"If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be too cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down."  -Annie Dillard

"There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us ( Read more... )

Well the days have come when 30 degrees is "warming up."
40 degrees is "light jacket weather."
And 50 degrees is "warm."

But no matter what the temperature... it's cold in Nashville today.

Hope is amazing.  It can keep one positive and happy even in the most dire of circumstances.  But it can also make for more crushing defeats ( Read more... )

Well... I haven't updated lj in a REALLY long time and I promised Mr. Gilday I would... so... this is for you, Joe ( Read more... )

It is currently 36 degrees outside, but it feels like 32.

I'm glad it's 1:00 am and I don't have to go outside.

love.

Just over a month ago I would have given anything to stay in Florida and keep things as they were.  I was so scared to come here.

Now, I would give anything to stay here forever.

I'm so glad I came.  I'm not homesick at all.  Slowly and surely this is becoming home.

For the past 1.5 months I have lived a whole new life.  And I've loved it.

Just ( Read more... )

See ya in 3.5 months, Florida.

I leave on Monday for Nashville.  EARLY Monday morning.  Then I won't see you all until Thanksgiving: 3 and a half months.

Wow.

Overwhelming.  Scary.  Exciting.

Do you know how much I'm gonna cry this weekend?

Oh dear, oh dear.

love

"There are times in our lives when the world seems to shift.  We value, in one clear instant, the blessing of days we once thought of as ordinary- and we suddenly know that what most truly enriches us are the friends we love, who love us in return ( Read more... )

Back from Orlando!  It was super fun.  =)

I'm so glad I have such awesome friends.  (And to clarify, this trip did not include ALL of my awesome friends like Alicia, Mish, ML, etc)

I love my life just the way it is.  Too bad we're leaving for school soon... =(

Some pics for ya'll to look at:

Orlando, FL  
July 14-16, 2006


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