Lauryn's Radio Debut
Tuesday night Lauryn made her radio debut in Kansas City! I am sure it will be the first of many radio appearances.
I can't give much context to the show or how she got on, I found on about it about 3 hours before her song was played.
Here is a link if you want to check it out; jump to the 29 minute mark
https://bridge909.org/shows/eightonesixty/episode/new-music
Personal Stuff
To all my loyal followers, I am sure you've noticed that last week and this week have been fairly slow. I talked about what my nieces are up to but much about myself. It's been two weeks since I've seen a concert or gone to a movie! Did I become a hermit or something? No, I've always been a hermit.
But a couple weeks ago I got a text from my realtor friend Mariah asking if she can show my house. It wasn't on the market and wasn't set to be shown to people so I didn't expect much. Next thing I knew they made an offer, now selling a house is a long and grueling process and I had to do the inspections so I was kind of waiting for the bottom to drop out and everything to fall through. Surprisingly enough, it never happened!
So in the span of just a couple weeks, while working two jobs and taking two college classes, I have to move out of my house. Every moment of my life has been consumed with me packing and moving boxes, writing papers, or at my job. (Also writing this amazing blog).
Sunday, my friend Carl came over and helped me box up and organize some comic books, we had to make a couple trips to Jays CD and Hobby to get long boxes for them. After parking I grabbed my phone and checked my emails and found out my adviser from Simpson college passed away suddenly. Obviously I was floored. Not only was she only about 10 years older than me but I just had a meeting with er last Thursday night. I had trouble wrapping my head around what could have happened. How in the span of three days could a person go from being so full of life to being dead? I know that I am ultra sensitive to this subject matter since I am also grieving from a tragic death myself.
I've been thinking about this the last few days; my life seems to be moving forward and I have so many opportunities but at the same time tragedy can hit at any time and we can do nothing to avoid it. The cliche thing I would say is that life is short and we should live life to fullest and not be concerned with petty bullshit; which is true. But after this year, when I have had so much good going on but death and despair has loomed in ever corner like Jack the Ripper some times it's hard to think that way.
I mean how in the world can people who are so happy health just be dead one day and yet Wes is still fine?