Colorado!!

I have mentioned before that I was born and raised in Colorado and that I love the state! There is something about it that I can't describe. It has a sort of beauty that intoxicates the senses! I live under neath Pikes Peak, the  eastern most 14'er in the country. A 14'er is a mountain whose elevation is 14,000 feet of greater. I have climbed 5 of them in my life time and I plan on climbing more. I know most of you are thinking i'm crazy for wanting to do that but it is actually a lot of fun and is worth it in the end plus you you can see for hundreds of miles in every direction! I love mountains because they are incredibly majestic. Currently I live in northern Utah for school and while there are mountains here they are nothing like the Rockies in Colorado. I miss my mountains very much and I that I could take my life here in Logan and mix it with my life in Colorado, that would be perfect! Ah well, at least I can return to Colorado!

This morning I got up at 6:30 to go flying, I wanted to go later but I am glad that I went when I did because the weather crapped out this afternoon and now it is snowing like crazy! It was a great flight but I was super tired when I got back around 10 so I went back to bed until 3 which was so nice! I went out to get food around 4 and haven't really done anything since! I am watching Ratatouille with some friends right now as the snow continues down. I spent a good half hour on Tumblr and I found a page called "youknowyouarefromcoloradowhen" and they have these really awesome quotes and what not, so I got super excited and ill put some up after this post! I love lazy Saturdays and this weekend is a 3 day weekend so I get an excuse to be lazy for a day or two! I can't believe that its almost halfway through the semester which scares me, I don't like how fast time is going because I feel like I haven't gotten my act together so next week that is my main focus, it is going to be hard because it is a short and busy week and I have a stage check for flying and I need to study for that! Oh well its all part of college, learning how to balance your time!
Feel free to check out my Tumblr page http://natetrujillo.tumblr.com/!

Maroon Bells

Inspirational Stuff!!!

So my mom just posted this quote online!

“Today may there be peace within. May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself  and others. May you use the gifts that you have received and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content with yourself just the way you are. Let this knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and every one of us”

I love my mom, she is awesome and is a major source inspiration to me! 

Here is some stuff that I find inspirational!

My first dog was like this, I miss her.

College Life and Other Stuff....

Ill start off by saying that I love college!There is so much freedom but unfortunatlly with all of that freedom there comes a lot of responsibility. I think that having all of this responsibility is actually fun because it provides a challenge and I like challenges. It has been super crazy though adjusting to college life. I am lucky though because my parents taught me a lot of responsibility both personally and financially. I have met quite a few freshman here at school who struggle big time because they never had to be responsible before, their parents did most of their work for them, for instance; one of my old roommates (i moved out of the dorms last semester, i didn't like them) didn't know how to do anything for himself and I mean anything! He would never clean up, do his dishes, he asked me how to do laundry, didn't know what groceries to get, etc! It was incredible, I couldn't believe it! Living in the dorms was weird for me, I thought having roommates would be really cool but sadly such was not the case, I kinda got screwed when it came to roommates. I'm not saying they were bad people in fact my legitimate roommate (I had 6, it was apartment style) was a really nice guy! He just was super messy and so where a few of the rest of them! I happen to be a neat freak even probably a little OCD when it comes to organization so it drove me crazy.

 Two of them where identical twins who never talked to us ever, they locked their bedroom door even when they were in it! Weird right? The deal breaker though was the first roommate that I mentioned, I don't think that he is right in the head. Just the way he functioned was really strange and his sense of humor was not funny but really strange and it caused some problems. I was just ready to move out, I moved into the Delta Sig house, now I know what you are thinking,  it is a fraternity house and yes it gets a little crazy at times but i would so much rather be there. Some of my best friends live there, we have set chores so the house is for the most part clean (it is really old so it is difficult to make it shine but we try) and best of all, I GET MY OWN ROOM! I just cant share a room with other people, I need my personal space! The only thing I miss about the dorms is that mine was super conveniently close to everything! Class was right across the street and that made mornings much easier! I shouldn't complain about mornings though because in high school I had to get up at 5 am just to make it to school in time, my school was on the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

 It was a 20 minute drive to the Academy where I had to go through security and that was insane because the traffic lines where over a mile long so that took forever and then it was another 10 minute drive to the school from the gates and the speed limit was really slow (I speed though...Shhhh!) so it that made for early mornings, I kinda miss it though because it was fun to drive to school, my little sister was a freshman when I was a senior, and you get to see all of your friends! Anyway, now the earliest that I get up is 8 am, unless I am flying really early but that is rare. My biggest problem at school is money! I have like $90 in my savings account compared to the $5,500 that I started with.

