I think I've been waiting to write until I had my brain sorted out. I don't think that's ever happened though. So I decided to take a deep breath and DO IT! Yay, I still don't know what to write about. It still feels good to type. I feel confident because I never have to look at the key board! Ha ha! I've gotta be satisfied to be good at something, no matter how mundane. The days have just been blending together lately. For the past couple months, it seems. I'm glad I'm doing college now. It takes my mind off things and gives me a sort of schedule. I really like what I'm learning. I'm getting more and more nervous as the end of the term draw near! Only a couple more weeks! Ah! Then I'll have a week off until the next term starts. I recently started to donate plasma, too. I don't really like it. I like it better than being broke, though!
I've recently started to become interested in sustainable living. I like it. It feels like a passion! It's so rare to find your passions. Some people become introduce to them at a young age, some find them in a library, or on the street. Maybe through friends. I found this through Face Book. Ha ha, as much as I don't like it. My cousin's girlfriend, Nicole Webb, kept posting links to some very interesting sites, on interesting topics! Things like organic farming, and Monsanto, and medications. Just a nice hodgepodge of things to pick through. I started to struggle through the mess myself, then. Determining what I agreed with and found too out there. I feel like a better person. I'm making my own little changes to the world. This isn't something bad. This is something awesome and non-destructive. How many habits can you say that about. Figuring out that I have the right to know where my food comes from and where it's grown is refreshing! It's so much better than just hating the government! Ha ha!
So far, what I have done is create a compost bin(my brother's called me stupid at least 10 times about it), started using biodegradable soaps ( have you read what they put in that stuff), and I'm eating less meat. Becoming a vegetarian is just not possible for me. I like meat! I do realize that I eat entirely too much of it! Americans eat 1 million animals an hour! Holy Moley! The knowledge that these animals are fed things they are not made to eat, given vaccinations because of the food, and then thousands get slaughtered in and hour. Crazy. I don't want any part in in. I would love to have my own little spread to raise chickens and cows. I would love to have my own garden. I would love to make bread everyday. Unfortunately, I live with my parents, who will be moving sometime this year. I will be moving soon, I hope. It just isn't worth it to plant a garden when I won't be able to reap the benefits.
All this is pretty depressing to me. I'm forced to change my lifestyle in other ways.
I can't wait until the farmer's market starts up :) I'm pretty sure it's this Saturday.
Well, ciao!
Lindsay
