Stop Breaking Down the Doors?

 (Just realized how ironic my blog name is)

Crazy day, we get to work today and find out that our store was robbed. What a great way to start the day. The robbers got away with about 6 thousand in cash. They knew what they were doing. But for reals they knew our store a little too well. It is one serious Oceans 11 reenactment. They robbed us after a day when we had 8 cruise ships in..... yea the population of the island doubled. So frustrating. Once we got everything sorted out, we managed to open up and still have a fairly decent day. Everyone in our store handled it so well. I think it says a lot about the kind of people I have had the pleasure of working with over the past 5 months. I can honestly say I will miss them as much as I miss my family. They have been my family for the past 5 months. I can't think of anybody else who I would rather have spent my time with. The people, especially in Del Sol are incredible.

So many crazy things have happened since we have been down here, stolen wheels on a car, managers leaving, store broken into, starting a whole new line of products, all in the middle of busy season. I know I will be leaving my time on STT with my head held high. We broke countless records. I cannot thank our crew in Del Sol enough. I cannot think of any better place to work.

I belong with you, you belong with me in my, sweet home.

And what a home Del Sol St. Thomas has been.

Such a beautiful place to have called home.

Don't Stop Breaking Down the Doors...... unless you are a robber :)

-Kam

Numbered

The days are numbered the time is short. It will  be a whole new world when I get home. Some things I cannot wait for, others I hope have changed. I can't stop living in the moment. The warm sun is something I will get sparingly when I go home.

Skimming yesterday yielded lots of cuts. I can't wait to hit the beach later, to clean my wounds. The ocean is incredible. It flows in and out of every single one of us whether we know it or not. It honest to god is better than any bottle of neosporin.


Here is a video of Jake and I at Peterborg Point, there has been a huge swell in the past few days, and the cliffs we are sitting on are about 100 yards from where the ocean normally is..... and we are about 80 feet up from the normal waterline. Just to put things into perspective. Yes, we did end up getting soaked a few minutes later.

A piece of me will always be on this island.

Don't Stop Breaking Down the Doors

-Kam

Waist Deep

My main goal for moving down to St. Thomas was to find out where I want to settle later in life. Ocean or Mountains. The past few weeks I have begun to miss the ocean. Even while I am there I cannot help but think,"I won't have this in  three weeks". I can honestly say that I have not gotten any closer to an answer. I have actually widened the gap between the two. I love both way too much. Wherever I am I love being, waist deep. Waist deep in powder, Waist deep in surf, Waist deep in dust. Soon I will be waist deep in homework, and I think I am ready for it. I haven't had to think too analytically about anything for the past 8 months. It will be a shock to the system, but I will be coming back to school with a whole new mindset. I won't be thinking I should be anywhere else but the classroom, because I have honestly learned that if you want to go out and live somewhere new. YOU CAN. The hardest part is getting there, and choosing a destination.

Thinking about home is really exciting. Vegetables, Barbacoa, Cafe Rio, Family, Friends, Hockey, Skiing, No humidity, Dogs, Gym. There are so many things to do in Salt Lake. Why anyone lets themselves sit at home bored day after day is beyond me. Live where you are, when you are. For 20 more days, I have St. Thomas, and I plan to spend every waking moment soaking it all in.

It is a wasted day to be spent wishing you were somewhere else.

Don't Stop Breaking Down the Doors

-Kam

Stoke

The past 8 months have become such a blur for me recently. I know I have changed, A LOT, but I will have no way of knowing just how much I have until I return home to the life I once knew. Over the past 8 months I have become sensitized to many things I once found no more appealing than the dust between my toes. I am going to return home with a whole new set of eyes, and I am 100% ok with that. Life is about change, adaptation, a new understanding for old things. When I get back I have to find a new car, and for most this would be a hard choice, but for me it is a crazy hard choice. I honestly cannot decide what is best, a four wheel drive that will get me to and from work safely, but burns gas like an airplane, or the economical road trip car. I am honestly torn. My habitual wanderlust ways point me towards a car that will take me on a whole world of new adventures. I am pretty sure I will end up getting an average car, with average mileage, and just ride my bike a lot more. Finding a new car from 4000 miles away is not my idea of fun.

The past 8 months I have realized a lot about how little it really takes to live a full life, and have fun. I came to STT with one backpack, 3/4 full of clothes. I will be leaving with it about as empty. We should all find ways to separate ourselves from the THINGS in our life, and grow closer to people in our lives. Happiness is best when shared. My happiness is nature. No matter where I end up in life, I know I will never loose my closeness with this earth. It is the only thing that we all depend on.

When the last tree is cut,
When the last river is emptied,
When the last fish is caught,
Only then will Man realize that he cannot eat money.

Don't Stop Breaking Down the Doors

-kam

Less than a month.

Time has flown down here. I cannot believe I have less than one month left. I am super anxious to get back out on the ski slopes. Last night I had a dream about floating down some fresh pow. Apparently there isn't much snow again this year. Hopefully by the time I get back the boulders will be covered so I can get out and huck some stuff. Having said that I am really going to miss the ocean. It has really sunk in how much I love it down here. The only thing that is missing is SURF. I came down here looking to learn a few things, my main objective was to see where I want to spend the rest of my life after college, I laid the question out in with two answers. Surf or Mountains. I am leaving St. Thomas thinking, Why not both? I was raised in the swimming pool, and on the ski hill. THAT is where and what I want to keep living. I don't know where, but somehow I will accomplish that. I had a great skim session this morning, and worked on my song I have been trying to write on the uke. I need some serious help with writing lyrics. I am terribad at it. The boys will be back from church and work soon, then we are off to Sandy's again. I am getting super close to the shove-it, I have a feeling I will get it down smooth at the beach today.

It is a wasted day to wish you were somewhere else.

Don't Stop Breaking Down the Doors

-Kam

Get real.

What a weekend. Virgin Gorda one of the most amazing things I have ever seen in my entire life. One word. CONSUMED. Mother nature at her finest. There is no other place  in the world quite like the baths. I couldn't help but think "I will return someday". I will, I know without a doubt I will make the trip back. The feelings I experienced atop the four story granite boulders are like those which I had in the mountains. For me there is nothing better than the euphoric angst I get from immersing myself in nature. I love being ripped from life's hum drum days by vast spectacles in nature. I have been so lucky. I cannot thank my parents enough. They sparked the fire of adventure in me from a young age. Nothing makes me happier than the wanderlust I experience in life. I have started a one liner journal on my phone. It is sweet to reflect on your thoughts now down the road. (Mostly why I write on this blog). One of the passages says, "You might regret it if you do, but you'll definitely regret it if you don't". Live by this.

I really want to motivate people. If there was some awesome way to make a living out of it, I would. Something my dad said to me a lot when I was younger sunk in a lot, "Lead by example, not by belittling others". I think this idea has helped shape who I am today. I am nowhere near perfect, and have my fair share of flaws, but who doesn't. I have found that those who say they have no flaws, usually have the most.

If anything were ever to happen to me, I wouldn't want people to look back and think I sat in park as life drove by. I want to live a life full of pursuit, passion, and creativity. A life in DRIVE, if you will, with the occasional stop to soak in a good view. I cannot express how much I love all of my friends and family. Being away for so long helps you to realize a lot about those you love, and those you thought you loved. Time is the mortar that fills the cracks in our hearts. Friends and family are what fills it space with love.

Don't Stop Breaking Down the Doors

-Kam