All That I Am: The Beginning of Something Very, Very... Important?

Well, it's almost over. My time to goof off and enjoy the littlest things and be allowed to make mistakes because I don't know better.

I don't know how far this blog is going to go - ideally, I'd like to keep it up in college, but I'll be the first to admit that I get sidetracked easily. If it does get maintained, I'm sure I'll eventually have some pretty crazy stories to share (I am going to college, after all). Even though things might get intense, please keep the following in mind:

• I'm not an adult with a solid plan for what I want to do with my life. Yet.
• I make mistakes, just like everybody else. I have my own issues and my own ways of dealing with them.
• As stupid as I might be sometimes, when I understand that I've messed up, there's very little I won't do to fix things.
• I'm an avid musician/composer and a good student (and I'd like to keep it that way). I don't have time to enjoy every single facet of every experience because I'm very dedicated to the things that I do.
• I'm going to try to associate some song title with every post (we'll see how long that lasts).

The song that would probably go best with this post is "All That I Am" by Parachute. (They're one of my favorite bands ever, so I'll probably use their songs a lot.) Basically, my name is Megan, and I'm a college student. I play trumpet, flugelhorn and piano well. I'm going to college to become a composer (at least, that's the plan right now). I have a boyfriend and good friends and a band family who loves me very much and a biological family who also loves me very much - most of the time. I like reading and writing and listening to music. I'm loyal and defensive. A lot of people see me as a leader, even though I make as many mistakes as the next person. I'm enjoying my last free summer so far - I just got back from a trip to Magic Mountain (a roller coaster theme park) with my dad and boyfriend. I had a BLAST. On Friday, my family and I will leave for Europe. It's a trip I've been dreaming about since I was little, but all the packing is too complicated for my liking. Still, it'll be great, although I'll hate not seeing my friends for two weeks. Hopefully I'll be able to update this often enough that they don't feel like they're missing out too much.

That's me in a nutshell. Hopefully I'll get at least one more good update in before Europe!

Love you all,

Megan