Guess what? I didn't wait so long to blog this time! Woohoo! It has been about 2 weeks but hey, it's better than a month or two!
A lot has been going on lately. Life is happening and that includes jobs, church, family, and art. All of those are good BUT getting use to my job is hard. Since getting a taste of the life of not working for "the man" but working for yourself, life in the "everyday job" world has become so dissatisfying. I appreciate my job and love the fact that I pretty much get free health care for my husband and I, but I dislike the feeling of having my whole day sucked up into someone else's company, someone else's dream, someone else's vision. I have vision of my own. I want to do art and photography but with the days being packed, I have no time! All of this complaining and grumbling that I've been doing these past few weeks have really caused me to slap myself in the face and say "stop complaining Alicia and do something about it!" Here is my idea of doing something about it: school. I've been thinking of going back to school (which by the way is a big deal because I've had a hard time knowing that if I do this, I will never see my husband). But it is an investment into what I want to do. IF I did go back to school, I would go for art. I would love to do something with photography, videography, design, and just plain ol, paint and canvas, art. Colorado is booming with this creative movement and I so much want to be a part. I have made my way into Facebook groups and meetings of artistic people who have vision for community and art and building each other up and I would thoroughly enjoy being more involved. I technically can be because yes, I am an artist and a photographer but, why can't I be an excellent artist and photographer. I want to be a good steward of my skills and become better and I see school as a resource to do that. I haven't decided if I want to go to get an actual degree of if I just want to take a whole bunch of random art classes at a community college just to improve my knowledge and skill. We will see.
Aside from all of that, David and I are excited for Africa and can't believe that it's coming up so quick! I will be posting a promo video here in about a week for our trip so keep your eyes peeled for that!
Also, if you feel lead to donate to our trip, let me know and I will let you know how to do that. We need to raise $5,000 to go but we are shooting for more to buy instruments and a music teacher for the kids. We realize we need a ton of money but we believe the Lord will provide!
Anyway, thanks for reading!
Alicia
P.S. Enjoy our faces:
Photo Credit: Emily Lewin Photography
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