Oh my dear blog, words cannot even begin to describe how bad I feel about leaving out in the preverbal cold for so long! I have been out my eyeballs busy with tons of school stuff, college applications, etc. etc.
My trip to California was as amazing as I could have hoped…in many ways it was more. I realized the college of my dreams, the hard work it will take to make it, all along with how much my family truly means to me in the ong term of actually getting to this future i’ve been dreaming of for so long. I basked in the sun through the tinted windows of my aunt’s Jeep for four straight days, and even managed to squeeze in two hours of R&R time at the beach. Just me, the surf, the sand, and a bunch of funny German tourists next to me trying to take some scenic “jumping-mid-air-with-the-sun-silhouetting-you” pictures. If only they knew I was a photographer (or if I spoke German), I could have helped make it actually happen…. instead, I took one for myself:
My mom isn’t the best with a camera, and this took a couple good tries, but hey, I made it work with a little help from Photoshop 
Anywho, since then life hasn’t slowed in the least! School and art have been kicking my butt like nothing I’ve ever experienced before. I had a bit of a rough bout with art this semester. My teacher leaving us with the lame “decide your own project” for Advanced class left me completely high and dry! I could not think of projects to do for the life of me…. and it really killed my grade. I soared and succeeded in my AP Art class. I feel like a lot of my ideas and projects were pretty good, and I’ve experimented in ways I never thought I would! I had to draw an entire project, and although it’s not great, it really pushed my buttons and tested me to my max. I (get this!) chose to paint part of one of my projects! Although I only painted accent parts onto photographs, I did it! I tampered in many different little things this year, all things I never thought i’d try, but I feel so accomplished knowing that I have done them! Things are pretty amazing when you put so much passion and time into them.
There are five days left until I am finally FREE and back to having enough time to update you, my lovely blog!
I promise I will finish updating you will tons of fun and new things asap, but I have to get to bed….Finals in the morning 
So goodnight, sweet dreams! I’ll be back soon, I promise!
Don’t miss me too much haha
xoxo
Currently Listening: “Hey Soul Sister” – Train
(p.s. – I LOVE that I loved this song 6 months before anyone else even knew it was around, and had it as my ringtone for that long too , haha! I’d never say that in person, because i think it sounds horribly bitchy. But it’s 150% true, and dammit, this is my blog, I do what I want! Either way, if the world is catching onto good music, im happy for them.)
