New York City!
For 46 hours!

"You're gonna be one of those grandmas with the tiny apartment where every corner is stuffed with photos of you posing with famous dignitaries and you on a camel. It's going to be awesome."-Julia Cheng

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be pure, like children in the spring ( Read more... )

December 2010.
How did we get here?

I take it back. Checked out the percentiles that accompany scores and actually I am very, very pleased with mine. HELL YES, SQUARED

GRE: Check

Not my dream score but... I did pretty damn well. And now I'm done. Done! DONE!

That time of year again. Closing up. Bittersweet-- I'm always most aware of how important this place is to me when I'm leaving.
Trying to take big lungfuls of ocean air, memorize the sound of waves. Who knows what my situation will be in the spring?

"There's a space between where I am and and where I want to be; a distance between who I am and the person I feel I ought to be. No matter how far I've traveled, and no matter how far I'll travel, there's a place I'm afraid I'll never reach." Gandhi

(We had to put her down yesterday. I feel numb.)

What kind of doctor says "I really think you are a remarkable person. I'm glad you came into my life."

Either a wonderful and sincere one or one who is very, very good at merely seeming wonderful and sincere.