Adventure is out there!

Hello faithful blog! You're always here when I need ya =)

Sometimes I wonder if people actually read this thing.... or if I just continue to write in air. Either way it's one of my favorite things to do!
First and foremost I must share that today a student told me I was their assistant. He was interviewing staff for the yearbook and I was taking him around to do so and he kept calling me his assistant and the part that makes it hilarious is that he was completely serious. In his head I was his assistant. ... yes I am still laughing..

I thought it'd be fun to note the bigger things I've done in life. At least big to me.
The first thing that comes to mind is getting an apprentice to be a tattoo artist which I searched out and started at age 19. Crazy! I started this in Seattle. I also worked at Trader Joe's as their artist. Of course I didn't do the norm and go off to school. =/
Then I moved to Long Beach, CA and went to Los Angeles Figurative Art Academy. It was located in Van Nuys, and if you know LA geography it is pretty far north from LB so I had to ride my bike to the train, take one train into Hollywood, hop on another train, then take 2 separate buses. But man it was worth it. And it was only one day a week and that one day was lllooonnggg. I ended up earning one of my classes for free due to my crazy skillz.. ;)
When I was done with Art school I moved up to Simi Valley, CA into a 2 bd apt with 4 other girls. Talk about crammed in! While there I went to Eternity Bible College and became involved in middle school and high school youth group and made some of the best friends I'll ever have. Now this was a great experience..
And all this time I still worked at Trader Joe's as the artist and they continued to let me transfer.
After 8 months of Simi I decided it was time to go live in Santa Cruz to spend time with family, specifically my brother. It had been too long since I had followed in his footsteps. It was a bittersweet time due to some weird circumstances but I do have some of the best memories. The surf is amazing, the people are fun, and art is welcomed. I worked at one of the best tattoo shops to ever step foot in here, LoveDog Tattoo. And being an artist at traders in SC was by far the best store to work at and the most flexible with art. I created many boards of art here!
A while later I moved back to washington for a handful of reasons, one being to help with grandma.
About 6 months later grandma passed away and during those 6 months of taking care of her I looked into schools. Liberty U in Virginia seemed to offer the most financial support for me to go there so I applied. I left August and went for fall semester.
I ran out of money there and came home for the month of December to work with the possibility of going back and I never did. But that sure was a sweet experience in my memory.
Since then I have been in Washington. I worked in a tattoo shop then opened my own business doing so. I painted multiple murals and had many art shows, even winning one that will now take me Las Vegas. I have made amazing new friends and been a good traveler to Seattle every week.
And now I'm off for my next adventure. I must say that I want to plant for a while.. even though I very much enjoy blowing in the wind. But it would be nice to come home to the same place, but continue to travel.
Someday I will own my VW van and be able to travel the way I always hoped to... with my art of course ;).

There you have it! Whether you read this or not it's fun for me to see the things I have done. And this is only part of it and only the beginning..

AND.. I finished the yearbook tonight. Ten hours of work and my very best design quality was poured into it. I became very close and personaly with Adobe.

signing off..