*WARNING: The following blog is entirely too long and will not interest anyone*
** Also, the following blog was written on paper and later transcribed to computer**
I'm home for a long weekend...and here I sit. I've been reading for the better part of an hour now. I'm outside, laying across a porch swing, facing a wooded back yard. I spent most mornings of my summer in this very spot doing this very thing. I'd get up around 9, grab breakfast, then make my way out to the back porch to read. It became routine, almost fully habitual. Definitely one of my better habits. Summer seems so incredibly long ago. Last time I really looked around this yard, birds were singing, small animals ran around and warm sunlight made it's way through the trees, landing in little patches on the ground. It's now October. My favorite month. Things have changed. No birds today. I'm sure they're still around, they're just not here right now. No animals either. And it's chilly. That perfect kind of chill that doesn't require a sweater. Leaves are changing; it's most definitely Fall. But my favorite part about today? It's raining. Rainy days have always made me extremely happy. Much like snowy days; they both bring me joy. Same goes for any breezy day in Autumn when a walk across campus consists of colored leaves falling all around me. Maybe I just have some sort of weird, deep-seated infatuation with precipitation. I wonder if there's a name for it?
Ok, now that I've successfully written a whole paragraph of nothing but my scattered thought process, I think it's about time to break out my pencil sharpener and start making a point. Fact: My blog is long-overdue for an update. Having said that, I must tell you I feel that this is coming at the perfect time. A time in which I have some things worth saying. Todays topic? Change! Now, this is tangible change. Not the king of change you most likely voted for last November and get's Nobel Prizes based on well-intentioned promises. No, this it the kind where I can compare past and present and see real evidence of diferences being made.
It's been just a hair short of 3 months since you last heard from me. I'll offer some quick back story: At that point I had just started another semester at Morehead and was attempting to finish getting myself together after a rather devastating and rocky summer. I was succeeding quite nicely. Flash forward to present: Since then I've seen my daily routine and life in general quicken in pace and transform into something that only vaguely resembles what it once was. I've taken on a whole new level of responsability, commitment, and general outlook on things. I've been taught that God's love does amazing things when you allow it/ Him to been seen in you. I've been blessed with seeing 2 good friends come to know Christ and it seems we still celebrate about it daily. It's simultaneously exhilarating and humbling.
One thing that has yet to change (and I'll be greatly surprised if it ever does) is that music remains a staple in my life and continues to effect my outlooks, moods, and opinions. Most recently is, of course, Relient K's "Forget and Not Slow Down". After suffering what I'm sure was unfathomable heartbreak, Matt Thiessen has managed to write their most therapeutic and positively uplifting album to date. Now I'm not here to say that a RK album entirely about healing from unexpected heartbreak would have been more helpful back in June but...it couldn't have hurt. At this point it's just more like good advice to keep in mind if I ever need it later but it's epic nonetheless.
Nowadays I'm rarely in a mood that's anything less than exuberantly cheerful. In addition to the plethora of new, close friends that I'm VERY thankful for (here's to you, TNL team and any others, you know who you are), I've recently entered into what is quickly becoming one of the greatest adventures of my life! I'm talking, of course, about a girl. But not just any girl, oh no. Take a look.
We are AWESOME! Her name's Anna by the way. Just look at that cuteness people! I like to describe it as serendipitous. Purely.
Well, if you're reading this part, congratulations. You've reached the end. This is my updated life. If you knew me much in the past, you can see the change I told you I'd be speaking on. Thank you for reading. I'll update more often so I don't have to type novellas to keep you up to scratch on things. Until next time, I'm David Miller, and you're not. Don't forget to tip your waitors and waitresses.
SONGS (woah! 2 this time!) AND LYRICS OF THE DAY-
'Vanilla Twilight'- Owl City
--"I look at my hands and feel sad, cause the spaces between my fingers are right where yours fit perfectly."
'Sahara'- Relient K
--"I am not alone, I'll be alright. Just take these bones and breath them back to life"
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