Oh wow. It has been a long time since I posted on here. Life has been CRAZY. I'm finishing up my final semester of my college career. I'm determined to never return to college. I will become a hobo before I try to go to school again. The last forever has just been too exhausting and depressing to even think about doing it willingly again.
I've been thinking a lot about the last few years. I started college in the Fall of 2009. I was hopeful about my degree in Marketing and that I would obviously graduate in 4 years. What a joke that turned out to be. I couldn't stand the school of business. I just did not fit there. Everyone was too uppity for my liking. So, after three and a half years as a Marketing major I switched to Mass Communications with a concentration in Public Relations. Which, had I known there was a PR degree I probably would have started there...too little too late though, huh? I will graduate majoring in Public Relations with a minor in Marketing. So, not all those years were a complete loss. My GPA suffered greatly from my time as a Marketing major. I learned a lot from that experience though...about myself and others. I was able to turn things around in my new course of study though...so that's great. When I started college I had no idea what I wanted to do really. I
knew I wanted to some how go into PR. But I wasn't sure if I wanted to be a publicist for athletes or celebrities or a large corporation. I just wasn't sure. It wasn't until the start of 2011 that I figured out what I wanted to do. I've said this on here before...and people I talk to know what helped me figure out my life. Thanks to my sweet friend CariDean I found out about British musician Bobby Long. His debut album came out in February 2011 and I saw him at WorkPlay in Birmingham shortly after. His talent just amazed me. I kept thinking to myself why don't more people know about this guy? He's British, talented and a nice guy...what is wrong with people? So, I decided that I wanted to help musicians like hi gain a larger fan base and become better known in general. And now, four years later I have seen him 10 times, he played a private show for my birthday party and I have some amazing friends I would never have met had it not been for his music. It's amazing to me how music can bring people from all different backgrounds and points in life together. Some of my favorite moments of my college career have been because of Bobby's music...whether it was because I was traveling to see him with one of my best friends, or spending time with people I've met at shows, it all relates back to him and his music. I'm not sure there are enough 'Thank You' cards in the world to thank that man for what he has brought into my life.
I've lost a lot of people in my life since 2009. Whether it be because they have passed away or I realized they shouldn't be in my life anymore, there were still losses. When I was a freshman my Uncle Bob passed away from cancer. I was so devastated...that wasn't something anyone could have prepared me for. Unfortunately, life goes on and just because he was gone didn't mean my life would stop. In the winter of 2011 my niece was diagnosed with cancer. I felt like my family could just not catch a break. This sweet little 2 1/2 year old was going to have to undergo something I would never wish upon anyone. But, after her surgery to remove the tumor and a round of chemotherapy she has been cancer free since the summer of 2012. Then....something happened in the Spring of 2013 that shook my entire family up...it's a loss we will never fully heal from. My little brother died in a car accident. By this point I was ready to give up. Throw the towel in and say eff you universe. Because obviously the world hated me and wanted to see me miserable. But, after taking a week off from classes and going crazy, I went back to finish the last month of the semester. I took 3 weeks off from work and drained my savings. And I still got some of the best grades that semester than I'd ever had before. How that happened? I have no clue. I think my teachers took sympathy on me. Ha.
But, here I am. Two years later and about to graduate college with $40,000 in loans to pay back. A job at a grocery store. Living with some friends because my mom found a job in OKC. I graduate in 36 days and leave for my dream trip to London in 50 days. I'll be starting my "grown up" life and truing to figure out what to do next. I'm not sure where my life is going to take me. I have no idea where I might get a job. Will it be in Birmingham? Or will it be somewhere else? It's going to be an interesting ride that's for sure. But, I'm going to come out on top whatever direction I go. If I have learned anything about life through my college career it's to not give up. No matter how hard life gets...it will eventually get better. Maybe not as good as you want it to be...but it's better than the lowest point you have been. It can only go up from here. I'm on Spring Break for the next week and then I have three weeks left of school. That's it. So, I probably won't post again until I get back from London. So, thank you to everyone that has supported me over the last few years. You're support and encouraging words have meant so much to me. Thank you. Love you all. XO Kymber.
