In college, I feel like at the beginning you will do anything it takes to gain friends. You are in a few place. You don't know anyone. You really just want to feel involved. However, over time you realize that those "friends" that you have made aren't really friends at all. They're more like place holders that change you into a person that you are not and oftentimes make you feel bad able the person you are.
I had these "friends" my first semester of college.
PLEASE do not get me wrong! Those people are not bad people, and I do not mean in any way to bring them down.
Moving on.
During the month off I had for winter break, I realized that so many of those "friends" I had were awful for me and my health. I was horribly depressed and I felt like being me was a bad thing. That break away from those people helped me to noticed that I did not need them. God had this amazing plan for me, and I just needed to stick it out, wait until it was time. Coming back to school for spring semester, I completely stopped talked to all of the people who were not good for me. I started hanging out with people more similar to myself, and talking to people who I liked to talk to. Friends kind of just fell into my lap and friendships are not easy for me to make, so this was surprising. The best thing that could have happened, however, was when I introduced my friends to each other. Now we are all friends, and I can honestly say I have a close group of friends, which is not normal for me. I am very happy about it though (:
Since gathering this group of friends, I have become more social. I used to always complain about how I did not have a life because I didn't like partying and going out and meeting people I don't know. I am a huge introvert and those situations make me feel extremely uncomfortable. Not partying made me feel left out, but that does not matter anymore. I don't need to go meet randoms. I don't need to consume alcohol or get the attention of every boy in the room. I have my friends and I know what I like to do to have fun. So, recently I have been going out more. A LOT more. Every weekend actually. We go out to eat, to the beach, and just exploring Southern California. This is how I like to spend my life. I have a life now, even if during the week I never leave my dorm room.
Today we happened to be in Calabasas and we tried to find the Kardashians house. Yeah...
Today we also went to Malibu, or actually Leo Carillo and hung out on the beach. That beach was absolutely stunning!
While we were there, we climbed rocks. That's pretty much how we spent out time, but it was a blast! I had never been to a tide pool beach! There were so many fun things to climb on!
Being at a tide pool beach also entitles me to finding a bunch of wildlife that I had never seen before. It was actually pretty creepy at times. I'm not good around "creatures" haha but it was also pretty neat. I saw a lot of muscles and clams. I also saw a TON of crabs! Those were the creepiest! They are like spiders with shells. However, they are a tad less scary than spiders. I saw a few sea urchins and I saw sea slugs. Gross. Awesome.
Jam packed day for sure.
After the beach, we were really hungry. Craving sandwiches, we found this SUPER CUTE cafe called Urbane Cafe in Thousand Oaks? No, actually I don't know what city it was in. Somewhere around Thousand Oaks/Calabasas/Malibu area. And we had the yummiest lunch ever. At least, mine was pretty delicious. I wish there was a place like that closer to my school. It was all very healthy food. No preservatives and stuff like that. The chicken was grilled fresh. I don't know the requirements to a good healthy sandwich, but this place definitely had them! And they had the best service! I hope that place gets more business because it was great. If you are ever in the Thousand Oaks/Calabasas/Malibu area, please check out Urbane Cafe! I HIGHLY recommend it.
Now it's time for a shower and some tea. I will try to write about other things besides just my adventures! OH AND NEW VIDEO UP ON WEDNESDAY!
A bientot, mes cheries! Je vous aime beaucoup ♥
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