new beginnings.

people tell me to keep in touch. and i mean to. really, i do. i just suck at it. thats all.

i open accounts in myspace. facebook. yahoo mail. AIM. and try my best. but i mainly stick to one. 

so as i head off to school (Ecola Bible School in Cannon Beach, Oregon), i want to keep everyone updated. i know everyone doesnt have facebook these days, so i thought i might give this a shot. 

plus, it might be a good outlet. who knows. 

so....lets do this!

i am filled with so many emotions right now. mainly getting all sappy and sentimental. which is good, but i know i'm so very ready for a new phase in life. that term is getting very old to me, but it still stands very true. i stayed in homer this last year for a few reasons. 

1. i wasnt ready to leave yet. wasnt ready to get out on my own, away from mom and dad. so, i knew that if i stayed in homer for a year, i would get sick of it, with everyone gone.

2. save money. which i did pretty well. i saved over double of what i needed for school tuition, a camera and laptop. so i'm pretty proud of that :) plus, working so much got me ready for a break. thats such a weird thought to me...school is going to be my break. oh well.

3. examine myself and see what i really want out of life. i learned alot this year. about myself, about other people, about relationships. about limits and goals. it was a good learning year. not necessarily a good year all together, but i'm very thankful for my new found knowledge. i know that photography is more than a phase in my life. i love it, and its such a huge goal of mine, to continue to learn as much as i can about the subject. it helps that it runs in the family :) its so strange talking to the kids from my class. so many have already switched schools or majors. a few are already pregnant or married. ug. i can't even imagine it at this age. i have so much to do in this life, and i want to get quite a bit of it done before i have any more MAJOR distractions.

life is about to change drastically for me. my first big step out of the house. sure, i'm not moving or going to a big time college, but hey. its something. and i can't wait honestly. 

i'm leaving.

mom and dad are leaving.

so much change in such a short amount of time.

i learned this about myself: i am a very routine person...very scheduled. so i'm really hoping i wont short-circuit with all these changes.

please be praying for me. i have so much to learn. this is going to be a stretching year for me. i know it is...i've been praying that God would stretch me. i need it to happen. i need changes. drastically...