Every New Beginning Comes From Some Other Beginning's End

So, the first blog on this site! I'm excited to get started and see where this leads me, and to have another creative outlet. I'll start with the Holiday:
This might be my last Thanksgiving before going off to college. I was talking to my Mom earlier today and said I keep changing my scope of things. I thought moving to Tucson, away from everything would be great. I could not wait to get out and do things on my own, but then I realized how much I rely on everything familiar. So then I thought going to Tempe for college would not be bad. I'd live in Tempe, see some shows at Gammage, hang out on Mill Ave. come home more often...but even that seemed a little too unfamiliar. Now I'm in the ASU West mindset. Live at home, keep my job, see my high school buddies a little more often, stalk the theater hallway of my high school. Then I realize that's a little creepy and I should just let go, and I go back to the extremes. So I'm undecided as of now, but I think everything will be okay. Mom's blog asked for some "Unconventional Thanks"; things you wouldn't normally think you'd be thankful for. I still think mine are a little to specific, but we'll see if she lets me post it. =]

I am thankful:

For staying 12 hours a day at school and enjoying it.

For the "woo!" girls and their ability to make any situation enjoyable.

For my best friend who is aware there is life after high school, and is also aware that we probably will lose touch, but makes the current time enjoyable anyway.

For singing the same 14 Christmas songs over and over and over again.

For meeting new people, sharing interests in music and finding common ground.

For Peppermint Mochas every Friday morning.

For a good book that makes me think too much.

For a scholarship opportunity that makes at least one decision for me.

For a Grandmother who comes from out of state to see me doing what I love to do.

For laying in bed with my sister, playing video games, and being young[er] again.


Just a few things. =]

--Hailey