Be anxious for nothing

Going from school to home is always a weird time of transitioning from me. I attend school eighteen hours away so I save trips home for Christmas and summer. This means that I spend four months at a time essentially on my own and deciding what I want to do with my days. While at school, my nights are usually fairly eventful. I like night drives, studying at coffee shops, and hanging out with friends until the wee hours. Here's where the transitioning comes in. Being at home means a lot of nights spent with my family at home. Not that I mind this at all! It's just strange to go from picking up and leaving to go to the lake at midnight to Psych marathons.

To be honest it makes me quite antsy. Camp starts in a few weeks and I know this means long nights with drives and friends and my man next to me but right now it's odd. I have to keep reminding myself to be still. I need to remember how little time my parents have spent with me over the last three years I have been away at school. On my ring finger I wear a ring with the words "Be anxious for nothing Phil 4:6-7". It's my constant reminder to stay in the moment. Long nights will come.

So if you struggle with not living in the moment as much as I do, let this be your reminder. Be anxious for nothing. Whether it be your friends are all up and getting married or everyone you know has graduated and left you behind; you're time will come. Right now you are exactly where you need to be. You won't get these days back.

Welcome Summer

I'm positive I am not the first person and will not be the last to say this, but college absolutely drains all of my time. Of course I work, go out with friends, and take time to live but many parts of my life get pushed to the back burner during the school months. One of these just so happens to unfortunately be music. This means that during the summer I spend a lot of my time just catching back up on new music, CD releases, and exploring the hidden parts of Youtube.

One of my best friends, Baylen, and I are both music junkies and have had an ongoing music swap since freshman year. I don't like to admit it but he gives me pretty great artists to listen to. Tonight I was feeling the restlessness of not going on a late night drive since being at school. Almost as if he could sense it, he sent me Cherry by Luna Shadows. Everything about it is so lovely and exactly what I needed for my anxiousness. I then got curious about the Youtube channel it's on and found Swim by Valley. Now spoiler alert: it has been a very long time since a song has made me laugh out loud. This isn't a funny song in the slightest, it just made me that happy. If you are looking for some extra songs for your summer playlist then I recommend these two songs and the Youtube channel "IndieAir". If you are looking for stars out, windows down, your love sitting in the passenger seat then get ready to be pleasantly surprised. Let summer commence.