Sunday, July 12, 2009

at the top of my lungs, i'm giving it back



thank you to the other half for taking me with you instead of taking your dad and even though you threatened it, thank you for not leaving me there. boat.
thank you croatia for inventing the neck tie.
thank you turkey for your genuine fake watches.
thank you santorini for theopholis, the best tour guide ever, and for the blue doors and blue domes and blue sky and blue water.
thank you corfu for the only proof i was on the beach, even though the sunburn on the back of my legs hurt and looked awkward for a few days.
thank you venice for showing me a part of the world unlike anything i'd ever seen and seeing the beauty in stone walkways.
thank you to our forefathers.
thank you to whoever decided that independence day and fireworks went hand in hand.
thank you to the first person who stuck a toasted marshmellow and chocolate between two graham crackers.
thank you anderson's market for free sample saturdays.
thank you to those more important than i at velocity for entrusting me with a blackberry, even if i still can't figure out exactly how to work it properly.
thank you to my grandparents for welcoming me over every wednesday for dinner and laundry and company.
thank you emily for being a friend that will not judge me for getting piss drunk on free wine and not being afraid to dance and make the dance face.
thank you old st pat's for putting on the coolest block party i've ever been to and getting me sauced.
thank you ben folds for rocking my face off.
thank you for the smile i get when i hear my text message alert.
thank you for patience.
thank you for persistence.
thank you for hope.
thank you for possibilities.
thank you for happiness and excitement and having things to look forward to.

i love summer.

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