life is a blur

well it feels like so much has happened since i last posted, oh wait that is because a lot has happened since i last posted. such randomly funny and amazing things.

this means it is time for a list:

a. karaoke with the toms crew at the gaslight. this is significant because it was my first celebrity hang out. Blake is dating maggie grace from Lost. best. day. ever.

b. met hanson. yes, hanson. they had a meeting at the warehouse.

c. dave barnes concert at safari sam's. 

d. went snowboarding at big bear. 

e. i took lessons at big bear. funny story. i walk up to my class before it begins and i notice a big camera..hmm i think. what is the camera for? i ask. as i ask the question this guy turns around with a microphone and introduces himself as Chewy (chewbacca) a VJ for MTV tres...

yes mtv 3. i am a mtv tres star. awesome.

i definitely busted hard a couple of times, at one point i thought i had pulled my shoulder...if that is even possible.

f. toms flew me to pittsburgh to drive a car from the midwest to texas for the college tour. it was a long drive but it happened.

g. the toms college tour or Shoenanigans tour began at Baylor last friday- venue common grounds...it was one rad event. i love waco.

h. i got to hang out with my family this weekend, which included a trip to incredible pizza- it was incredible to say the least.

crazy times. crazy, random events have kept things all but mundane.

the everyday adventure

there has been a request for a day in the life...of a toms intern.

so here we go.

it all begins around 6:30 when my first alarm goes off, which almost always turns into another ten minutes of sleep on the good ole' snooze button.

6:40(5): i wake up, do the whole get ready/dressed bit, and try really hard to not be late.

8:15:  me and my 14 roommates leave the condo to travel by carpool to work.

9:00: work begins. 

sometime mid morning: walk down our friendly little work alley to get coffee at vaughn's and place my lunch order. (50cents for a cup of coffee in my own mug- super rad)

12:15: start lunch hour. go pick up lunch. eat. email. read. etc.

1:15: the second half begins.

6:00: work ends. (sometimes we chill a little or a lot past 6...we love our work what can i say)

around 7:00: make it home, or go out and do something

11:00: bedtime

the next morning it begins again. this is the super simple mundane part of everyday. somehow it never gets boring. 

today was the second monday in the office. crazy. 

blake (the owner/chief shoe giver) came in, and we finally got to meet him. he is rad. the office changed when he walked in everything became more animated and fast paced. he is like a whirlwind of ideas and questions and solutions all wrapped into one man's body.

anyway. 

love. 

more soon.

sweet home california.

it has been a while....

here is a list of the past couple of weeks:

-stayed in pasadena with happy watkins! we had a fabulous time.

-stayed with the mauger's for like five whole days in agoura hills (ca).

-drove to vegas to meet up with my mom and stay with jenn grimaldo (an old roomate).

-spent time in san diego with katie adlard and britnie young. loves!

after all of this nomadic-ness, this past thursday i finally moved into my new house. the TOMS intern house is a condo close to santa monica. i have 14 roommates....crazy but so fun. 

the roomies are from all over alabama, tennessee, ohio, minnesota, florida, vegas, north dakota, kentucky, louisiana, california, and there is another texan- representing.

today was our first day of work. it was a blast. the office is this old mtv warehouse- it is everything i ever imagined it being. 

ok well. love. be inspired. 

i am loving TOMS so much. i will write about more of my mundane adventures soon!

out with the old, in with the new...

here is a top ten list of things that have happened since my last post...

disclaimer: this list will include the good and a few bad just so i can keep things real.

10. left waco. sad day.

9. my laptop got stolen from my house in waco.

8. quality time with quality friends before leaving town.

7. dallas world aquarium with chrissy.

6. saw juno... best movie ever.

5. christmas with the family. 

4. i drove off into the sun... took a step of faith and left for california. 

3. road trip to california with cancan, bran bran, and tomtom. (almost the same as #4, but really very different.)

2. zach jones and ness' wedding...most fun wedding ever.

1. i got the internship! i am officially moving to santa monica.

the best of 2007!

a. life at the broth

b. juarez

c. road trip extravaganza may '07 (texas to california and back)

d. yosemite

e. july in india

f. starbucks barista extraordinaire

g. fabulous fall affair

h. earl/earl jr.

i. friends (old and new)

j. cami marie was born (niece)

what is to come in 2008?

i. embrace beauty, be love, be change: love jesus, love others.

ii. be more carefree 

iii. work hard at what is put before me, aka be the best intern ever.

iiii. be a better communicator

thoughts.

well i am driving off into the sun in 12 days.
in 12 days i am moving to california... i think i am finally beginning to feel the weight and lightness of all that this entails.
it is a thing of irony i know, but i feel so free yet so captive.
don't get me wrong i am so unabashedly excited about this, but sometimes moving away from home makes me feel like i am traveling to the land of oz with the strange people and the long yellow brick road leading into the unknown... at least i know that i can just click my heels together three times and everything will be better...right?

this song is today's anthem. make of it what you will.

ladies and gents...ben harper.

I know you may not want to see me
On your way down from the clouds
Would you hear me if I told you
That my heart is with you now

She's only happy in the sun
She's only happy in the sun

Did you find what you were after?
The pain and the laughter brought you to your knees
But if the sun sets you free, sets you free
You'll be free indeed, Indeed

She's only happy in the sun
She's only happy in the sun

Every time I hear you laughing, I hear you laughing
It makes me cry
Like the story of life, of your life
Is hello, goodbye

Shes only happy in the sun
Shes only happy in the sun

stepping out.

welcome to my mundane adventure.
i don't know all of the details, and i don't have it all together...but i am excited about what the 'future' holds.

this season in life has been one of waiting and it is coming to a close, but it is not over yet. i have applied for an internship in southern california, and am hoping to hear something any day now.

no matter what happens life is in transition, and i leave for the west coast in 14 days. santa monica here i come....