2013--you aren't my friend!

Here I am blogging from my iPad that I just got! No it isn't an iPad air, or a 2nd generation-it's mom moms old iPad because she just got an iPad air! Thanks mom for the free iPad!

2013 was an interesting year to say the least. I didn't quite achieve the goals that I had set out for myself. But I did h ave some fun! So I guess it wasn't a total waste. 

Let's start at the beginning of 2013.

Second semester of my sophomore year started.

Second semester of sophomore year ended...hallelujah!!!

Now comes the summer. Summer wasn't as fun as some would think. My parents decided earlier that year that they were going to sell the house they've lived in for the past 23-24ish years and become homeless. Okay maybe not homeless. We ended up selling the house before we found a new one which mad everything go crazy! Well maybe that wasn't the reason. Right as the negotiations for selling the house were going on our family found out that my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. My parents went head first with the treatment--which btw, chemo treatment sucks!--for my mom. Seeing her go through the pain of chemo was the hardest thing to see. Once June hit my parents had bought a new house and we, along with a lot of help moved everything into our new house! (not everything-we have a storage unit packed with stuff!) this all happened within 2months. So much crazy at one time! Let me just say that if mamma ain't well ain't nobody else. I think that's how the saying goes.

This fall I started my junior year of college! I was cast in the musical The Wedding Singer which was so much fun and a highlight in my collegiate theatrical career. I was able to perform with so many friends and gain so many new friends! For me rehearsals for a show or concert is the perfect way to meet new people because I don't go out that much and when I do it's with friends. I learned how to tap dance and the basics of ballet. I learned so much about auditioning for theatre in my acting class. And now the best part of my year is my mom feeling so much better! She had surgery over thanksgiving break and has recovered very well! Thanks for all the positive thoughts and prayers!

201 is going to be an amazing year with so much opportunity! I seriously cannot wait to see what it brings! 

Cheers to a new year!

Jonathan D Strom