Beach bum!

SOO much has happened since May 23rd! I got to go home for 6 days and that was an absolute blast. I also had a spur of the moment interview at TGI Fridays for a management position. I figured I should start applying to big girl jobs since Mom & I calculated the wonderful debt that begins on November 10th. This one just happened sooner than planned, but God has a plan and timing  for everything! I then came back to the beach and have obviously worked. Some fun things that happened? Hm, the air show was pretty neat! Jets & planes barely missing each other and flying so low and making awesome designs in the sky. My runs have been a nice way to burn energy I've gotten sleeping till eleven every day. Laying on the beach getting really dark & swimming in the local hotel pool too. Uhmmm, church! How could I forget!? My church down here is so beautiful & beachy. It's washed out wood painted buttercream and a sage green washed out ceiling with awnings and palm trees, drift wood, and stained glass everywhere. I met 40 outreach Christian college kids who are absolutely amazing. They provide lunch and an area for all of us to hang out & do things like knock out ping pong. I'm going out for pizza with them on Sunday. Those girls are probably some of the most Godly women I have ever met, but very down to earth & fun! I got to go fishing tonight.. which is what I wanted to do more than anything down here! I caught 3 blue fish that I actually reeled and managed to keep on the line. 2 blue fish & a 3 foot gar got off as I was reeling them up the side of the bridge. soo fun.. ran the whole way home with a pep in my step, proud as a peacock ;-) I made sure I ventured out onto the pier to watch the fishermen and did some window shopping on the boardwalk. I also got road trip it to Turnersville, NJ and got to go through MD, DE, NJ, & PA which was fun :-) I got lost in downtown Philly and ended up in a Naval yard and a Tastycake factory... a fun place to end up lost in. I had my second interview there & was officially offered the position today. It'll be sad to leave the beach but I am determined to cross everything off my beach bucket list before I head home. I am still going to have to get to the island, the outlets, the fractured prune, and mini golf before I go! Treese & Linds are moving me home after their visit is over. Then I'll be home for a week and am going to have a mini bucket list at home including the lake, a trip to Belleville, and catching up with my best friends & family before heading north or east for training! TGI will put me up in a hotel :-) I can't wait to be back home, in my own bed. This mini traveling I've been doing is very fun. I think it's taught me it's fun to be spontaneous and adventurous, but people mean more to me than adventures. <3 Amazing how life can stay stuck in a rut for so many years and then it all changes so abruptly!

Almost half a month in!

Hm, what has happened since Friday? I had off on Saturday. I ran and laid out with the Phillips crew. Nothing too new there. My room mate moved in, she's fun. We may be getting another room mate. I sure hope not, it's crowded already. Sunday, I went to church and have definitely found the church I am going to go to for the summer. It's so beachy and has such a fun pastor & congregation. I met 4 people my age there that seem super fun.. hope something becomes of that! After church, I worked out & napped till work. Interesting, right?! I actually trained under a guy from State College... made me feel not so far away :-) We served close to 1400 people that night. Monday, I went to the beach & worked. Tuesday, today, I had off... 20 of us went to the beach then I went to the outlets & walmart with Alex & Jess. I'm living on blueberry poptarts, bagels, sandwiches, and soup. Tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday I am finally off training and on my own... so excited to be off minimum wage! I am going out with a friend from Penn State Friday night then getting up to come home Saturday for 3 days. I love it down here, but I am missing home like crazy. Softball should start soon! Well, I'm off to run then catch the sunrise at the pier with my coffee!

Beach life

Soooo, I have had a bunch of friends and family tell me it's a good idea to keep a journal or diary when I moved down here since this is my first experience moving away, a lot has changed in the last year of my life, and I'm living at the beach & it'd be neat to remember all the memories! Well, I hate writing on paper and typing is quicker so here we are. Plus, I write things in a diary and get mad at myself later for writing them and rip the page out and then the diary is all ruined and this is just easier. If you read this, be prepared for my scatter brained thoughts and run on sentences and fragments. This is a blog literally about my brain so get ready.

My first night down here was Saturday the 17th. Aunt Jenny & Mom moved me down here and I was dreading the moment for them to leave. I walked into my tiny slummy prison cell of a room and teared up and said I do not want to do this anymore so Mom said alright the option is yours...we can pack up and head home or we can pray and you can do this which I elected for the second option. This is more than a summer living at the beach to me. It's a growing and life changing experience personally for me. I absolutely believe God has perfect timing and has a plan for my life! Ok, enough emotions.

So far, I have worked twice and loved it. I pretty much have to be a walking bartender (Which is obviously expected) but for anyone who knows me, I do not know the first thing about drinks and what goes with what! So, I gotta study up on that. I also joined a beach softball league and our first game is June 2nd! I can't wait for that :-) I also went to Delaware and filled out an application for volunteering under the activities director. The director came out to meet me and said she'd call to set up a date for an interview so fingers crossed for that! I am planning to go to the Presbyterian church Sunday as they are supposed to be one of the most upbeat, contemporary churches down here. So, yeah, joined a softball league, volunteering, church, and work... that's my summer!

I've met a bunch of people and everyone is really friendly so that helps me not be so homesick! However, everyone is a local here and I think they secretly think I act like a tourist... I mean, I don't know for sure..but they look at me like I'm nuts when I say lets go walk on the beach over a party.... guess I'm not the typically 21 year old... I'm still figuring it out. :-) I am going to make a summer bucket list and make the girls here do it with me one way or another! Gotta give to get I suppose. This is such college!

 I feel like I've already been living here a month and not just a week as so much has happened. I am trying to set up mailing, banking, laundry, and pay bills which has been the not so fun parts of t his past week. I am also laying on the beach for roughly 2 hours every day and running at least once a day. I am so barbaric down here and eat food right out of the can. When I do move home, I will never take my personal bathroom or kitchen for granted again. I miss baking & my kitchenaide!

Okay, well I am off to go for a run and work on this bucket list so I can start scratching things off! :-)