γειά σου from greece!

after a very, very long 16 hours spent flying, i finally arrived in Athens this morning at 9am (11pm CA time). my first flight was at 6:30am and i didn't sleep the night before because i was trying to get all of my things together.

here is my very first view of Greece!

a more specific Athens

our little tiny bedroom in this hostel




the view from our balcony


my first meal in Greece. delicious gyros.. mmm

we have met some really nice people in Athens so far, and the food has been great.
i can't believe i'm here.

ps- i think i'm succumbing to jet lag.

today is the day!

that i fly out.

these past couple days have sort of been a whirlwind due to packing and getting all of this:



in this:




i managed... sort of. i have to bring a separate messenger bag for my books and then after greece i'll mail them home.

today my family had a "bon voyage" party for me. it was really cute. my sisters decorated with prints such as these:


and afterwards david and i went out to a nice dinner and spent time together.



and then kyle came over and we played hilarious games.

then david took me home, where i have been up all night getting everything together. he gave me this to read if i ever get homesick. i love my family and this boy. i'm gonna miss them so much.

1 week

and i have a lot of things i still need to get together.

how can it already be this soon?

gimp update

well, last night i wrote a long ACL update.. on my xanga. and, i don't really want to copy and paste the whole thing here, but here are the main points:

- it is completely torn
- the way i tore it is the most rare
- jerry rice also tore his this way
- i will need surgery when i get back

but, going to europe should be okay, i just shouldn't.. pivot. i need to watch out for cobblestone streets and wear this huge leg brace which covers about 75% of my leg. i think i'll call it gigantor.

4 years

today is my and david's 4 year anniversary. (is that how you say that correctly?)

in honor of that, i was pondering and eventually made a list of things
i love to do together:

1. watching the game show network
2. cooking & baking


3. going to baseball games


4. drives along highway 1


5. going out for sushi
6. playing thumb war.. which i always cheat at and always still lose
7. feeling him play with and detangle my hair
8. kissing and cuddling
9. babysitting raine


(he is so cute with her :])


10. holding hands

(:*)