2011

I'm determined to make 2011 great. The past few years, while they have had moments, they overall haven't been anything to write about. I think I'm starting off well considering the first 6 months will be spent elsewhere. 

There is just something wonderfully liberating about being somewhere that is blind to who you have been.

I've got some goals for this year, but i've gone about choosing them differently than previous years. They are more of just things i'd like to accomplish before 25. They don't necessarily have to happen this year, but I'm not opposed to it :)

Here goes...  I want:

... to take more pictures, so I'm going to try and take a picture a day. Nothing fancy or professional, Just a picture of something each day. 

... to read through the bible this year and realize it's not an obligation but a privilege.

...to run a half marathon.

... to read all the books I currently own.

... to bake my way through a cookbook.

... to get a job I love.

... to find a space of my own.

... to take piano lessons.

... to find community.

... And to blog my way through it all.

So, technically these pictures were taken yesterday but I'm counting them for today.

This is Shaila Harris.

She is one of my favorite people in the world and yesterday was her 23rd birthday.

So, we went for (free) lunch at Panera.

Shaila, in my life, is one of those friends that no matter how long it's been since we've talked, we can instantly pick up right where we left off.

We have traveled to Germany and back, lived on separate continent's for one (soon to be two) semesters, shared very small living quarters, taken spontaneous and stupidly long road trips to visit boys we've liked, eaten enough pei wei to turn asian and talked each other out of making ridiculous and rash decisions.

I can easily say my life would look a lot different without her.

♥ Mallory