Golden

This is my best friend, Elena, and our moms enjoying drinks at the bar.

This is me having the best twenty-first birthday I could have asked for.

These are the folks that made it happen!

Thanks, mom and dad, for giving me an awesome, surprise 21st! I'm one lucky (21-year-old) girl.

Bits and Pieces

This was leftover from the trip, and I just saw it posted to my facebook wall today. Cheers to any Harry Potter fans who may be watching.

Photo c/o Justin LaCoursiere

Still Missing London

Photo c/o Naima Coster

Well to all my friends
That I’ve loved the most
You know I’m headed out
To that other coast
Gonna wash my soul
Gonna get it clean
Headed down the border road called the El Camino
Headed down the border road called the El Camino.
-El Camino, Amos Lee

New Kid on Campus

Well, I'm not exactly new. But this is my first time on campus in two years, and it's also my first time in a dorm since I was a freshman. And now I'm an RA, and I have my own room, and I'm faced with a totally new set of responsibilities, and I'm a senior instead of a freshman.
In many ways, I feel new.

Missing You Already

Photo c/o Kim Naples

'Cause I'll be laughing at all your silly little jokes
And we'll be laughing about how we used to smoke
All those stupid little cigarettes, and drink stupid wine
'Cause it's what we needed to have a good time

And there'll be love, love, love
Wherever you go.
- Noah and the Whale (again)

Sailin' Away

Oh I'm sailin' away my own true love
I'm sailin' away in the morning
Is there something I can send you from across the sea
From the place that I'll be landing ?

No, there's nothin' you can send me, my own true love
There's nothin' I wish to be ownin'
Just carry yourself back to me unspoiled
From across that lonesome ocean.
-Bob Dylan, Boots of Spanish Leather

Fun, Fun, Fun

I am going to miss these folks terribly in t-minus 24 hours.

Photo c/o Naima Coster

Over the past six weeks, they have blessed my life with laughter, understanding, and goofiness that is hard to come by. London itself has been a great experience, but they made it so memorable, and fun! Here's hoping that we put aside at least a few nights to spend together once we return to the Bronx.