"I'm Ganna Soak Up The Sun"

One of my new years resolution was to take more trips (outside and inside the USA). Growing up road trips were my favorite! I love taking road trips and hope to plan some more!! Just this week, I did a 24 hour trip to Chicago! Lots went on during this trip but the best part was being on the road with my thoughts, music, and audio book.

Every time I take a road trip I like to make a mental list of songs I really liked that I have to listen to next time. In college, when my friends and I took a road trip for spring break, our number one go to song was Backstreet Boys’ “Larger Than Life” song! Amazing song!! Roll down the windows, cruise the highway at 80mph, with the volume all the way up, and belting out the song with my girlfriends = Amazing Memories!!

This last road trip a Sheryl Crow’s “Soak Up the Sun” song came up and I absolutely loved listening to it and singing on top of my lungs! Luckily, no one was around me to listen to how terrible I sounded but it made the drive a lot more enjoyable!!

Lyrics:

After listening to this song, I realized that I’ve been really stressed out, overwhelmed and uncertain in the last couple of weeks and I just have to take it one day at a time and “Soak up the sun!” A few years ago I decided to be a more positive, confident and thankful person, and this song reminded me of the constant work I have to do to make myself better! My goal is to not only be a happier person but to make the people around me happy as well (and quiet possibly… let the crazies be crazy!! :-p)

In the meantime… I’m ganna soak up the sun, ganna tell everyone to lighten up!!

~Cell-ebraTez

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