May adventures

Well hello there, I'm back.  

Sometimes you just need to take a blogging break, even when you don't intend to, because there's life to be lived.  

there was a very special trip to Virginia for my brother's college graduation.  And after the glorious early morning walks with the sunlight streaming over the misty Blue Ridge Mountains, and the fog rolling over the green hills near the river, and the dew sparkling on the grass, I didn't want to leave.  

then there was a precious week's time to spend with the older brother before he went off to his summer job far away from home...

there was high school to finish - and I did it!  Completely done.  It feels so good, but also so strange.  bittersweet.

there was spending time laughing with friends, chatting about anything and everything with them, recalling the best o' times, and making new memories.  

there was sending out grad party invites, editing trip pictures, and reflecting on graduation + change in life + the road goes ever on.  I feel like Bilbo.  In three months I'll be embarking on a journey over 2,000 miles long to the other side of the country for college... and leaving the Shire of home behind.  

but in the meantime, there have been cats to cuddle, movies to watch, books to read, gardens to weed, my job starting this week to get ready for...

I've been busy.  There's been so much to cherish.  the little things. the important things.  Most especially time spent with someone dear, who was only home for a week.

that's the time when you just leave your computer to get dusty, and you go live. life. 

But it's good to be back.