:))

Wonderful night last night. Steak and Shake for dinner & Toy Story 3! Even though its been several years since the other TS's, they completely managed to make this one fit into the story perfectly & I love the message it portrayed. Especially having Barbie say one of the most intelligent things in the movie. "Authority should derive from the consent of the governed, not from the threat of force!" Amazing, that one. Very philosophical & sort of sounds like Thomas Jefferson, which is wonderful.

Mmk, so my amazing frien T leaves for China today & I won't see him til August which kinda sucks because he is my go-to guy for just about everything & I love hanging out with him. But I know he is going to have an amazing time & learn lots of things & come home a better, stronger person.


<3 C.

47 days.

So, I have 47 days before I start the next big step in my life, & I decided to document it.

Shocker.

Why is it that whenever we are to begin the next thing, regardless of what it is, we feel the need to start writing about it, or talking about it, or hell, we feel the need to even mention it: the big next thing is coming. For me. And for thousands of other fresh out of high school kids across the country, and across the world. For a kid.. well, young adult, of my I don't know.. class, I guess but that doesn't seem like quite the right word.. going off to school is just the next step in my already planned out life.

be born.

go to 12 years of school.

go to college.

get a job.

live life.

die.

Sounds fun.

Anyway, I guess my point is, that although for someone like me, this is really no big deal, for me.. IT'S A BIG DEAL.

I'm leaving. I'm gone. From everything & everyone I've ever known and loved in Memphis. That may seem a bit dramatic considering I have friends going to school with me and family there and I'll only be a few hours away, BUT STILL.

I don't quite know if I'm ready to leave just yet. I think I am. I hope I am.

I guess we'll just have to see.

Well, then this is it, I guess. The story of the rest of the summer before the rest of my life.

How thrilling.