It’s summertime and hopefully, the living will be easy. This season sort of came out of nowhere and along with it came a lot of responsibility. I’ll be taking two summer classes online until the middle of June to give my GPA a hearty boost. They should both be relatively easy A’s as long as I do the work, so I’m not terrible worried about them adding any stress to this peculiar Summer.As my search for a job yearns on, I’ve applied as a deli assistant, a computer salesman, and even re-applied to work at the grocery store that I used to work at. At this point, I’m counting on the old grocery store to get back to me since the computer sales job fell through in under 24 hours. I wouldn’t mind working there again so much; it was never hard work, and the pay was pretty good. I’m hoping for the best.

This season will hopefully turn out fairly well for the most part. I have a nice new living space and a fresh start with classes to look forward to in the fall, and to serve as motivation for this season. I’ll try and update this frequently over this season to keep my head on my shoulders and to remind myself of what there is to work towards.

The Pretender - Infected Mushroom

I’ve finally resurrected my site! After a long span of being broke, not having time, and making terrible choices; here I am. In the process of brining back my site, all of my previous posts were removed. Thanks to Katie my posts are archived, but I don’t think I will ever put them back up anywhere. I will most likely just keep them all saved on a backup disk to look back on one day.

Since my last post, I’ve changed a lot. I’ve taken up a new hobby and have been keeping pretty busy with it, amongst other things.

Rock Climbing

I’m not sure if anyone in my family expected me to choose anything less dangerous than climbing mountains as my new hobby. I haven’t had the pleasure of climbing any walls outside yet, but I’ve been doing a lot of indoor training. It try to climb at least four times a week with at least two of those days being strictly bouldering (seen above) and the other two climbing walls. Bouldering is the reason I started climbing and I prefer it over larger, wall climbing. For those of you who don’t know, bouldering is a type of climbing where you are not required to wear a harness or tie in to anything (generally because it’s low to the ground). Most bouldering routes require technical moves and a lot of strength. Whereas roped climbing you are required to wear a harness and tie in to a rope attached to a belayer (person who holds you up). Most normal climbing routes require a lot of endurance and strength.

With my new found interest in rock climbing, I was able to get in on an awesome opportunity to volunteer at one of my local gyms. It’s run by a local organization know as GOAT (Great Outdoor Adventure Trips) and was opened as a resource for their work. It’s also open to the public as a way to generate revenue to put towards trips and such. If you’re from the upstate SC area, I would for sure come check it out!

In 3 weeks, I’ll be half way done with my college career; that is a huge thought for me. It’s hard to wrap my mind around the fact that in just a few years I’ll have a real job, with real bills and a real life. Sometimes I  think back to when I was still grade school at Calvary Christian Academy in Warwick, NY and I feel like that was a different life than the one that I’m living right now. Even my early high school years at North Myrtle Beach Christian School feel like milleniums ago. Looking back at all of the memories that I’ve made, friends that have come and gone, places I’ve lived, all of the love I’ve had, have, and lost; there is something special from every point of my life that I’ll always hold close.

Until next time.

Cruel - St. Vincent

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