once a month...

There's just something about waiting in line at the grocery store for 23 minutes for a 54 count box of tampons, 3 different types of candy, and a Cosmo magazine. There's something about opening a good bottle of red wine and heating up some Thai food from the night before. There's something about being a girl. You know what? I kinda like it. Poor boys, they never get to pamper themselves. 


Today was a great day, an excellent day.
Colorado is becoming more and more of a home for me.


Kelly is becoming one of my greatest friends, too bad she didn't have a daughter, I bet we would be best friends. Thats ok, I have her.

Something about me:
When I am indifferent about something, I try to get to know it. I try to see it from every angle so I can understand it.


There's a resident at work who everyone is indifferent about. I never felt that way about her...ever. Then again, she's always been nice to me. Anyway, today I had lunch with her. That was the first time I bought meat---fried meat at that---in a long time, the first time i'd been in a Kentucky Fried Chicken in even longer time. The smile on her face when I brought her some "real" food was completely worth it. We sat and chatted for an hour about love and loss, life and death. While she was picking the coleslaw out of her teeth, I focused on absorbing everything, I didn't want to miss anything. She described to me the most traumatic times in her life, "You know, there are some times in your life that are so vividly marked in your memory, you remember every detail. Then again, I don't even remember what I had for breakfast this morning."  I looked at her fading brown eyes and knew exactly what she was talking about. Just then, we made a connection. 


Wouldn't it be nice if everyone took the time to get to know people? If everyone was simply interested? 
One of my passions in life is knowing peoples story. I want to know what throughout their life has made them who they are, good or bad. 


Open your eyes and never miss a thing.
Make time, take your time, take THE time.

  Having something great to look forward to is the most amazing feeling EVER. Especially when that something is my Matthew. Only a month until I say hello, only a month until we say goodbye. Time goes by so fast, especially when you want it to go slow. I don't want to say goodbye, I don't want to..
I need to work on not being selfish. It's hard to get excited about Africa. ...Africa. 
  But you know, I know that no matter how far away we are from each other, when I close my eyes, we're always together. I know this is worth holding on to, I know he is worth it, I know we are worth it.

Hi, summer. I'm so glad you're here.