( made a carrot cake )

we went to a buddhist temple this morning and strolled through the garden of contemplation. i bought tickets to fly back to maine in late december. a part of me wishes i lived the life of the family in 'the glass castle'. another part of me wishes i lived in a fir tree. don't you just love the smell of pot, don't you get a twinge of excitement ( Read more... )

so it looks like i'll be moving in with my aunt, uncle, and cousins in september. in patomic, maryland. no more maine winters. i'll stay there until i save enough money to really be on my own and then hopefully move out to the west coast. portland oregon, seattle, washington, san francisco california? who knows. i have about a month?

i'm scared to ( Read more... )

i am leaving tomorrow.
i will return june 24.
i'm reading catch-22.
LET'S HAVE A BALL!

well... ok...so things aren't ssooooo bad ( Read more... )

it's all so new ( Read more... )

so i had my first two classes today. they were fun! and 50 minutes went by fast. thornton academy kids are everywhere; people i don't really know. the kids i sit next to are nice although it's easy to see why smcc is just a community school. i'm glad i don't have anything like assemblies for freshman, i go to class, i come home to my apartment. and ( Read more... )

so i spent my first night alone. i'm all moved in and my parents took us out to silly's for lunch. my mom took me aside and said, "you brought happiness when you were born" and things like that and she was crying. they went south and i went to a strange house. dylan helped me put all my things away. and then we walked around the neighborhood and ( Read more... )

so today i'm packing.
because tomorrow i'm moving out.
everything i own that is important, useable, and fun is now in boxes and bags and containers. kids dream of the day they move out but the actual act is quite scary.

but i've always dreamed of this. some girls fantasize their wedding or their job. and i've always seen myself in an apartment, ( Read more... )

and sometimes all potential is fulfilled!
thank you to everyone who was there last night. it wasn't just for me, it was for us, for all those years we can remember. honestly, how much has changed. and we're all still together alive and well.

amazing gifts! thank you thank you! calliope the beta fish will be very happy! so surrounded by people i ( Read more... )