It's been about a month, so I thought I'd catch you all up to speed!
I've mentioned this before, but I've been getting a lot of questions as to why I'm in California at the moment rather than New York, so I thought I'd answer for you right now:
Currently I'm still living at home with my family because of COVID. It's just way too expensive for me to move to New York at the moment, let alone in the middle of a global pandemic and a national crises, so here we are. I did commit to Marymount Manhattan College though and I WILL be moving there in August of 2021! So I'm going to be going to school out there and I'm currently on track to graduate in Spring of 2025, but we'll see what happens. So much can change in such a short amount of time. But my whole point to saying this is, I will be moving to New York by August and that in itself still feels unreal. I can't believe I committed. We did it guys.
So right now, I'm a month into online classes, (I'm a part time student taking one class at Irvine Valley College and one class at Saddleback Valley college,) and the only good thing about those classes is that they're asynchronous. Thank God I'm not Zooming twice a week because I've been working at my local Wendy's for about a month now and that's going swell. Minimum wage, baby! But it pays!
Next, so many of my pals have moved off to school or whatever's next in their journeys and that's been a little bit difficult. I rely super heavily on my friends and it's hard to not get to see them every day or even know they're close and well and within driving distance. (Special shoutout to my best friend Preston who I know for a fact won't see this post, but he's in boot camp for the Navy right now and I miss him endlessly, but I am SO proud of him.) As for the people who still live around here, in all honesty, I'm not seeing much of them. & It's been difficult but I'm starting to be okay with it. I know that with each season, friends change and you gain some & lose others, but it just hits a little different when you stop getting invited out. Especially when you thought you were close. (I'm talking about myself here and subtweeting basically, I apologize. It's not petty, just a reality I'm sharing.) Lately, I've only hung out with two people, so Kenny & Shawn, shoutout to you both, I am so glad I'm so close with you both.
I've also been writing tons of songs and playing more music either at home or back at churches again and I've missed that. (If anyone's looking to hire a vocalist or pianist, lemme know hahaha, but seriously...) I've lead a couple of times now at a church with one of my best friends, Kenny, and that's been an absolute blast. It's been so much fun and I love watching him step into leadership and run a ministry confidently. He's going places. Mad respect. & As for MY music, (because I know on my Instagram it's a hot topic of conversation,) I've finally purchased a new laptop and my friend Cole gave me his microphone a while back and I've finally started to get it working, so I'm slowly recording things. It'll be a while because it's gonna require a ton of patience, but it's going to be great. Or at least that's the hope.
In regards to church & ministry, I've been in a college fall circle/life group with some super rad souls and I've loved meeting all of these new people. I genuinely am thrilled to get to know everyone more. I've made/am making so many new friends and WOW I know I already said this, but I'm so excited. In addition to being in a life group, I'm also leading a life group! Of some beautiful 8th grade girls! & they are gems! & to top it all off, my co-leader Allegra is a legitimate angel, I'm convinced. I can't wait to lead these girls and watch them flourish!
What else is new? I've been watching a lot of Netflix lately. (I just finished "Sherlock" if anyone wants to talk about it hehe!) & I've been working on a killer new blog series! I've also spent so many days with my best friend (and boyfriend, whaaaaattt!) Shawn. & not to totally expose myself or anything on here, (because all the true fans already know I'm a SIMP hehehe,) but gosh, this boy's been such a blessing to me and I'm incredibly grateful for the support and encouragement he gives me. It's pure joy. & It excites me. & He challenges me to be more open to new experiences and I've grown so much through our relationship so he deserves a little bit of credit on the blog. (I haven't talked about it much before because I don't think that the internet needs to know all that I'm doing at every second of the day, but I figured eventually I'd have to share. This seemed like a good time.)
Anywhoo, that's the bulk of all that's been happening. I also have mentioned this a little bit, but I'm working on a new series that I hope will be finished soon, and I'm so stoked to share it with you. Just to tease it a bit, it's gonna be about MENTAL HEALTH IN THE CHURCH which is a WILD topic to conquer. AND if that's something that intrigues you or maybe you're thinking to yourself, 'Wow! I have experience with that,' I would LOVE for you to write a post or two about it and just share where you're at if you're comfortable. You also have the option of remaining entirely anonymous. It's gonna be great. I'm really stoked to finish that soon. & I'm so excited to maybe be postingggg moooooore because I've missed this creative space. & you guys.
Much Love,
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