Josh and I had a great time today!

:)

Hello everyone. (everyone being the possibly 3 people that still use xanga.)

My life has been a bit crazy lately. Two things have been completely consuming my time. The first one I am absolutely sick of, and the second I am absolutely in love with.

NUMBER ONE: marching band.

I am so sick of marching band. I have been a part of this lovely extra-curricular activity for four long years, and I am very done with it. Color guard has a coach this year that is less than desirable, and the practices and performances are taking up all of my time to do anything. I love everyone in marching band, and I love hanging out with them, but it has become my life, and I am praying that our football team will not advance so that I can have my life back.

NUMBER TWO: chasing daylight.

I am so in love with Chasing Daylight. This is the band I am in. We have practices, meetings, and hang outs at least twice a week, and multiple sleepovers throughout the months. It is so exciting to be a part of this band, because we're really good, and we have shows coming up. We are all such good friends, and when we're together there's a lot of unique talent. My favorite thing to do right now is to just write music with the band, and watch a song come together that was never in the world before. After a month of being together, we already have two awesome songs that we've written and arranged. When marching band is over, I will be so excited to focus my music career completely on the band.

So, I guess the point of this blog was to just give you an update on my life. In the midst of all of this craziness, God is my rock. He is the center of my crazy life, although it's very hard to keep Him there. In a situation like this, it is SO easy to let music become my number one priority, but I have been working very hard at spending time with God. Reading my Bible, worshiping when I'm driving in my car somewhere, spending time in prayer, and living like Jesus. God has been opening so many doors for me lately, that life never seems to slow down. Every day is exciting, and comes with new opportunities.

I always had my heart set on being a teacher, and that will most likely be where I'm heading for the future, but I am beginning to wonder. It all started with a word of knowledge that my youth pastor gave me. He said that if I was willing, God would use my talents in ways I had never dreamed of. He said that in front of everyone one night at youth group, which was kind of embarrassing because I didn't want to seem prideful or whatever. Nevertheless, I went on to do really well in Songwriting at Fine Arts, and then I started writing music with Molly that is being taken to Nashville to be considered for an album. Now I'm in this band where other opportunities are being presented. God keeps opening doors for me, and every time I finish one thing, another door opens. To be in the music industry would be my absolute dream. It would be the best job in the world. Writing music is by far my favorite thing to do. But... I have to be realistic. I realize that there are a lot of people with talent that never make it in the music business. I realize that the chances of me making it in the music industry are slim. Which is why I plan on being a teacher. But, if this is what God wants me to do, He'll make it happen.

Either way, we'll see.

Let me know if you're still alive on xanga!