Hold on to Good Friends

The distance from Pittsburgh to Rockville is 226.58 miles. I have driven this route countlessly for 4years. I have it down to a science to arrive in my driveway in exactly 3hrs and 30min. I know when to speed, when to look for cops, when to leap frog cars, and all the while drumming on my steering wheel and singing to some tunes. But you know when you doze off; you're still awake, but you don't remember driving the last 10miles. That's what today feels like. Somehow I snapped back to reality and my college years are finished and I don't know how I got here so fast.

I left my friends and my home away from home. I wasn't expecting to be emotional or tearful about this goodbye. But as I drove outside the city limits and could no longer see the sky rises or bridges in my rear view mirror, that's exactly what happened. I am really going to miss the Burgh, especially my closest friends. I don't think I will find another group of girls as ridiculous, fun-loving, and genuine as them and I don't want to. I am truly going to miss it all.

Life is Short

My place of inhabitance lately has been at any coffee shop I can find. I presume that the aroma of coffee brewing will some how enhance my concentration as I study relentlessly for my boards to become a practicing occupational therapist. But at the moment, instead of focusing on OT, I am staring at my cup and loving the words of inspiration written on the outside of it.

Life is Short. Stay Awake for It. (Caribou Coffee TM)

Spin the globe, then pack your bags.

Sing out loud!

Give your change to charity.

Pour yourself a cup full of karma.

Savor every sip.

Be the first to apologize.

Donate blood you have plenty.

Dance in the rain.

Lighten up.

Marshmallows have no nutritional value, and that’s ok.

Get your hands dirty.

Step 1: Rake leaves Step 2: Jump!

You’ll only be your current age once.

Dare to adventure.

Learn to say thank you in ten languages. (4 so far)

Be the ruler of your own life.

Only look back if it makes you smile :)

Indulge in chocolate therapy.

Don’t wait for New Year’s to make a resolution.

Be the first to enter and the last to leave the dance floor.

How do you choose to the live the rest of your life?

Start with today and make it better than yesterday.