thoughts on life, travel, and everything in between
Today is my 27th birthday. Which is wild to me because I can still so vividly remember my birthday last year…sitting in an airport, crying pretty regularly. Yet, that birthday seems so far away, too. This last year has thrown in some amazing ups and a few major downs. I’ve witnessed friends get married, welcome […]
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Tomorrow I turn 26. And I recognize for so many people they’re thinking “wow she’s so young!” but, holy moly, I’M GETTIN’ UP THERE. Am I stressed about being 26? A little. Am I wishing I could relive 25? Absolutely not. This year has been one for the books. I got a promotion at work, […]
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Holy moly, today I turn 25…I’m a QUARTER CENTURY OLD (Thanks Amy for that lil reminder). Every year I like to reflect on what I’ve learned since my last birthday and each year it brings me a lot of joy seeing how much I’ve grown, how weird I’ve stayed, and how deeply in love with […]
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It’s official, it’s my first day of being 23. I had the most incredible weekend of celebrations with so many wonderful people. A special shout-out goes to Haley and Taylor for planning a day of choosing my own adventures. It was the most fulfilling weekend. Every year I try to set goals for myself, but […]
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HAPPY JUNE (aka, the best month of the year)! It’s officially my birthday month which means I go into reflection mode and think to myself, “what new things did I learn this year?“, “did I discover anything about myself?“, “did I learn any big no-no’s while I made my mistakes?” Anyone else do this? I’ve […]
Read MoreWow, has it been a while since I last updated this blog. I suppose I could give you a list of reasons and excuses as to why I didn’t make time to write here, but who really cares about that? I do want to say though, this past semester was a lot of work with […]
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We arrived in Liverpool the night of my twentieth birthday. Our hostel was the YMA Liverpool Hostel and might I say, not on my favorites list for hostels. I don’t prefer paying for wifi, not having my toilet flush, or dealing with somewhat cranky employees. Once we found out wifi had to be bought, we […]
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Sorry I didn’t post sooner! Wifi at all the hostels was spotty, so I decided to wait to do these posts to avoid headache. We arrived in York just after lunchtime on Monday, June 17. All 14 of us walked to the hostel ( which we were unaware of its location ) with our large […]
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