I can't seem to keep up with this...

Its been over a month and a half since my last update.

For that I am truly truly sorry.

But really that means that things have been going well. Life is San Diego is not like I thought it would be.

The last post I was depressed without roadies. Now it feels normal. When they get back, this house is gonna be strange.

Sooooo where to begin?!

The past month has been crazy busy. Our work load as interns is... amazingly intense. Its good work, completely necessary for tour to go on, but its tedious and stressful.

The office is quiet, but nice. At first it was weird just walking into work turning on all the lights and sitting at a desk for 3 hours before you say anything to anyone. But now its become home. The people are awesome, there is always something going on, and its just overall a really fun office to work in.

As far as getting to know staff, it hasn't been like we thought. As soon as tour launched, they were all jetting off to different places and seeing the roadies or going to Europe, or climbing Inca ruins in Peru. It was madness and kinda frustrating. Being stuck in an office with no promise of going anywhere, not hearing from any of the people who were doing all this work for (without getting paid) got super frustrating. But that's tour. Its hard. I just don't think people thinks its as hard for the interns as it is for the roadies. Which really isn't true at all.

It's been difficult. Living with three people, going to work everyday with the same three people, hanging out with those three people, coming home to the same three people, eating all your meals with the same three people, going to church, the beach, the grocery store, parties, coffee in the mornings, speaking engagements, road trips, pretty much everything with the same three people.

And while I love these girls so much, we aren't really anything alike. We're more family than best friends. So for sure its been really hard. But in the same context I've grown a lot.

God been teaching me about so many things. Bringing to light things in me that I didn't know I had or was. Growing qualities that I love in other people. Creating this dependence on Him that I never would have had if I had been in Auburn this semester. He is teaching me how to love some of the hardest people to love. To know that no matter where in this world I am, I can have an impact. I can be the change.

He has taught me that I've glorified certain people and jobs and places far more than I ever should have. That being in Auburn, as a student, with the incredible friends that I have, is just the same as being here in San Diego, working for Invisible Children, being around these equally amazing people.


So the past two months have been a whirlwind of emotion and the next two are going to be the same. I am so ready for the roadies to come back and stir things up.

One of the three interns left for good, so its just two of us now. Our work load has doubled and I am not handling it well. But I'm trying this new thing where I don't complain. Perfect timing. : )

Next week, my WONDERFUL AMAZING BEAUTIFUL LOVING friends have bought me a plane ticket home for my birthday. I'll be turning 21 and I am so excited. I can't wait to be in Auburn for a few days, see some lovely people, and get away for a bit.

Then its back to Sandy Eggo for around 10 days of work, getting the house ready for the roadies to come home, and then I head off to Lincoln, NE to spend the last days of tour with Middle America. I get to be with them for that week, and ride ALL the way back to California with them. I am sooooooooooooooooo excited for it. Its gonna be an amazing journey.

Then the last month. Maybe...

more to come...