Two weeks in.

Two weeks into this and I am starting to realize just how hard this is going to be. I love it, but it can be rough. It doesnt help that most of us in the house are sick. I guess thats bound to happen when you have 57 people in one house. Most nights average 4 to 5 hours of sleep. Today I decided to take a day to myself. I spent the day downtown San Diego. 

Yesterday I spent the day in Los Angeles, I needed to expedite my passport at the federal building... why did I need a passport? SURPRISE! I am headed to Uganda on Sept 4th. My team will headed to the east coast while I am on a 26 hour plane ride... San Diego to Minneapolis to Amsterdam to Kampala. We leave here at 8:45 in the morning on the 4th, and we land in Kampala at 8:15pm on the 5th. 36 hours... I don't get it, I have a hard time putting all of this time change stuff together. I come home on Sept 15th. And by home I mean I land in Pittsburgh and jump right in to tour. No days off, its the real deal. I've been living out of a suitcase since the end of June. I kind of like it. If you feel like donating any money to help me out on this trip feel free to do so. I didn't expect to go to Uganda so I wasnt able to save for this one... $2700 dollars is what I need for this trip. I am confident it will happen. Thank you if you give, and I am super appreciative for any prayers or thoughts sent my way. 

You can make a check out to Invisible Children and put "Roadie trip, blaise vincz" on the memo line, and if thats you, you can send it to:

Invisible Children 

2705 Via Orange Way Suite B

Spring Valley, CA 91978

C/O Roadie Trip, Blaise Vincz

I am so surprised that it NEVER rains here. I have been in San Diego for two weeks, I dont know if I have even seen a cloud. I like it. 

I am going through withdrawal from my bike and my guitars. I would kill to have either of those here at the moment.

Hope all is well. 

can i just say...?

WOW! I feel like I have known these people my entire life. There are like 57 people in our house, its pretty amazing. Our house is huge. And San Diego is beautiful. 

We start work tomorrow morning. 

Trip here was a little rough, on the way here the guy next to me didn't talk to me and when he did he was pretty rude, no big deal, I'll never see him again right? WRONG. He broke the golden rule, I saw him in the airport bathroom later in the day, AND HE TALKED TO ME AT THE URINAL!!!

Maybe he felt bad for being a jerk on the flight, where it is totally acceptable to talk to the person next to you. 

Well aparently it's story time so I going to wrap this up by simply saying... I love this place. 

...before i pack my computer:

I'm about an hour away from leaving. It's crazy how things seem to hit you. I hadn't really even thought a whole lot about this until now. Said some final goodbyes, some harder than others. I was surprised by one of them, I'm not going to mention names but I was touched. Neither one of us cry very often, but I think we both had to just walk away because it was definitely coming. I'm not a very sentimental person, I have a very small collection of sentimental things that mean the world to me... their gift will be added to that collection.

So here it is. I'm leaving. Tonight I will be sleeping in La Mesa, California- the first night of this stretch of my life. I'm excited. I'm ready. I'm ready to meet these people that share my heart. I'm ready to shine. 

My last night in Indy was rough but well needed. I think God just has to break you down sometimes, remind you that He is your rock. He and He alone. I'm okay with that because it's Us now. I will have to rely on Him more than ever in the next 5 months. 

Good, Good. 

Wish me luck. Pray for me. Do your thing. Thanks.