That's Where We Wanna Go

This.

*shout out to my Mema and John in these pictures*

This is what is on my mind today.

Before work this morning I listened to the Jimmy Buffet station on Pandora.

So, yea... super happy mood. 

Way relaxed.

Humming a Beach Boys song until I somehow got another song stuck in my head that was in no way related.

Interesting how that happens.

I get to thinking....I've always wanted to live by the beach.

I love the beach.

I love the laid back lifestyle.

I love the warmth.

I love the smell of salt water.

I love the sand between my toes.

I love hearing seagulls.

I love wearing no makeup and letting the ocean do my hair for me.

I love the people.

I love sitting in a lawn chair with a cold Pepsi and some fruit listening to the waves crash.

*slow drool*

This train of thought takes me to Staci scheming town.

My family and I have vacationed in Galveston and Corpus Christi, Texas.

I love it there.

I start to look up how much rent is for an apartment.

I tried to look up the singles ward down there, but that led to some weird websites.

Rent seemed bearable if I were to work full time and find a roommate.

Then I'm like wait...oh yea...I'm going to be going to school.

So, I look up the universities down there.

Zilch have Graphic Design.

Weird.

Then I start thinking, I can't work full time and be a full time student...so that may cause a problem unless I have two roommates or so, and I'm sure a college in Houston or something would have Graphic Design but is it worth it to pay out of state tuition if I'm about an hour away from any beach?

Hmmmmm...nope.

I can be done with school within two years after I get back from my mission, if I take summer classes.

I think I can knock that out.

So, I start contemplating moving there once I'm done with school because I'm sure I can find work with what I'm wanting to do.

But, then whole thing of 'what if I get married while I'm in school?' comes to mind and what if he doesn't want to move there or circumstances just don't really allow it at that time.

I don't know what Heavenly Father has planned for me.

I don't know if I'll even want the same things once I get back from my mission.

I just know that living by the beach has been a dream of mine for many years.

Many, many years.

And I'm on this new kick thing where I want to start making some of my 'dreams' into 'reality'.

I mean, why not?

My first step with that is serving a mission.

I see other people who are living out their dreams.

I know it (usually) takes an incredible amount of work and determination and focus to really get where you want to be.

It doesn't (usually) just come to you.

I feel like for once I know where I want to be.

I know what I want to do.

I think my mission is only the beginning of something great. 

And to think, all this came from just changing the station on Pandora to Jimmy Buffet.

Bless the person who invented Pandora.

Brilliant, I tell you.

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Song(s) of the Day

Upside Down by Jack Johnson

Kokomo by The Beach Boys

(I have no idea who the random guy in the Puma shirt is? Hopefully the guy who made the video...)