Being on tour with the Truth Campaign last summer was one of the most amazing times of my life. I met such incredible people and worked my ass off for a cause that I actually fully believe in. Plus, if high school me knew about the All Access Warped Tour Pass that was attached to my hip all summer… well let’s just say I probably would have freaked out a bit. 

I had a couple opportunities to go back out this year but nothing that was a perfect situation. It’s harder as bills pile up, to say screw it and just leave. I don’t ask anyone for a dime and I am completely self sufficient. I feel a need to stay that way. Is this responsibility? I’m not sure how I feel about it yet.

I interviewed yesterday for a last minute job on Warped Tour. If I got it, I would have had to quit my job, book a flight, and get my butt back to LA, all in less than a week! I kept telling myself it’d be fine either way (a defense mechanism I’ve all but mastered). My background and personality made me a great fit. Maybe that’s why it hit me so much harder when I found out that they had gone with someone else. As soon as I hung up, I called my mom and proceeded to cry and justify the reasoning and why this was ok. Because it is. Or it will be at least. Sure, I’m upset about it. I loved tour and I would love to go back out. But there is always next summer. I have things I need to work on and invest time into. And I’m a firm believer that everything happens for a reason. Something exciting and amazing is bound to be in store for me. Besides, I think Vester would have missed me too much!

Love love,

Kimberly Grace