Au Revoir

Me > The time has come for me to leave Los Angeles and move home to sweet sweet San Diego..

I won't reminisce about the past 5..almost 6 years here, as I have 2 months left and I plan on enjoying everything that I love about it, and expecting to realize all the things that I will miss. But I will tell you all that I am scared to leave my life, my friends and my city that I have used, abused and loved for these past few years, as it has done me. I am leaving to get my show on the road, take my life on a new adventure, and to make things happen. I will be returning to school to be a writer, maybe a teacher, a business owner.. and everything in between.

LA was for me, an education in its own. I consider my battle wounds, bruises, broken hearts, amazing jobs, loss of jobs, amazing friends, and loss of friends.. all courses in my degree, in which I believe surviving here has earned me. For as many new things that will begin, just as many old routines will end.. And to this I say: enjoy these last few months with me.. As my friends, my weekend warriors. Let's celebrate the all nighters we will always remember and no one else would understand. Let's celebrate finding the few and true friendships in the land of dreams and fairytales. Let's celebrate the adventures, our memories, the X-I-V's..

I know I will only be a few hours away for the relationships that can endure the trials of distance. But I will miss something.. and I suppose that I cannot seem to pinpoint what it is because I am not meant to. I think LA can only love those who love it.. and leaving it will be something only we can understand. 

So.. to the next adventure.. and until then..

xo

Getting Engaged is the New Black

Relationships > I have had 4 friends become engaged in the last week. Everything happens quicker these days, including receiving the news. My Facebook feed looked more like an ad for Robbin's Brothers than a social network. My reaction goes a little like this, "Aww!", "Innnnteresting...", "Will it last?", "How long till my turn?". I think that's a pretty normal reaction for a girl in her late 20's to have when everyone and their cat seems to be taking the plunge. But I have to say although I get a small twinge of wedding bliss jealousy, I know that I am no where near ready for it and dare I say, even wanting it.

The divorce rate in California for the year 2011 was 75%. The majority of those are between 40-60 years of age. Our parents. So the people around us and the people we look up to cannot seem to make the promise of "till death do us part" and follow through with it. No matter how strong and self driven we may think we are, aren't all major decisions in life slightly influenced or supported by the examples we have in our lives? When standing on the corner of hopeless romantic and despairing of love, which way do you go? And furthermore, without an affirming example how do you know what is right? Can our generation become one of taking risks, exploring love and marriage based off not what we learned from our parents and those around us but instead taking love back into our own hands. With everything around us moving so fast and easy, love is the one thing we should reclaim. It is the one thing we should focus all of our energy into, to nurture it and make sure that is once again meaningful and not some temporary fleeting promise. Maybe we can do just that..

To my friends and anyone else falling in love and taking that step toward marriage, 

Congratulations and tons of LOVE to you