I'm on a mission to find what I've been missing...

This was a photo of me and my cousin Sheila on my 1st birthday.

I don’t really spend a whole lot of time browsing through Tumblr so I can’t say that I have any favorite blogs. I will say though, I’ll love and enjoy any posts of Chris Evans or any of my favorite movie quotes.

The one book that I can clearly remember reading over and over again is “The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. I remember getting it for my 5th birthday from one of my brother’s friends. It’s such a wonderful book that I have decided to give it to all my kids/nieces/nephews/godchildren on their 5th birthdays as well.

I don’t know about you, but my favorite place to be is at a concert, and to be honest it’s the place I’m always at my happiest. My dream job is to one day, be my favorite artist or band’s photographer while on tour. To be able to catch those special moments behind the scenes or while on stage, while getting to be in the concert atmosphere would be the best feeling in the world for me. I’ve slowly been gaining experience with working photo pits during live sets, so hopefully I’ll be able to live my dream for at least one tour some day.

Hands down, it was getting to spend time in San Diego and Anaheim this past summer. My family and I went camping in Carlsbad on the beach for 5 days, and my best friend Kaitlin came down for the weekend. We got to hang out and explore PB (Pacific Beach) and see the Sand Cloud mural that Jared painted before anyone else, and we got to have dinner with some of my family that we hadn’t seen in years. Then my family and I went to SeaWorld for a day, followed by a day at the San Diego Zoo. Then we left San Diego early in the morning and drove up to Anaheim and checked into the Grand Californian Hotel at Disneyland for three days, while getting to experience Magic Mornings during our stay. Then Kaitlin met us at Disneyland and was our expert guide every day we were there. It was DEFINITELY the best trip ever!

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Not a day goes by that I don’t think about her and miss her dearly, but I know that she and I will see each other again some day. I love you Ate Shel!

I think I’m going to have to skip today’s topic because I really don’t have anything that I’m currently collecting or interested in collecting.

When Everything Falls Back Down. At the time of my blog’s creation, which was exactly 10 years ago today (November 17th, 2019) actually had a different name. I honestly cannot remember what I had originally called it, but for the last eight years it has been called “wheneverythingfallsbackdown”. While I honestly wish that I had some super special story behind my blog’s name, there really isn’t one. One day I decided to rename my blog after one of my favorite songs, by one of my favorite bands, who technically called it quits about five years ago and that’s pretty much all there is too it.

While there have been quite a few proud moments in my life, I think one of the more recent ones that I want to talk about happened back in July 2017. My family and I went to UC Berkeley to see Jack Johnson perform at the Greek Theater. My cousin Sheila was able to get us VIP passes, as well as a photo pass for me to take photos during Jack’s set. After the concert was done and most of the VIP guests had left, my cousin Sheila asked us if we wanted to meet Jack. Jack’s wife Kim met us and brought us back down to the artist lounge and introduced us to Jack. When we asked if we could take a photo with him, he gladly agreed and my cousin took my phone to take our photos. I remember Jack saying, “Where would be the best place to stand?” And me, with my photography brain, pointed to a spot with the best lighting without even missing a beat. As we take our photo, Jack turns to me and says “this really was a great spot to stand. The lighting was great! You must really have an eye for photography.” This was honestly one of the best compliments I’ve ever gotten, especially since I’m not a professional photographer. <3

A Photo Of My Handwriting.

My average day consists of waking up around 7 AM, then getting ready to pick up my little niece by 9AM. We usually spend our mornings running errands and doing grocery shopping, then going home and cooking her lunch and HOPEFULLY getting her down for a nap by 1PM. She usually sleeps for a couple hours, so I take advantage of the time to do other projects or chores around the house. By the time she wakes up, its around 4PM so then I make her a snack and then she plays with her toys or she watches something on her tablet. By 6PM, she’s ready to eat dinner, then afterwards she plays some more before she takes a shower and goes home. I spend the rest of my nights either watching a movie or reading a book before going to bed around 11PM to do it all over the next day.

I would also love to donate money to help clean up and protect our oceans. Now more than ever we need to change our ways to protect our planet, because there is no Planet B. Then if there is any money left over, I would love to use it to travel around the world to experience different cultures and countries.

Lastly, I love just LIVING IN THE MOMENT. I know that it can be hard to do with the struggles of every day life, but I believe that if you can take a few minutes everyday just to slow down and enjoy those smaller moments, they can (and will) make your life better.

Ever since then, the amount of guys that have randomly come up to me to compliment my lips has been pretty incredible. :)

Despite my bad habits, the only thing I can really do is to learn and grow from them.

Wallet, sunglasses, keys, metal straws, bamboo utensils, wet wipes, Kleenex, PokeBall Plus (for Pokémon Go), Vaseline, lip balm, and mints!  (Plus my phone)