Thursday, October 18, 2007

My Girl From The North


Next weekend my friend Dear Abby is coming to South Cali to visit cause I'm on the move.
Abby and I met our last year of college in a class that was less than exciting. From then on we've been friends to the end.




Summer came...I went to South America and so did she. We were both out to do some good in different countries. After I wrapped up my work in Peru and before she started her work in Bolivia we decided to meet up somewhere. The chase began....I took shady buses along dodgy (and life threatening) roads and chased her across the South Continent....from Peru to Bolivia....I just couldn't catch up....


I finally found Dear Abby in Argentina, Puerto Iguazu to be exact. It was a blissful and adventerous reunion. Together we...


admired the beautifull falls and wished we could jump over to Brazil...since we lacked the visa requirements we decided to treat ourselves to fancy Argentine steak dinners, scale cliffs, and zipline through the Argentine forest. We also thought, "Lets go to Uruguay!"


And so we went for some more R & R. There we made a failed attempt to camp and dodged a thunderstorm instead, but we handled it cause ain't no storm gonna rain on our parade...shoot.

We ended our 5 day adventure together as we were on different routes and different schedules.

Dear Abby's my girl....can't wait till next week!

Friday, October 05, 2007

Thanks to Five Things Today





1. The people I work with who inspire me to do good in this world.

2. The windy day that clears out the smog and cleans the L.A air.

3. A sound mind(at the moment).

4. The hot cup of tea I'm drinking and a quiet night.

5. The moments of clarity I've been having lately.

**and for the two beautiful nephews (pictured) I can't wait to see next month!

Monday, October 01, 2007

And the 30 Day Countdown Begins!


Its officially thirty days until I take off to Europe...I think I'm going to pass out with excitement. So glad I have family in Paris I've yet to meet. Places are always much more fun when you know locals, especially if its family. All I want to do is walk and walk and I particularly want to go to Versailles and who knows, maybe we'll head down to Provence for a day. All my mom wants to do is drink coffee and eat desserts...I think we're definately going to the right country for that. So, for the next thirty days I'll be planning what to take, and I think I'll be leaving the good ol' backpack behind this time around. As much as I love it, I'm ready for a chic roller suitcase, plus I don't think my backpack is going to cut stuffing a couple pairs of fall boots and a coat in there.

This next month will definately drag itself out since I feel like I've lost all sense of motivation. All I want to do stay home and daydream about the next couple years of my life. Its going to be an interesting ride....as usual.

Oh well, in the mean time I've rediscovered my enjoyment of drawing and am becoming obsessed with Greek yogurt with honey.Yum!