On-The-Go Nester

"Homeward bound, I wish i was homeward bound. Home where my thoughts are escapin. Home where my music's playin. Home where my love lies waitin silently for me."-Simon & Garfunkel

I'm obsessed. Dear world, why did you keep Simon from me for so long? He speaks to my heart. When listening I am automatically transported to a happy place: coffee shop, book, and honey vanilla latte with drizzly rainbow in the window or barefeet running through a hill of...no wait I picture us twirling in front of Jesse Hall. I absolutely love those pictures. aww look at me I'm a rainbow lovin hippie haha.

And speaking of Homeward bound...that will be me soon!! As I move into my fourth (if you include my TOMS apt) and final Los Angeles home, I see the end of my Cali stint,at least for now...(always open to possibilities ;)) After much job applying, playing, and beaching it is time for me to return to the land where the angels dance and God blessed with his own hands. Dear Texas, please expect my arrival around the end of may or beginning of June. Dear Julie, Much dancing to be caught up on.

Though my return will not be to Dallas, well hopefully not. Much is pending on a round two of a convo I had yesterday with a fair trade co. in Austin,Texas called Handmade Expressions. The owner came across my resume when I applied for their Marketing Manager opening. He recognized my passion and experience acquired thus far and though it was not enough to meet the MM requirements, he felt that I could be the ideal person for their special projects opening. ohh special projects that just sounds tintillating. The special project, I'll get to that in a sec but first I must say the owner, Manish, is a man after my own heart.

Manish aspires to influence consumer behaviour. He wants consumers-citizens to question businesses about their sustainable practices, to pursue products that are socio-eco conscious, to consume with thought. Lofty goals indeed, but right in line with mine. He seeks to build an educated and active consumer-citizen base.

This is the special project. This would be my challenge. I would be charged with the challenge to build an online community that cultivates consumer education and interaction-to create a social network where people can learn about Fair Trade, Sustainable business practices, can look up and rate shops, find products and events and several other things Manish quickly spit out during our conversation. Definitely a man with a vision and heart for fair trade and the mission this movement embodies.

Least to say, I will definitely be taking this challenge if/when it is officially offered to me. Mmmm I do love the difficult and lofty. Hi Texas here I come. PS: not to get ahead of myself, I still have to hash out so more things this coming Friday with Manish, so big Fair Trade Lone Star juju vibes for Sam please!!

I found this (below) from a post in March when I was really feeling like my life was up in the air and was trying to figure out what all my possibilities could be. It's funny #8 I wasn't going to add, but then I realized I was limiting my life by not including the unexpected. I was limiting it to what I knew, when it's really about what God knows.

March 20th
One of the following could evolve:
1. Receive a job in Los Angeles and can afford my own place, which I move into once Alek is back from Africa.
2. Move to D.C. for the summer or for full time pending on the offers I receive from potential employers-if I receive any at all-and live with Ashleigh
4. Invisible Children decides I am remarkable and hires me on as their Facility and Production Manager, which leads to me moving to Uganda
5. Take on another Part Time job to be able to actually live in a place where I pay rent and continue living in Santa Monica
6. Pack up the bags and head back to Texas
7.Live in San Diego with Ashleigh in her mom’s fiancé’s condo downtown while working 30hrs a wk then spending the rest developing our healthy fast food chain : )
8. A possibility that isn't even comprehensible

It is amazing how God can know what truly is right for you even you think you have found your dream job, dream opportunity. Thank you lord for knowing more than me-for knowing me better than me. Because I just get too confused and too overwhelmed all too often.

In other thoughts, it has been so much fun being girlie and stalky and having fun coffee boy crushes. I'm enjoying all the silly girlie boy-liking-ness I missed out in college. I am fully embracing my singlehood and I like it. Though I do wish the world, cough cough Lord, would bring coffee boy back in my life. Guys it was love at first sight. Me=swept off feet. He is my beautiful man. haha awww I wish yall were here to team stalk him with me. : ) I need to fully utilize your skillz Ames. But nonetheless, I am turning over my dream man-coffee boy-Shawn to fate. Fine no more intentional pushing him back in my life. lol.

Do please update girlies. I love hearin about the silly, mundane, everday crazies that exists in y'all's lives.

Much Love
Sam