all your sweet notes!

+ said...

:( i feel ya sista

loisa said...

i love you my little one.

blythe said...

hiiiii annie!

definitely know how you're feeling.
i'll come visit you at work again soon, send me your schedule somehow? (myspace, blog, facebook, text....ha)

Matt Jensen said...

"it's a journey...there really isn't a destination." Seems like that should be hand painted on a piece of wood and hung with some rusty wire and sold at Marshalls, very true though. No one really knows what they're doing.

blythe said...

come backkk!