party rock !

Music video making!!!! :))

good ol a-town:)

Now my brother is home and it's so great to feel like the house is back to normal. When I say normal i mean always loud and obnoxious with 6-7 other boys in the house. A million different food options out on the table and people coming in and out of the house. It feels officially like summer! I figured out that my summer school isn't gonna happen this summer and I can take my anatomy course in the spring at Point Loma. I still don't really want to pursue physical therapy but I will just finish my time at Point Loma with my intended major. Afterwards if I change my mind and want to do physical therapy I can take physics and put in hours in a clinic before taking grad school. I think this summer will be good time spent with family and friends and Im looking forward to see what God has in store. You never know what is going to happen!

settling in..

My first week back into the states and being at home was rough..to say the least. I was used to being with 20 other students and involved in continuous activity. Being home with my parents out most of the day my sister in school and my college friends still in school made it very hard. I would see friends often but not 24/7 like I was so used to. I left on a Thursday to go to San Diego and see my friends and visit my university, it was exactly what I needed. Seeing all of my friends  really helped me adjust back into being in the states. I needed that support and that comfort of my friends( who are what I consider family as well) Now returning back to Atascadero is so much better there are more friends that have come home and the colleges here are letting out. Compared to the first week being home this is completely different. So great. Its fabulous being home now.:)

CHANGE... in the midst

So today found out that my second session of anatomy and physiology class will no longer be offered at Cal Poly for the summer...

Let me just translate that...
With not having anatomy done before next fall I will not be able to take my major courses for Exercise Science (pre-physical therapy)..which means..
I'm changing my major!! haha So funny what life throws at ya! Last summer they promised me that this course would definitely be offered and I would be able to finish the class this summer for the rest of my classes in the fall..( that anatomy is a pre-req for) at Point Loma.

It just so happens that I haven't been enjoying my major classes...at all!! And I am actually THRILLED to be switching! I figure that graduating with a degree is the most important thing and so many people never do what they actually study anyways. I will be switching to Nutrition and Health this fall if all goes accordingly. I have a lot of classes to take and I may have to take summer school for some other classes and graduate a semester late or a year late. I'm totally content with whatever. Life is crazy and I'll just enjoy the ride.
So after realizing that I may not be taking the 8 week planned anatomy course this summer I get an email from my friends in Haiti about a volunteer summer teaching program... who knows.
Please pray for guidance from the Father and that I will be in his will.

:)
happy summer! I'll keep ya updated.

prayer before dinner

not many friends do this!:)

angie:)

lauren!:)

sunset cliffs!

BBQ! summertime!!!

great to be back!

reverse culture shock...its real.

So today I think it hit me the hardest since landing in the airport in LAX. I'm just missing all of the people and personalities within our group. Its sad to think about the people we love that live so far away. But at least we have technology and skype.:) Please keep in mind our group and all of our transitions back into U.S culture.

3:30 am waiting in line for the bus to machu picchu

HOME!?

Back in Atascadero!!!!
This is crazy! Haven't been here since December!! So great to see my popa! Glad that my mom and sis and auntie got to come visit, but still hadn't seen my dad in four months! And hopefully will get to see my brother this weekend during mothers day!
This adventure has been INSANITY. I have learned so much about a new culture, a new language, my host family, my semester group and a lot about myself.
Talking about being home is so strange!! I feel like I have so many homes..and families..Home to me is being with people and with God in a place of security and love. It doesn't necessarily mean a specific location or house, but a place where you feel the most like yourself. A place of utter honesty and openness where you feel accepted no matter what.
I called my house in Cuenca home, I've called my university in San Diego home, and I've obviously called my house where I've lived for 16 years home. But home is a relative term...Home is where there is family.