it's been crazy, but things have been good. i'm glad summer is coming to an end, it's been a rough one. on the outs with some people, not seeing my school friends, the deaths of two girls (separately) that i went to high school with, jason's mom's cancer, and just so much more. this summer wasn't awful, but definitely a learning experience. i don't think i've been to so many wakes, prayed so many times, or even cried this much in my whole life. but i think that's a good thing. it's kept me really grounded, and i think changed me, hopefully for the better.
i'm so greatful for everyone and everything. and it sounds cliche, but i love life, and i love living it. come september, i hope to have a mantra or two, and a symbol that has always had a really important meaning to me. tattooed on me. possibly in white ink...
i'm going to vermont this afternoon for the weekend. just to chill. it will be so nice. i love it there. a city among nature: mountains, the lake, etc. i've never been in the summer time, and i cannot hardly wait. i just hope there's good weather.
cheers to moving into my apartment with meg, alex, and majken in a week and a half!
i had the best best best weekend. i spent so much time outside and even got some color, but i think being outside and doing fun things in the summer weather (that wasn't too hot or too cold) is what made my mood. jason and i spent some time on the beach, i also spent time with lynne on her boat and some of her family, and i went to john mayer with darren, alex, and matt. fun times.
gravity is still one of my favorites of course. the concert was a blast. then last night i got to go to christina and lauren's "girl's night only" party... i think the combination of lots and lots of people around, the weather, and being out side made it perfect. plus, spending so much alone time with jason was a first in a long time, and it was so good to just be silly together. especially with everything that's going on, it's important we take some time for ourselves, at least that's my opinion.
the count down to move in is hovering around 45. i cannot hardly wait. i don't know one of my roommates, but the other two, meg and alex, and i are going to have the time of our lives. i cannot wait until meg has healed from her surgery to go mini golfing and ikea
apartment shopping in august. we're going to be attending lots of red sox games and doing dinner and drinks with tv marathons on school nights... i just need to work on getting an ID. ughhh.
also, i am deciding on london/sydney for the spring...or summer. there's so much going on, i almost don't want to leave this spring (with a lot of my friends graduating, etc.) maybe i'll do a summer term, but i feel like 6-8 weeks is no enough. i really must go to sydney, though. i am leaning more towards a place where i can take classes by day and surf by afternoon and party by night. the appeal of london is that all of my friends will be in europe at the same time, and lots of travel will ensue (as well as mayhem, i am sure) but i think it would be so fascinating to go far far away to a place i would likely never visit otherwise. also, my internship opportunities there seem a tad less competitive for the field that i want. umm... can you say rolling stone? on three, everybody say dream job...
one, two...three.
So, I've had this thing for a while, but I figured that maybe I should finally give it a try. We'll see how it goes. It's about halfway thruogh summer now that we're past the 4th of July. I didn't get to see as many fireworks as I would have liked, but I got to spend my weekend with friends and family.
Oh yeah, and buh-bye long hair. I got an impromptu haircut at the mall, of all places, on Saturday night while I was waiting for Steve to come home from the hospital (don't ask.)
Work is all right, I wish I got to see more of my "friends," but what can you do? I want to go home and take a nap, and maybe write or draw. I can't wait to have my own apartment and a desk of sorts because I have nothing to create things on anymore in my room at home. I want a clean start in a new place. I guess that's why I can't wait to go back to school this fall, besides the obvious reasons why...
Move in countdown: 50 days.
