"someone like you"
-adele, 21

i could listen to this on repeat for a week. in fact, i probably will.
counting down the days until i can listen to the rest of the album.
february 22nd, you could not come fast enough. hurry up, please.

hello from oregon!
i'm spending the winter break at my parents' new place in sherwood.
here's what it looks like from the sky. and yes, all that brown stuff is their back yard.
for now we're staying in that guest house while the big house gets remodeled.(i'd show you pictures from the ground, but i don't have my camera cord)

"that's what i think is love"

“mom, listen, i haven’t been together with topanga for twenty-two years, but we have been together for sixteen. that’s a lot longer than most couples have been together. i mean, when we were born, you told me that we used to take walks in our strollers together around the block. when we were two, we were best friends. i mean, i knew everything about this girl. i knew her favorite color, her favorite food. then we became six, eric made fun of me because it wasn’t cool to have a best friend that was a girl or even know a girl. so for the next seven years i threw dirt at her. i like to call those 'the lost years.' then when i was thirteen, mom, she put me up against my locker and she kissed me. i mean, she gave me my first kiss. she taught me how to dance. she always was talking about these crazy things and i never understood a word she said. all i understood was that she was the girl i sat up every night thinking about, and when i’m with her, i feel happy to be alive. like i can do anything. even talk to you like this. so that’s, that’s what i think is love, mom. when i’m better because she’s here.”

- cory matthews, boy meets world

one week. five finals.
ten minute presentation.
twelve page research paper.

...i. can. do. this.

breathe again

the best
month
of the
year has
begun.

embrace the brisk winter air and the coziness of curling up with a blanket and a good book. sing carols as often as you can, while you can. take in the scintillating sparkle of twinkle lights and the enchanting scent of pine. if ever there was a time to be merry, this would be it. may your december be filled with whimsy and felicity and loveliness.