i have come to exist to a few here.
I met some new people today through training and such.
I met a girl that rode an amtrak all the way here for three days with nothing to listen to save her silence. she is originally from queens New York.
I met a guy today who drove the whole I-80 from vermont. He has been here for two weeks now.
I was graced with a girl that seemed quircky like me, she is strong-willed and is figuring out what she wants from life. she was my favorite today.
Meeting all of these people...is hard. frustrating. a breath of fresh air.
My heart wants to be back in Oregon two months ago. My heart wants my family back. My heart wants something familiar.
I know that this is not why I am here though.
I know that there is more to glean from here than what I already know.
All day long, I have wanted to move to a new "tent city" as I like to call them, the less crazy one, but God definately had different plans for me today. Instead of pouting in my room, I ate pizza with some new people. it was nice to exist to a few today, to feel known at least a little.
Today was ahuge day of classes! It was three classes in all. About two hours each, and jam packed with information. It made me feel a little more confident in the company here, and I learned that Delaware North Companies is not just a company only situated in Yosemite, but all over the map. They pretty much own the Red Sox home stadium and The Plaza in New York...it was ridiculous!
Today I also learned that i am pretty much one of the youngest people here...most are 21 and up. Which is a little hard at times, but for the most part I can and want o hold out on drinking it up...i would rather do it around people i trust...you know?
Well that is all I have folks...thanks for reading.
I love you all.
please remember that i love letters. if you need an address, just text me. it might take a while for me to respond, but know that I will get back to you.
Day 3 closes to an end, and i still am alive.
5.5.10
4.5.10
A new start.
i am apprehensive to Yosemite...which is weird.
I have always loved Yosemite, but I have never worked here or lived here. I am not known, I know nobody.
To say the least, this is scary.
On a lighter note...
Today as i was planning a free day to do things, i ran into a girl named meghan, whom helped me to become acquainted with a couple of guys that are mad rock climbers, Thomas and Tommy. I decided to follow them to the Curry Village Sports Shop; I tried on some shoes, and i plan to buy them sometime soon. I would like to get into rock climbing...everybody else is, you know? I think it would be a good way to branch out and meet people.
After that as I was planning to leave and find some free wifi, I ran into this girl, Ashley, who is in my HR group with me...She invited me hiking with a bunch of other people I sort of knew, but the only problem was that they were about to leave! I declined, but did ride the bus with them to The Village Store. Once there, I ran into them again, and decided that today I was not going to be alone! I went hiking with them...no socks, read converse. laptop and chemistry book in backpack, and a full nalgene.
The trail this time was really sweet!
I have never before been up onto a trail right after it has been opened, but now i can!
There was still snow on the top near the falls, and there was a bunch of no-name waterfalls throughout the trail. The scenery was green and gorgeous! The view was amazing...I have never seen the tops of mountains with snow stil on them. God is good to me.
I have made it through my first day!
God has been faithful to me today, and words do not express how thankful i am of being tired.
goodnight all that read this. i love you dearly!
I have always loved Yosemite, but I have never worked here or lived here. I am not known, I know nobody.
To say the least, this is scary.
On a lighter note...
Today as i was planning a free day to do things, i ran into a girl named meghan, whom helped me to become acquainted with a couple of guys that are mad rock climbers, Thomas and Tommy. I decided to follow them to the Curry Village Sports Shop; I tried on some shoes, and i plan to buy them sometime soon. I would like to get into rock climbing...everybody else is, you know? I think it would be a good way to branch out and meet people.
After that as I was planning to leave and find some free wifi, I ran into this girl, Ashley, who is in my HR group with me...She invited me hiking with a bunch of other people I sort of knew, but the only problem was that they were about to leave! I declined, but did ride the bus with them to The Village Store. Once there, I ran into them again, and decided that today I was not going to be alone! I went hiking with them...no socks, read converse. laptop and chemistry book in backpack, and a full nalgene.
The trail this time was really sweet!
I have never before been up onto a trail right after it has been opened, but now i can!
There was still snow on the top near the falls, and there was a bunch of no-name waterfalls throughout the trail. The scenery was green and gorgeous! The view was amazing...I have never seen the tops of mountains with snow stil on them. God is good to me.
I have made it through my first day!
God has been faithful to me today, and words do not express how thankful i am of being tired.
goodnight all that read this. i love you dearly!
29.4.10
a short excerpt
well. look where we have come huh?
I am one final short of finishing my freshman year in college. it is 7:11 in the morning and I am almost done. that is exhausting.
I am flabbergasted...I am done.
This summer i have signed my soul to Yosemite National Park, and i am so glad i did.
Not that I do not want to go home...i have realized that my heart yearns for unexpected and the unknown. i thrive there.
i thrived here. i still am thriving. there is so much to explore!
A lot has happened this year...a lot. ha! Although it was probably the hardest and most stressful year of my life, it has been amazing learning all of the lessons i have learned.
some lessons i have learned:
1. Do not get too caught up in one particular thing.
That happened a number of times. I just get swept up into this frenzy of everything happening all at once, and it gets overwhelming and so i just sort of give up trying to make time for everything else. Do not get caught up...it sucks to come back. somehow you always do, but it is never the same.
2. I believe in God.
That has been a hard coming one. I do not know how much i want to blab on about this one, but God has shown me things i thought i would never experience...He is really compassionate and patient. I am so not deserving of His grace. of His love. of His mercy to show me things. of His fist. of His law. Hard things i am learning, but so so so worth it all.
