Life lately

Life is still going pretty great! I went bouldering yesterday-which is like rock climbing, only not with a harness-just free climbing, and the walls are slanted backwards. I pretty much can't move today without a grimace on my face. It hurts to open the door of my car, or wash my hands or get dressed. But, I'm glad I did it, and I am on a quest to become good at a sport. Ok, not good...decent. I want to be strong and healthy, and unless I make that a regular part of my week, it will never happen! I want to be a well-rounded person, and I think for me, maybe that means finding out about sports and why people love them so much. Unfortunately, that hasn't left enough room for art making this month, and I haven't made even one thing! Yuck. I have however gone to 5 soccer games in one month!

I am learning a lot about myself. I'm learning about my weaknesses, and my inability to let someone else have the last word, and my desire to punch people in the face when they gossip untrue things about me. I got paid a very large check today, and it makes me happy that God is blessing me and helping me to provide for myself through art!

I got invited to be in Emily McPeaks' wedding this summer, and it may be changing all my summer plans around. I don't know what God wants me to do!

I am still enjoying my new friends, even though our differences are ever growing, and at times that means attending the occasional concert by myself because they just don't care. (sad!) But, I still struggle with feeling like they want to try to change me into something I will never be, or was never meant to be. Probably because they are also amazed at how differently I think from them. Seriously Shawn...trying to convince me that I would WANT to wear a bikini this summer???? You obviously don't know me very well. Keep dreaming bud.