road

this week i'm commuting from lincoln to omaha for the last week of my internship. fortunately, i've been riding with a graphic designer named stacy that works in the marketing department, and she's great. but with all of this driving and the fact that my senior year is literally days away, i've been thinking about life, journeys, etc. (the semi-sappy blog post had to come eventually).
i'm not really one to look back and let myself get carried away with nostalgia. i like to live in the present and occassionally daydream about the possibilities of the future.
the "future", along with its unknown possibilities, is coming up faster than i had ever imagined or hoped that it would. and lately, looking back and sharing stories of my past with stacy has been the comfort i need to begin this year full of decisions. scary, life-changing, wonderful decisions.
at least for the next couple of days, i can dream about the days of watercolors painting birds on sketch pads, my pink and white bike with silver tassles, boardgame high school hangouts and the rush of my freshman year of college.
things i can look forward to? seeing everyone again, new classes, football season and the "surpise" going away breakfast the department is having for me on thursday.
stacy spilled the beans.

hit me like a ray of sun

i meant to blog more this summer. whoops.
looking back at my summer in omaha (and occasionally, lincoln), i think it was pretty successful. i accomplished a lot of what i wanted to, although there are some things i could have probably fit in. that's ok, though. there's plenty of time for that. meanwhile, here are some highlights.

hanging out with my roommates. there were many: beth, jena, sydney and eventually katie and mary. i was never one to diss sitting on the couch watching movies, but i learned so much and had so much more fun doing this than i ever had before. thanks for introducing me to "love song for bobby long," beth. i would quote something now, but all of the funny lines are kind of inappropriate...

learning how to drive in omaha. i'm so grateful that my thunder bunny has an impressive turn radius. uturns just turned into something i looked forward to doing when i got lost. but i finally mustered up the courage to drive in the center lane on dodge (it alternates directions depending on the time of day) and i can successfully give directions to a nonresidents (most of the time).

boys town. particularly reading the biography of father flangan and getting to know the other intern, annie. she is wicked cool, and we had a lot of fun together. given, a lot of that fun distracted us from getting things done and involved online shopping, but hey. it's a friendship that will last a lifetime....only if she stops poooking meeee!!! (real housewives of nyc reference)

weddings! featuring the burdas, litts, beauclairs, ostgrens and (upcoming) weeders. i never knew there could be so many truly beautiful ceremonies, truly in love couples and truly uncomfortable shoes i chose to wear. despite some fashion insensibilities, i really enjoyed playing flute, playing wedding planner (jlo cirque 2001) and playing beyonce when i jumped up on stage to belt out "halo." um, you are more than welcome roni and aaron.

there are so many other memories and wonderful people that i will carry in my heart. so long, omaha, where imagination really does meet opportunity.