August Happenings

It's almost the end of August, my summer is over and now all the serious things start. Over August I did a lot of interesting things, I was at a camp where I helped out and was one of the group leaders. The camp was for handicapped people (recently I've gotten involved in helping them a little, but would like to get more into it) and we were in different groups, my group had awesome pink t-shirts. Here's some pictures.

We played blind basketball because I had a blind person on my team, first I thought I'd hate it, and yes it was pretty scary, but I got a goal for my team while blind. And all in all it was such an awesome experience.

We had to paint group flags 

This is how our flag looked when it was done 

Well for now I'm just gonna post 3 pictures. Man I had a really interesting night tonight and gonna go into processing mode soon. 

So from tomorrow I'm gonna have a roommate, might as well say bye bye to having my own room and loving it. but hey I'll adapt.

Also I have problems with the muscles in my knees and had to go to physical therapy over the break and they're not exactly better so I'm gonna have to find some way to fix them. So yeah pray for that. 

Night.

Summer '14

This summer has been crazy so far, in all my life I doubt I've had a summer with this many things happening and this much stress. I'm not complaining, to be honest I love it! I'm glad so many things are going on and even though not everything is perfect, it's been pretty great. So far the best part was that I got to go to a festival. I haven't ever been to one before, and it turned out being greater than I expected it to be. Also I got to participate in a color party, which was awesome!

I found out about a game called water football, yes I wasn't very good at it, but if I'd ever take up a sport, hands down it would be water football. It's super fun. 

Also I got a baby sitting job a few days a week over the summer, and the family brings me with them to a bunch of places so I'm getting to be a rich child part of the summer. Hehe. 

The best part of all this is that I'm only half way through the summer, so I still got a few awesome weeks ahead of me. 

Hoping for the best! 

Night of Museums

On June 21st there was this deal in Budapest where you could go to a whole bunch of museums from 6 p.m. till 2 a.m. for a really cheap price. One of my co-workers invited me and I invited a bunch of my family and we headed off to see the museums.

We weren't allowed to do pictures in most of the museums, so the pictures are mostly of us around Budapest. 

All in all it was great. 

Rimaszombat - Rimavská Sobota

Lately I've been really busy which is why I haven't updated my blog earlier. But on June 9 I went to Slovakia with the group I dance with and the organization we dance for. In all we were 5 cars. We had to meet up by 5 a.m. which meant I had to get up at 3, so I was over tired the whole day, but it was still super great. During the day we went to this building where the people with different handicaps showed school children (5th to 9th grade) what it's like to live with a certain handicap. I helped in the blind department to entertain the kids who weren't being shown around. Then at 5 p.m. we did our show. I'll just post a bunch of pictures:

 We went around the town a bit during the day

 The people made us a cake, it was pretty yummy, I ate up most of the marzipan

Anyway the match between Spain and Chile starts in 10 minutes and hoping Spain gets its act together and kicks ass. See ya.

End Of The Year

Yesterday was the Year End Celebration in the Kindergarten. 

My group did a skit and it was really cute. It was great to see all the kids excited faces, especially the ones who are going to school next year. 

It's so weird that I worked here for a full school year! 

A few more months and I get a new group of students, I'm gonna miss the ones I have now. At least they'll still be around. 

These are the presents I got from the parents. My whole room smells like flowers. 

I have a week break now. 

Here's to holidays and graduating! 

Bye

It's The End Of The Road - Matt Goss

I think this is a really nice song. 

Siófok

Today for the first time I got to go to the Balaton (it's a pretty famous lake in Hungary). I went with a co-worker and her daughter, and I really enjoyed myself. We went on a boat to the middle of the lake and did some other fun things. It was super nice. 

Missing Out

This poster is just around the corner from my house. 

I can't believe Arctic Monkeys are coming here and I won't be able to see them :'( 

If only I had a rich friend who'd take me...

Flash Mob

I was part of a Flash Mob last month on March 22. 

You can't see me in the video but I'm somewhere in there.

 

Joel's Music

I thought I'd share with you guys my friend Joel's blog. He's super good at classical guitar (better then I could ever hope to be) and he recently started recording his videos and posting them on  youtube, he even made a blog for them. So feel free to listen to them... or actually GO listen to them. They're really awesome!.

Just click HERE

Let me know what you think

-Nat

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

20!

So people I am now 20 years old. My birthday was on March 6th, but so much has been going on that I haven't been able to post until now. I celebrated it for 3 days and had an amazing time.

Here are some pictures: 

The people I work with baked me a cake at the kindergarten. It was a nice surprise.

I went out and had a good time with some friends 

My grandparents brought me to a restaurant with Lucy 

 

Basically I had a lot of cakes (still have some in the fridge). I had a good time, now it's time to get back to everyday life. 

Back Again

I had a deal with myself and I was doing so well but you caused me to break it. It's not fair how you can still break things when you're not around. None of this is fair!

Do I Wanna Know?

Listen to this song, it's super amazing. Some days I listen to it on repeat. 
Arctic Monkeys is the best band ever! So if you haven't heard their music before it's time to open YouTube and listen to them.

After Midnight

I can't get my feet up off the edge

I kinda like the little rush you get

When you're standing close to death

Like when you're driving me crazy

Hold on as we crash into the earth

A bit of pain will help us suffer when you're hurt

For real 'cause you were driving me crazy

I can't keep your voice out of my head

All I can hear are the many echoes of

The darkest words you said

And it's driving me crazy

I can't find the best in all of this

But I'm always looking out for you 

'Cause you're the one I miss

And it's driving me crazy

...

