This last week or two has been full of ups and downs. Good and bad. Happiness and sadness. One of the chickens my dad and I were raising was killed (probably by a possum), my grandfather is on an uphill swing because the hospital finally delivered his oxygen tank, and my boyfriend was hired for a full time position at a marketing company! Here's to keeping my fingers crossed that I get into LMU so that he and I can finally start living together, and we can both move on from our hometowns and move our lives forward! 


I know that I've said that I never wanted to live in Southern California again, but last time I was down, just on a whim while we were looking for apartments, I said that I wanted to see what was in Calabasas. Turns out it's the gorgeous, little town nestled near the Malibu hills. It's quiet, charming, nearby to state parks with rivers and hiking trails, 10 miles to the Malibu beach, near to Thousand Oaks with even more hiking trails through green hills, it gets cooler and rainy in the winter, it hosts a farmers market every saturday morning in it's old-town, and it's only 30 minutes to LMU, so I can avoid a lot of traffic and a commute since classes are held for me mainly at night. Are you diggin' my groove? It sounds absolutely perfect for me and Jimmy. 


To be honest, I'll always want to be up north on the Mendocino Coast, or up in Oregon even, or Italy, or New York, ect, ect. There's always some place that I'm going to be dreaming about...that's just who I am. I have an insatiable wanderlust for both places I have and have not been...but the important thing is...I've been dreaming about this place too, and that doesn't happen very often. I've been dreaming about crisp sunday mornings, dinners with my boyfriend, hiking trials, and horseback rides, driving to the beach, and having dinners in the city. I'm dreaming of getting my Master's Degree and finally being able to work with children. 


I just feel like my life is slowly and surely coming together...the way that it was always supposed to. I guess in this world you really do make your own luck, and you have to decide for yourself what you want. You can't follow anybody else's path. You are truly alone. But life is so much better when you have someone to share that alone-ness with.


-Megan

My boyfriend and our cute as a button niece!

We're getting all sorts or perfect juicy, lovely tomatoes off of our vines this year! I'm especially loving the bite sized, cherry variety!

Yes, for all of you asking what tea is doing on my blog? I'm actually starting to drink (and enjoy) the stuff. I know, I know. The time has come.

Jimmy and I saw this lovely, well dressed gentlemen (haha) in Santa Monica. It was past the 4th of July, not that it being the 4th of July would have made this choice acceptable. Oh LA.

My mom and I trekked out to the country (my favorite), to visit a farm that had chickens, pigs, puppies, and baby goats! They were the sweetest thing! And as a girl who has always wanted to live on a farm and raise animals, I was in 7th heaven! The family was so sweet and with their help we brought home a chicky so ours could have a friend. She should start laying eggs any day now! I can't wait.