A month into my trip, with only two weeks left to explore all of Spain...which is a big damn country. I've stayed out until six in Barcelona, seen the Prado museum in Madrid, and sunburned my ass in Valencia. It's been a blast so far, and I haven't been homesick ( Read more... )

Or so says Bre. But she just wants me to come back home and spoon. But Bre makes me be big spoon and I like to be little, so I am staying on the Continent for a while ( Read more... )

An update on my travels: (Is anyone even listening ( Read more... )

Okay, I have everything: tee shirts, hiking shoes, backpack, socks, undies, sunscreen, luggage locks, journal. I even have a travel towel, and my backpack is down to thirty-five pounds, plus my carry-on. I've got some addresses to send postcards (do I have yours?), an international cell for emergencies, travellers' cheques, debit card, camera ( Read more... )

It occured to me last night that all of my good memories of you are getting hazy. What did we used to laugh about so much? What did you do that made me smile all the time? Why was I so excited to see you? I still think of you often--a lot this week actually, because coming back from South America felt like coming back from Mexico, only with ( Read more... )

I thought being with you made me happy, because the thought of being without you always made me so devastatedly miserable ( Read more... )

Question: Is life worth living, even when it's over?

Repeat after me: Life is worth living, even when it's over.

The last email I ever got from Jason (on my Butler account, anyway; I switched to yahoo, and good thing, now that we're graduating ( Read more... )

The last paragraph of an early email from Jason ( Read more... )

And yet I know that if you call tomorrow, I'll answer. I should erase your number and all your emails and never even think about speaking to you again. But I won't because I am weak, and I give people a second chance, and a third. I have a short memory for heartache and a lot of love to give. I just wish I had the sense to save it for someone ( Read more... )