I said i would let you know how i like Santa Monica in a month and a half, and it has only been a month, but i say that is long enough!
Jinky's, where to begin...
Santa Monica is a lovely place. It is sunny and cool every day. Perfect beach weather all the time. Yet, i have realized that i had grown to love the sporadic weather of Hawaii. Showering one second, sunny the next. It was like we had the best of both worlds, all the time. Although i have heard that the sun makes humans happy. Having to do with releasing some chemical in the body. Which would be a good thing for my first month here, because it has been harder than i thought it would be.
In fact, i did not think it would be hard at all. I thought it would be great and exciting. The experience has been good, but i never realized how important friends and family are to general happiness in life. I took for granted having so many friends in Hawaii and having my family in Arizona. Coming to Santa Monica meant i would have neither. Well, i have had Alex, but i never really talked to him for more than 5 minutes before coming to Cali. I have come to realize just how important meaningful relationships are in life. With out them i feel empty on the inside, and it has taken me this long just to really start to feel better. Although the feeling still creeps in from time to time.
That is not to say that my experience here thus far has not been exciting and grand. Santa Monica is a place unlike any of my previous living experiences. School is good, and easy, and i am enjoying my classes. The beach is a short distance West from our place and i can ride my bike there in a matter of minutes. There are also a plethora of shops and coffee houses and pubs and music venues to be found within short proximity. So exploring my new home has been fun.
Church has been another good experience that is making me feel more at home here, and i knew it would. I met more people than i can remember names for at church this past weekend. Then, at school yesterday, there was a table set up for the on campus christian club that i had been looking for with no luck. Not to mention my relationship with God is growing in to new places that it has not been been before. Now all i need to do is find a job and i will be set.
In conclusion...
I think i need to start making more posts about my life in general here in SoCal, because it seems to sum it all up in to one post is out of the question. Lesson learned. I am looking forward to seeing where God has to take me from here.
Photos Courtesy of Alex D.
1 comment:
my fav pic is the dinosaur!
i am real glad that you are progressing forward, kevin forward.
i think it's exciting, like i've said 3w9483209483 times, cause you're off exploring life in soooocal and aleys off in library's of congress and learning about many different cultures and histories, zil is in UCLA - did you get to see her yet? prolly up to her nose in marc jacobs and suz has her many many jobs and good half day schedule, she is a lot happier too.
and here i am, going where God has been calling me for a while now and just to stop and realize and sort of gather everything that we have been through and experienced - is amazing. that He has prepared our past to bring us here to prepare us for our future and over and over again, better and better until we are finally in His arms.
i am so very excited for you and your new journey, the new people and experiences, the new songs you will sing.
we will be singing forever.
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