Lately

I leave in 8 day for India. A lot of anxiousness going on. I will be on my own for the first 10 days gallivanting around in a country of 1 billion people. The other 3 weeks I'll be with a group of 20 journalism students. Most of whom I find to be wound up so tightly I fear for their well-beings. No joke.

The first 10 days will be the first time on my own in a different country whose culture and language I am not at all familiar with. Reading up and second hand stories can only take you so far. I put India on such a high pedestal; I am afraid of being overwhelmed.. or even underwhelmed. I feel like I'm looking for something more than an adventure and I really shouldn't be.


Aside from that, I've been enjoying the northwest summer. The sun is out everyday & my skin is paying the price with red blotches from being sun burnt. I overindulge in the sun.. some may even say I live in exxxcess. (haha! inside joke)

I'm chatting with my 15 year old brother. He's giving me dating advice. I guess he senses that I desperately need it. Hah!