Wow, holy cow. Life is now at 20 years old. I cannot believe it. It seems for me that this is the big step of no longer being a teen (seriously) I have to do real life. The last 2 years were kind of make believe real life, but now its the real deal. And instead of doing the normal American Dream of having a college degree by 21 or 22 I'm running off to Africa, which in part is a lack of wanting to go to school, but the big part is having a bigger dream than a 2 story house, a family of 2.3 kids (cuz seriously, I know i would get stuck with the lower.3 of a kid) and a magical wife, that does everything for me. Okay so that last part sounds good, but I'm not ready to give up the life of freedom that being young and that God has given me to taste something outside of the Big Melting Pot. I want to get my hands dirty helping out the needy, doing true religion "to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world"(Jms 1:27) That is seriously more of a dream to me than a desk job right now, and I thank God that I've been built for something different right now, that might even be considered crazy.

So what I did for my birthday is 1) get up at 5:30 to get ready for work. 2) Go to work and get off at 2:30 3)Kick it around the house listening to music

4)Went out to Chilies with Dad and Robert 5)Went and saw Mr. Beans Holiday 6) Came home and had some awesome Icecream Cake. 7) Go to bed by 10 to get up for work today.

So overall it was fun getting to spend time with dad and robert, i really appreciate them as family and am really going to miss them. Robert made me an awesome card for a present that was just hilarious and super cool coming from my little bro.