so damn lucky.

I so completely forgot about this blog that I couldn't remember the address. Wow.

Who would have thought we'd all end up so far away? I mean that figuratively as well as literally...

I hope you're all keeping well.

we just can't get enough

Oh, life. Yesterday I looked through my "101 True Facts" post that I did two years ago. I laughed a little at myself: I didn't think that much about me has changed since Australia, but I guess I was wrong. I'm really appreciative of the people who have brought me to this point, still.. I think back of all those times in high school where I thought I was so grown up, and now I can look at all these times in university where I realize I'm still not all put together. But people who have stuck with me, and even those who haven't... I'm happy where I am. I still feel lucky.

Welcome to summer break on PEI. There's not a whole lot happening yet - I did get a job working for the government, starting mid-May! - but I know time is going to disappear on us. Work will start for everyone, the weather will warm up (Peake's is already open), visitors will come and go, road trips will (hopefully) occur, beach days will be plentiful, and suddenly it will be time to pack up and head back to the little bubble we call university. To be honest, I've been home for a little over a week and I'm already wistfully thinking about late August.

The summer will be great. We'll make it so. And what better way to kick it off than visits from Charlie and Rene today!

I wonder what the coming months are going to bring. I guess I'll have to keep you posted.

Charlie and Rene are both coming on May 1st.

My life is basically complete. Find me a job and I'll be golden.

I just finished a freaking 38-page term paper for my full year Ecology lab.

I picked science so I wouldn't have to write... I was wrong.

At least that part is over.

we were fated to pretend.

Well!

Life is great. I think I'm the most satisfied I have been in a long time with who I am and where I am going. It's not as if things were ever bad, but I can't even find anything to complain about.

I'm happy.

I got a proctorship in Neill House for next year, which is huge. Odds are like 100:1 that anyone would ever get proctorship in a house they lived in, let alone a house where they were Vice President. I'm honoured, and I'm going to take this really seriously. I didn't know what I was going to do if I didn't get a placement, but this PERFECT opportunity fell into place and I feel.... lucky.

I've always been lucky at life, haven't I?

I'm happy with the way I look for the first time in a very, very long time. I feel healthy: yoga is calming me down and keeping me centred. I haven't gone drinking in a few weeks and I feel like my body and mind love me for it.

I'm happy.

I've got prospects on the horizon that I don't want to jinx yet.
I'm so excited.
And I'm happy.

she wears diamonds on the inside.

bizzzzzzzt....
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bizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt.....
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there's something going on out there.

Friendship

"When the sun shines, we'll shine together
I told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be your friend
Took an oath that I'll stick it out til the end."

Friendship is an amazing thing. I know I've made it this far in life because of the people I've befriended. People come and go, but without the experiences shared, who knows where I would be and who I would have become.

Sometimes I wish I could tell people that to their face, but it never seems right. So I'm going to send out my love into the universe and hope that they feel it...

Human nature:

I've always thought this was the way it is....

People I like: I like them more than they like me.

People I dislike: They like me more than I like them.

But recently, I've discovered this isn't always right. Maybe figuring that out is part of growing up.