So it begun
Well I have to say I definitely had the absolute best summer of my entire life this past year. I turned 21. I smoked Hashish with my Dad. My parents decided not to get divorced. My Sheena seems RIDICULOUSLY happy with her Kellen. And my Sidrah is absolutely thriving in her work and life. I made a sinful amount of money working in the Ravenous Restraunt/Bar in Healdsburg despite the HORRIBLE mental work environment. I relaxed every day as much as I wanted to. I read over 30 books. I absorbed and absorbed and absorbed everything I had at my fingertips. My 21st birthday celebration started out with my first legal drink at the bar I worked at starting with the traditional "Utz...BANZAI" chant over tequilia. Completely drunk, we wrestled in parking lots, we somehow walked home. We collapsed on the floor. It was beautiful. I got to spend not only that night, but the following weekend with my best friends in the world, my buddies. Rob was there, DJ was there, Nathan was there, Tyler was there, and Ben was a part of it. We camped out in the Russian Gulch, a small beach isolated by cliffs on both sides and only accessible by walking through a dried up river bed for several several miles. Camping was illegal. But so was everything else we were doing. Mind expansion. Delicious food. Herbal freedom. Fungal exploration. Alcoholic revelry. Complete freedom in nature. I couldn't have asked for it to go any better.
So after such an amazing summer that went by with me writing almost no words down at all, I had a hard time adjusting to school again. I have started my year with the most optimistic outlook of any of my Fall quarters. I am determined to let this positive attitude control every interaction I encounter. Rob and I toasted to taking advantage of absolutely every possible avenue of maturation and exploration. This was one of my life stages where I have been able to notice a transition. My mind is shaped in ways that make me feel perfectly at ease when faced with the "real world". It's been a balanced year, and I seek it more every day. I will have more lows. But I will have more highs. I'm riding the chariot reined to my desires and fears but I have the ropes, and my eyes are wide open.
So after such an amazing summer that went by with me writing almost no words down at all, I had a hard time adjusting to school again. I have started my year with the most optimistic outlook of any of my Fall quarters. I am determined to let this positive attitude control every interaction I encounter. Rob and I toasted to taking advantage of absolutely every possible avenue of maturation and exploration. This was one of my life stages where I have been able to notice a transition. My mind is shaped in ways that make me feel perfectly at ease when faced with the "real world". It's been a balanced year, and I seek it more every day. I will have more lows. But I will have more highs. I'm riding the chariot reined to my desires and fears but I have the ropes, and my eyes are wide open.