things to be excited about

i feel like there's so much good stuff coming up. some bad stuff too, like missing out on a whole semester in philly- a semester full of improv & temple smash & doing goofy stuff with my friends, but the good things definitely outnumber the bad. let's reflect on them, shall we?

things to look forward to in fall:

1. living across from hyde park in a fancy pants neighborhood
2. living with two of my all time favorite lady friends, chrisfish & baby k.
3. london's current weather is in the high 60's which is absolutely perfect. i'm wayyyy over summer at this point and looking forward to boots & cardigans.
4. having an internship in london
5. seeing my friend sara walsh in a whole new country
6. trekking around europe on glorious, cheap adventures with people who are always fun to be around. seriously- the ladies i'm going with are down for anything and have a way of making everything fun and extremely entertaining.
7. writing a column regularly for the temple news. it'll keep me in practice and force me to go out and have crazy new experiences.
8. boys with british accents.
9. harry potter & the deathly hallows part one comes out when i'm there. so i'll be watching HP in london. probably sitting in between jk rowling & daniel radcliffe.
10. i can legally drink over there. bring on the cider.
11. i'm taking a class with one of my favorite professors.
12. meeting new people in a huge new city.

and with that being said, i have a lot to look forward to on my return to the states:

things to look forward to upon arriving back in amurrica:

1. CHRISTMAS
2. seeing my baby cousin nick who will be 4 months old and even cuter and chubbier.
3. going on a date with a very cute boy who agreed to go on a date with me despite the fact that i'm leaving the country for three and a half months. seriously looking forward to it though.
4. a potential internship at a place that i reallllllly want to intern at.
5. getting involved with WHIP student run radio on campus.
6. seeing all my glorious, beautiful friends and hugging them until they all turn blue and wish i'd just stay in london.
7. performing with my lovely improv team, currently named Stormcrow.
8. taking higher levels courses in my major. NO MORE GEN EDS! only courses in film and television and women's studies and writing and things i'm genuinely interested in! best. ever.
9. going to state patty's day with lansdale folks. i've always wanted to go but honestly, never liked anyone at penn state enough to trek up there. thank god kelsey has changed that.
10. my birthday- all of birthday month actually. i know so many people with february birthdays. i anticipate big things this year.
11. living in a glorious house with four of my best friends. we have a backyard and a kitchen table and garbage disposal and these are the only things i need.

no seriously. i'm living the good life. i'm in love with everything happening right now. and happening for the next few months.