I'm up to date!

I'm getting back in the groove of having semi-consistent internet access. It's my style.

I'm actually up to date on my photo blog (still!): Snapped Syntax, which feels pretty darn good.

Next task: Complete compiling my university application packets to send off to Seoul. I'm digging into my cover letter later today. Friends of mine are already locking down interviews, so I feel a little behind with only one application turned in. (But congrats to CL).

I'm currently sitting on Rachel and Dan's couch in Spokane, WA. I've already had many wonderful (amazing!) hosts in the states. Thanks to Hilarie (et al), Stacy and Chris, The Whitmores, Tizzy and Jeremy, Maya and Chris (and Zoey) and Rachel and Dan.

I've had a surprising number of run-ins with old friends, too. I feel a little bit at home in Spokane (which is awkward to admit), as I cross paths with more and more folks from my recent MFA past. Not just folks, but brilliant people, all still doing how they do, some of them transitioning into new lives: new jobs, new babies, novel drafts near completion, more publications under their skirts. Reconnecting with them feels right and I miss having them in my life.

I've had the pleasure of drinking chai, tea, cosmopolitans, Italian soda, Blue Moon, chocolate martinis, lemon ginger tea, and hot chocolate with Tana, Luke, Mandy, Aaron, Chris, Terry, Dan, Rachel K., Megan, Rachel T., and Rebekah.

Still to meet: Julia, Jonathan.

Next stop? Colorado. I'll get to see Olivia & BJ, Shira & Tracy, Matthew and Kristy (Kiki) & Whitney as I bump from Denver to Boulder to Crestone and back to Denver.