Independence

It really has to be enough. Sometimes it's like being dropped into the middle of a freezing cold lake and you know you have a certain amount of time to swim to the shore before you freeze to death or drown. 

You know I found the picture above and I was already thinking about that so it felt really relevant so I decided to post it on my blog. But then I found this picture when I was part way through the post: 

And so yes enough moping around. I am going to try to make the best out of this weekend and enjoy it. I had a decent day today, got stuff done and ate yummy hot dogs. That should be good enough. Plus I get plenty of time to work on my puzzle, it's hard because it's on the floor and it kills my back to sit and make it, but it's fun so worth the pain. 

Also I bought black lipstick today, I don't want it cuz it makes me look creepy (I'm wearing it right now) so I'll give it to my sister when I see her. But I just thought it was important to let you know about my black lipstick, because how many people have it? 

So now that I'm cooler than you I'll leave this post be. 

Bu-bye

Humanity

This evening has been kind of a drainer, I finished work at 5, came to my room worked out and everything seemed to be going well. Then around 7 or 7:30 things started to go downhill. Now I just feel low. I really hate how there are people I'm close with or friends with who can be so judgmental. When I hear someone talking badly about someone to me and then to the person's face they are super nice it makes me wonder what people say behind my back. I know that they've said shit about me before and I don't even know if those friendships are worth it. I was realizing today that I am the kind of person who knows when something is coming to a close but because it's not the way I saw it I don't accept it and when reality hits I get mad that it didn't stick to my timetable. So I want this to be different. It's difficult because it's not like I have so many friends to choose from, but I'm done with this. It's done. I need people who will be positive and uplifting to my life, not people who always make me feel down and don't even like me anyway. Goodbye. I'm starting afresh.
I was just listening to Rob Bell and he was saying how when we are young the smallest things excite us. Getting a new toy can make us so happy and nothing else matters in the world. Then as you grow older you loose that simple joy and that innocence. You realize the world isn't the way you thought it was and every time you hear or see something that hurts your innocence or you once again see or hear something that sadness you deep inside you build a protective layer over your heart. Kind of like a callus. Eventually your head becomes so callused that you loose that childlike joy you've had. You only even notice there was such a thing when you really think about it. I realized I'm like that, lately I've been hearing way to much stuff that makes me not even want to live in the world, and I think over the last few months the callus around my heart has doubled in thickness. It's really hard for me to enjoy the simple things, but I want to go back to that! I don't want to have to worry about people backstabbing me, and getting raped when I go out at night. I want to be happy and smile more. It doesn't mean I can't be aware and careful, I just want to be happy. Not a conscious happiness, but the kind that's from deep inside because I know that I am one with God and he is everything. So with a little effort I'll get there.

Midnight Post

So I'm up in the middle of the week at midnight chatting with a friend about our futures, we're both kind of freaking out as it's really getting to the point where we have to decide what we want and that's really hard. I really am at that point where I have to let go of my emotions and put the in God's hands. It's a lot easier said then done, but he's brought me this far in my life and he'll bring me further. If I trust him and follow his path he'll keep me right where he wants me and I'll be able to deal with whatever life throws me. It's just scary to think about it. I realized though that it's all so exciting, my life now is exciting, and there are things I'd change but it's perfect. It's all about perspective. Yesterday I was listening to this audio and it was talking about how our life is like a puzzle, I was sitting on my floor making a 2,000 puzzle I got for Christmas and because of that it all really stuck, (funny how that worked out). It was saying how sometimes it really seems like that puzzle piece doesn't even belong to the puzzle and looks so wrong, the colors don't even match and you're sure the manufacturer made a mistake and added an extra piece or pieces into the box by mistake. But by the time you get to the end of the puzzle you realize that all the pieces fit perfectly and you just didn't have the other ones in the right place yet. The preacher was explaining how our lives are like that, some people have cancer and they sure as hell can't see where that piece fits in their life, but if they could see the full picture they'd understand. Some people go through the worst things you can imagine, but it's all part of the puzzle and eventually they will understand why it happened and how it all fits perfectly into their life. I'm pretty young now and the puzzle of my life is no where near completion, I can't even see what the picture is yet, I have little ideas from the parts which are already put together, I may be completely wrong about it, but I don't need to worry because in the end the picture will be perfect and God can hang it on his wall... just like I will do with my puzzle when I finish it. Seeing it this way makes me less anxious about things. I hope I can keep my head on my shoulders and relax because things will work out :)

Winter Break

A few days ago I got back from the Philippines, I had the most awesome winter break ever! For those of you who have me on Facebook you've already seen the pictures, but I'll re-post some anyway. 

So basically for 2 weeks I stayed with my friends and we had a 2 week party life, staying up really late, waking up late (most days) and just enjoying everything. 

On Christmas Eve they had a light show in the city 

 Cutest square panda I wanted to steal! 

 Marshmallows 

 Got to finally try beer pong 

 We spend a whole day watching some friends football game in the hot sun

 Me being sexy as usual

 We tried helium balloons 

And I finally got to meet Bella :) 

Wishes for the new year 

 The ones we wrote

 Super delicious pizza this guy made for us

 Food ball

Joel and me doing what we do best!

That's all for now. Hope you enjoyed the pictures and I'm hoping for many more great times like this in the future.