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twenty-seven.
windy city aficionado.
just trying to figure it all out.
When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. And when life is bitter, say thank you and grow.
I love you, even if there isn’t any me, or any love, or even any life. I love you.
Zelda Fitzgerald (via sorakeem)
(Source: larmoyante)
nick doesn’t get back from south america for another week (insert all of the sad here)…but me and the chalkboard are beyond ready to welcome him home.
yesterday morning i dropped nick and his friend rob off at o’hare, where they embarked on what ended up being a 34 hour quest to south america. four flights and a couple of delays later, they are finally…safely…in argentina. they leave for rio on tuesday, and a week later they head home.
i’ll be honest. i’ve been quite the ball of emotions the last few days. i normally don’t care. at. all. when nick goes out of town. but there’s something different about the whole…out of the country…not sure if/when we’ll be able to talk…thing.
so you can imagine my excitement when we capped off our sunday night with a little facetime session. from our tiny couch in chicago to the middle of the south american jungle…a little wifi managed to close the thousands of miles between us for just a few minutes.
as nick would say…
we live in the future.
the last time we went 12 days without seeing each other, we didn’t talk for 3 years…
late night chats with my one and only who’s hopping on a plane for Rio tomorrow. twelve days isn’t that long. but i’m already missing him something fierce.
i know we’re barely into spring…but everything about this has me lusting after fall already…
(Source: eredita)
So, why does time fly by as you get older? When you are younger, you have more novel, new experiences. You see your mother for the first time. You learn your first language. Everything around you is new information. When the brain puts together these new details, they seem slower when you look back on them. When you age, your understanding of the world is larger. But because you are constantly surrounded by the usual family, school and experiences, details aren’t taken in so intricately. This makes entire days seem like fleeting moments!
According to this psychological diagram, if you turned 80 - looking back, the middle of your life will appear to be your 20’s!
Moral of the story: Do something new every day to make your life seem longer and richer.
something I think about a lot
food for thought
(Source: p-etaluna)
