Today is my first day officially on my own. In my life. Sure, when I was living in Santa Rosa I was living on my own, but I was never more than a 5 minute drive from my parents. Now, the closest family is over 7 hours away. Not to mention in Sonoma County, everywhere I went someone knew my Mom, Dad, Grandparents, Aunt, Uncle and so on. Here I am just another tall blonde in LA. Which could give you shock at first but in mind thats what is so amazing about it!
I can be anyone I want to be here. Thats not to say I will stray from who I really am or loose my morals. No, not at all. Its just the fact that nobody here has any prejudice towards me, in a good OR bad way. I am free to create any impression, to start all over. It really is like a new birth to life.
I have been alone here for 9 hours now and I have already found two new hiking places, found the metro that can take me downtown and found the best routes to and from my grocery stores and school. Pretty productive I would say considering at 9am this morning I was having a mini meltdown.
I would say this week is going to be tough, there's no doubt about that. But it will be good. Its going to show me just how reliable and independent I really can be. Tomorrow is a new day and with that a new adventure! Here we go, hold on tight!
Xo
Ashleigh