 Don't worry I didn't blow it all on random stuff, I helped pay for my flight lessons and those get super expensive! I miss having a job, working was fun but it would not be very smart for me to have a job right now because i'm busy enough! This summer though Ill get a job, I have almost 4 months so that is a lot of time to make money! I worked as a tour guide at Cave Of The Winds in Manitou Springs, in Colorado for two summers and it was a ton of fun! It only payed minimum wage though, I got some tips but unless you tell people to tip you they don't especially in this economy! Oh well I loved my job though it was great! 

NOW FOR A RANDOM CARP!

Sorry I have a sad sense of humor! Here is some cool stuff to look at!

Pretty Much The Truth!

Sad...

Brothers Not In Blood But In Bond

I know that I have mentioned my Fraternity in a past blog and I want to talk about it just a little bit more tonight. Like I said I am member of the Delta Lambda Chapter of Delta Sigma Phi at Utah State University. When I first came to USU I had no intention of joining a fraternity, it never crossed my mind. My dad was a fraternity man at Sigma Phi Epsilon and he had told me all about he Fraternity experience but I just wasn't interested. However at the beginning of the semester I enrolled in a 2 day leadership conference called Aggie Blue hosted by USU, I loved Aggie Blue and I wish I could do it again! I plan on being a facilitator for it one year. During Aggie Blue though I met a couple of Delta Sigs, one of them being Josh Kamerath, we call him JK, and he and I got to know each other. JK began to bring me over to the DSP house so that I could meet more of the guys. I remember walking away from the house the first time and just thinking that I really loved what DSP stood for and they where the kind of guys that I would want to hang out with. I am so glad that I decided to accept my bid to join this fraternity and that I have been initiated. This fraternity has done more for me than any other organization could do. It has taught me many important life skills and I am sure that it will teach me even more in the future. One of the biggest things DSP has done for me was to help me make friends. And here at DSP there is one friend I have on particular who I cant imagine my life without. And that person is Carlos.  Carlos is pretty much my best friend but he is also more, he is my brother. I only had sisters growing up and I always wanted to have a brother, well now I literally have over 40 of them! Carlos and I have bonded like crazy we are always hanging out and we do everything together. I know I can tell him anything and that he can tell me anything. Carlos and I have a lot of life talks and I love having these talks because they are just so cool! Infact we had one just last night that lasted for 4 hours. And I have walked away from it a different man because Carlos proved to me %125 that he is a true friend and brother. My life took a change in a different direction yesterday and it is going to be interesting for me I know! I cant even begin to describe how thankful I am to have Carlos in my life. What he has done for me has been incredible and life changing! Carlos my brother, if you read this I am and forever will be YITBOS!

How time flies

So I know that I said that I would be updating my blog regularly and I know that I haven't and I do apologize!
I got supper busy the last two weeks and I just never got around to posting some new shizz! But now life seems to be slowing down for a little bit and ill take some time to write!

2 weekends ago I went out to San Francisco for a leadership conference for my fraternity Delta Sigma Phi. I had a total blast at both the conference and in the city! It has been 15 years since I had been to San Francisco, my aunt and uncle lived there for a year and we had gone to visit them when I was 3, it was good to be back. The conference was awesome, much of what was taught there was extremely deep and empowering and I am excited to use what I was taught to better both my fraternity and the world around me! After the conference my brothers and I hit the city, there where about 15 from my chapter and 140 from other chapters so it was neat to see all of us walking through Downtown San Francisco, Pier 39 and Fisherman's Wharf wearing our letters!

I had a total blast, 9 or so of our guys wanted to go down to our Colony in Berkeley and hang out with those guys, the rest of us decided to stay in the city which was great because the guys who drove ended up just driving around for 2 hours never getting to hang out with other brothers and those of us that stayed saw the whole city and ended it all with the coolest trolley ride ever! I remember riding one when I was little and I remember that it was really fun! I was right, we saw some incredible stuff and the driver was hilarious, he gave us an awesome tour of the city and let us all ring the bell!! I felt like a little kid again, hanging off the side of the trolley!

Im the 2nd guy back!

After that we returned to our Hotel which was right outside of the San Francisco International Airport and since I am obsessed with airplanes that was really cool for me! We went to the shore next to the hotel and watched all of the red eye flights take off! The next morning before heading home we went to check out the Golden Gate Bridge. It was really cool to see it again, we could see Alcatraz island and the Pacific ocean! One of our brothers had never been to the ocean before so we decided to "baptize" him in the Ocean! It was hilarious and a ton of people stopped to watch! I was sad to leave San Francisco because it meant that I had to go back to to school the next day! I'm so excited for next year!

Oh on I side note I was elected onto our Chapters Executive Board as the Secretary!I am so super excited for the coming year! And now for some unrelated absolutely useless junk!