i miss you.

to my dear chicago friends,

some of you are in this picture*, some of you are not. i'd like to take this blog-moment to let you know just how much i miss all of you. i'd gladly endure the sub-zero temperatures and endless snowfalls in order to be near you. it's not really that cold here in nyc and everyone whines that is 'freeeezing.' wimps. i miss seeing you every day and i miss laughing so hard that i nearly pee in my pants. i miss your shining and beautiful faces. new york is great, but chicago, oh chicago...i miss you.

xo, me

*i used your picture, jamie. thanks.

a list of things we did while in guatemala for the wedding of two dear friends

☑ took a 2.5 hour shuttle ride from guatemala city to panajachel with a man named charlo
☑ performed "car" by built to spill at talent show for said friends (me on the uke, b on vocals)
☑ attended mass in a village across the lake which began with a baby's funeral
☑ did the hair and makeup of the bride
☑ watched two people that i love declare their love for each other in front of a gathering of family and friends
☑ drank a few mojitos
☑ danced and sang into the wee hours
☑ along with about 6-8 others, got really sick for one night and one day
☑ recovered from said illness
☑ took a shuttle to antigua driven by a maniac who felt it was unneccessary to strap our luggage to the top of the van
☑ spent new year's eve in antigua, a city that looked and sounded as if it was actually made of constantly exploding fireworks








☑ visited ruin after ruin, one beautiful old church after another and felt very, very small
☑ travelled south to monterrico and whiled away many an hour in a gently swinging hammock drinking cervezas beside the beach
☑ took a 5:30 a.m. sunrise tour of the mangrove swamps, paddled by a guide named tito
☑ drank my first "coco frio" (cold green coconut juice)
☑ took a four hour hike up and then down an active volcano; tiptoed over molten, flowing lava to watch the sun set on guatemala
☑ once again felt the real importance and absolute neccessity of travel upon my existence as a human on this here planet called earth

guatemala + 10 days = too much adventure to describe right now.

soon...soon.