Blurb Edition || 2011

i laughed and shook my head in amusement as i watched my mother and best friend stumble down the sidewalk, bags in hand, half-crying, half-yelling in an almost comical-like manner to chase down the departing bus. it's not until i'm on the way home that this sort of sadness washes over me and i realize in a week and all too soon, i will have to say goodbye again. it's been a good four days though.

sunday afternoon, after a flurry of phone calls, long emails, a lengthy skype session, and tons of last-minute esque planning, i finally got to see a familiar face that i have missed oh-so-much. we didn't do as much as we wanted to, but honestly, i could've cared less. you know, there's a difference between having nothing to do and just being bored with your bestie. i don't think either of us really minded at this point. besides, i sorta got sick wednesday morning. yeup, you heard that right. sick, as in sit-up-in-bed-in-the-middle-of-the-night-i-gotta-puke sick. i'm not sure whether to blame it on the thick mushroom cloud of nail polish that was fervently inhaled all night long or the numerous delicate bars otherwise known as chocolates devoured hours earlier or the puke stories we'd witnessed and swapped to each other prior to me getting sick or those untold amounts of kitkats and reeses that were feverishly eaten and uhm, wait did i mention those countless chocolates we ate?

aside from all my pukeness this week, it was still a blast going to times square, bumming around the house watching vlogmas in our pjs, crashing mcd's to fulfill our fry cravings, attempting joey pictures, major stalking on fb, taking stunning polaroids, braving the wind for the sunset, and doing all the crazy stuff we did. jessie, i love you so much! 2013, missy. i'm pumped.

anyway, sitting here and sipping on a drink concocted from lemon-lime flavored (as so the label claims) Airborne effervescent tablets is a good way for me to reminisce as the year winds down and an old chapter is closing. it feels as if a chapter in my life seemed to have closed earlier in the year, but still the feeling of another year coming to an end is like taking a sip from a tall glass of mixed sentiments that leaves one with a bittersweet aftertaste.

if there was just one word i could use to sum up 2011 it would be this: change. so. much. change. earlier this year, our family packed up our bags and made a six hundred mile trek north back to the starting point. there's been other little changes as well--new home, new neighborhood, new church, my brother away at school, parents serving full-time at church, among many, many other things. sometimes i catch myself wishing for the way things used to be and then i tell myself to stop because i know there's no point lingering on stuff like that. life is not meant to be lived thinking about how things could've been and i don't know about you but i for one am not going to sit around regretting my choices whilst letting opportunities slip by. life is too short for looking back, wishing you could've done or said things differently. if you need me, i'll be tucked up under my comforters, sipping my lemon-lime flavored drink and waiting to embrace the new year with open arms and everything that's to come with it. i am beyond pumped for what lies ahead and i hope you'll feel the same way too no matter where you are in your journey. cheers to you, my dear friend, and a happy new year.