Plane tickets, Hurricanes & Punk Rock

My mind has been wandering a lot lately. I’m in my last year of graduate school and for some reason I am more unsure of where I’ll end up and what I’ll be doing than I ever have been. I’ve caught myself questioning my own use of time and the amount of energy I put into the relationships in my life. You see, I care more about the people around me than I do most things, but like time and life, you cant control the way people treat you. I’ve come to accept that though, it’s simply something that’s out of my hands for the time being and I have to remind myself that every single one of us is on our own journey of figuring things out.

Figuring out who you are, the things that motivate you and who motivates you dredges up feelings that most are not used to. Its unfamiliar, uncomfortable at times, but beautiful. It’s the way you react to the things that happen to you, the choices you make and the choices of others that determines how wonderful life can be. So, with that being said, I am choosing to focus on the good, to find the beauty in the stress, and to take advantage of the little moments of down time that I’m lucky to get.

This past month I had an opportunity to jet down to Florida for a long girls weekend with some of my best friends. Hurricane Matthew threatened to come between me and my plans, but I chose to fly down any way (a day before the storm and to my mothers dismay- she was convinced I was insane) and was surprised to find out that the hurricane would essentially work its way around the area I was in (we had high winds and rain but nothing compared to what most people experienced).  Some how I managed to have great weather otherwise and got to take advantage of some down time during my semester. Upon my return I made a quick stop at Terrain At Styers (its on my way home from the airport and I couldn’t pass up seeing how they had it decorated for fall). And then the following day I was in Philly again  for the Sum 41: Don’t Call It A Sum Back tour.

Its been a whirlwind of a few weeks but that’s just how I like it. I’ll be daydreaming of these pictures while I tackle the growing pile of course work that middle of the semester deadlines brings.

xx

Park Ave CDs

Wekiwa State Park

Wekiwa State Park 

*disclaimer- me and crib got stuck while trying to canoe to a nearby island. Literally picture us wedged on a fallen tree spinning like a dradle. It's okay to laugh, I am now, but at the time I was so anxious that a hiding gator could come out of nowhere that i could have puked lol*

Wekiwa State Park

This trail took you from the palm trees growing in the swamp areas to the change in vegetation as you moved upward. 

crystal clear natural springs (that we couldnt resist swimming in) at Wekiwa State Park

Lunch in my favorite greenhouse 

Sum 41 in Philly

Sum 41 in Philly