3. Although you see what is now, you do not know what was then.
This lesson is so pertinent, it is not even funny. This is applied to everything i have experienced this year. people mostly, but same with history. the journey is more than the end, it is all about getting there. i think that is what life is. who wants to focus on the end all the time, and why not the here and now? I love this lesson the most.
4. I love my family.
although they are crazy and slightly dysfunctional..i love them more than anything. i miss them dearly, but i know that they are doing good things for themselves and others.
5. We need to have fun.
it's a fact...have fun. it is as simple as that...just go and do it.
i will leave you with this for now.
today I feel good. God is always good, it just takes a while for us to see the beautiful most of the time. let us remember to love today regardless of what we need.
peace.
I am one final short of finishing my freshman year in college. it is 7:11 in the morning and I am almost done. that is exhausting.
I am flabbergasted...I am done.
This summer i have signed my soul to Yosemite National Park, and i am so glad i did.
Not that I do not want to go home...i have realized that my heart yearns for unexpected and the unknown. i thrive there.
i thrived here. i still am thriving. there is so much to explore!
A lot has happened this year...a lot. ha! Although it was probably the hardest and most stressful year of my life, it has been amazing learning all of the lessons i have learned.
some lessons i have learned:
1. Do not get too caught up in one particular thing.
That happened a number of times. I just get swept up into this frenzy of everything happening all at once, and it gets overwhelming and so i just sort of give up trying to make time for everything else. Do not get caught up...it sucks to come back. somehow you always do, but it is never the same.
2. I believe in God.
That has been a hard coming one. I do not know how much i want to blab on about this one, but God has shown me things i thought i would never experience...He is really compassionate and patient. I am so not deserving of His grace. of His love. of His mercy to show me things. of His fist. of His law. Hard things i am learning, but so so so worth it all.
3. Although you see what is now, you do not know what was then.
This lesson is so pertinent, it is not even funny. This is applied to everything i have experienced this year. people mostly, but same with history. the journey is more than the end, it is all about getting there. i think that is what life is. who wants to focus on the end all the time, and why not the here and now? I love this lesson the most.
4. I love my family.
although they are crazy and slightly dysfunctional..i love them more than anything. i miss them dearly, but i know that they are doing good things for themselves and others.
5. We need to have fun.
it's a fact...have fun. it is as simple as that...just go and do it.
i will leave you with this for now.
today I feel good. God is always good, it just takes a while for us to see the beautiful most of the time. let us remember to love today regardless of what we need.
peace.
13.2.10
I have nothing to really say.
which is weird. unnatural. quite uncommon.
i usually am filled with feelings and worries, yet right now...everything just exists.
and thinks are okay.
I have a practicum on the cardiovascular system this upcoming tuesday...joy!
I feel quite insufficient in the knowledge of what we are being tested upon. I try and try to memorize, but my brain just will not retain information!
on top of a weekend of studying, i am sick. with some kind of nasty disease...i think it might be some sort of bacterial infection...maybe sinus. not sure though because i cannot really remember when my throat started hurting...should probably go to the doctors. will not, until i am dying.
So my first anatomy lecture test, i failed horribly. I actually had to be asked to talk to the professer about it...eek! So I have been studying the material for the past month, just preparing myself for this next one. i have been on my toes for two weeks, just waiting for it to happen, and yesterday it finally came!
i feel really good about this one.
lately, i have been just trying to figure myself out.
whatever that entails. I think that i have been confusing myself...a lot.
things that made sense before, does not make sense now.
I have changed my opinion on topics as well.
i think that God is churning something new inside of me.
not sure of what though.
life is rollercoaster. think straight.
30.1.10
Do you ever have those songs that do not really pertain to your life, but to love in general?
the songs that when you read the lyrics, it takes some time apply them to your own life?
and although you can not find any colrrelation between your head and the lyrics, the song speaks your souls vernacular?
i found this song yesterday, and it is one of the most amazing songs I have ever listened to over and over again.
such passion.
such love.
such heartbreak.
this makes me feel human.
Cosmic Love-Florence and The Machine
enjoy friends.
the songs that when you read the lyrics, it takes some time apply them to your own life?
and although you can not find any colrrelation between your head and the lyrics, the song speaks your souls vernacular?
i found this song yesterday, and it is one of the most amazing songs I have ever listened to over and over again.
such passion.
such love.
such heartbreak.
this makes me feel human.
Cosmic Love-Florence and The Machine
enjoy friends.
cosmic love.
hello hello.
we sit. we talk.
i let you see me. you let me in too.
this is beautiful. we are beautiful.
everything is chaos.
everything is shit.
this is sacred. this is beautiful.
we get up on tables.
wait...wait...and we are free.
i can hear.
your heart. your music.
soul vernacular.
we are a little cosmic.
with each word pressed against the wounds,
we explode.
with each touch,
we wait and sit and yearn for the next one.
with eyes locked,
we read, we write, we be.
[thank you for encouraging me friend.
you make me see the beautiful things.
the world can make sense.
God has made this good.]
we sit. we talk.
i let you see me. you let me in too.
this is beautiful. we are beautiful.
everything is chaos.
everything is shit.
this is sacred. this is beautiful.
we get up on tables.
wait...wait...and we are free.
i can hear.
your heart. your music.
soul vernacular.
we are a little cosmic.
with each word pressed against the wounds,
we explode.
with each touch,
we wait and sit and yearn for the next one.
with eyes locked,
we read, we write, we be.
[thank you for encouraging me friend.
you make me see the beautiful things.
the world can make sense.
God has made this good.]
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