It is late, I should be blogging but I don't want to forget about my laundry that is drying and leave it to my room mates to deal with while I am in San Francisco.
Yes thats right, I am on my way to San Francisco tomorrow night for a weekend of bike insanity at the San Francisco Bike and Music Festival.
It's been a while since I have been this adventurous, going out to SF on almost a whim but I am sick of living cautiously and this is a perfect time for me to throw all my problems to the wind. My assignments for class have been turned in, I have my work stuff in order and tomorrow at 11pm I board a train with my bicycle, a sleeping bag, and a back pack full of things I "need" for the trip. I am anticipating everything and nothing all at once.
About a week ago I had a great experience. An eye opening experience. Iwas a Pounders Hawaiian Grill and saw my friend Bill who works there. He is a bigger fellow, weighing in a roughly 250. I asked him how he was doing and he said, "You know I am doing really well. I started riding my bike every where and have only driven my truck three times in the past month. I also lost 20 pounds because of it and I have started to notice so much of Logan that I didn't see before." Whoa, what a minute. Bill is on a bike? I am shocked, but so happy! Guys and galls, if truck driving, 250 pound Bill Sproat can get on a bike and ride it over 2 miles a day, so can you! Get out of the house and get on a bike this weekend, or go for a walk! Don't just do it to loose weight or get in shape, do it so you can get to know your local community and scenery. Sing it as you please this weekend. I want updates!
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
an absence worth taking
It's been a long time since I last blogged. To long. I've had ideas I've been mulling over for the past month that I've wanted to write down but where do I start? I haven't written in four months and in those four months life has taught me lessons that I never would have learned had I not been willing to take a chance. Taking chances, thats the biggest lesson I have learned. More often than not I don't want to take chances, I just want to live my life my way. God never intended for us to live our lives our way. He intended for us to have a plan but take chances so we could get from point A to point B.
I went on a bike tour with Shake Your Peace!, an ecologically contious rock band based in San Francisco, in May. It was the greatest thing I've done in a year. We biked from Logan to Salt Lake City (which was so easy, I don't know why I haven't done it before) and stopped at high schools and bars along the way to play shows. I spoke with the Utahopia now crew about the importance of bike riding and I was the first officially roady that Shake Your Peace has ever had. It was great to be with people like me for a week. People who care about ecology, sustainability, community, human rights, and riding bikes. I met people who genuinly care about other people. This hasn't happened for a long time.
I am now one of many formerly engaged girls in Utah over the age of 21. To many Utahins who still hold on to the passe view that you must be married by 21, this means that I am worthless. To me this means that I am doing what I am suppose to do, I am finishing my college education and going to baking school so that I can live my dreams. It means Im not giving up on what I have wanted to do since I was a child, and I am happy about it. I am so happy I want to climb to the top of th Wells Fargo building on Center and Main. St and scream at the top of my lungs!
Being happy is important, and making yourself happy is even more important. I am still learning how to do this since I spend most of my time trying to make other people happy. I am being a bit selfish these days, I am spending more time baking and less time with people. This is making me happy and I feel like I am going in the right direction.
In August I will be done with school and moving on, well to some extent. There is a chance I will still be in Logan since my contract with Aggie Blue Bikes goes until mid fall. I am looking for baking aprenticeships right now so that I have the experience for chef school.
That is life, Maybe I'll start postin more often.
I went on a bike tour with Shake Your Peace!, an ecologically contious rock band based in San Francisco, in May. It was the greatest thing I've done in a year. We biked from Logan to Salt Lake City (which was so easy, I don't know why I haven't done it before) and stopped at high schools and bars along the way to play shows. I spoke with the Utahopia now crew about the importance of bike riding and I was the first officially roady that Shake Your Peace has ever had. It was great to be with people like me for a week. People who care about ecology, sustainability, community, human rights, and riding bikes. I met people who genuinly care about other people. This hasn't happened for a long time.
I am now one of many formerly engaged girls in Utah over the age of 21. To many Utahins who still hold on to the passe view that you must be married by 21, this means that I am worthless. To me this means that I am doing what I am suppose to do, I am finishing my college education and going to baking school so that I can live my dreams. It means Im not giving up on what I have wanted to do since I was a child, and I am happy about it. I am so happy I want to climb to the top of th Wells Fargo building on Center and Main. St and scream at the top of my lungs!
Being happy is important, and making yourself happy is even more important. I am still learning how to do this since I spend most of my time trying to make other people happy. I am being a bit selfish these days, I am spending more time baking and less time with people. This is making me happy and I feel like I am going in the right direction.
In August I will be done with school and moving on, well to some extent. There is a chance I will still be in Logan since my contract with Aggie Blue Bikes goes until mid fall. I am looking for baking aprenticeships right now so that I have the experience for chef school.
That is life, Maybe I'll start postin more often.
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