who you are.

don't lose who you are, in the blur of the stars,

seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing,

it's okay not to be okay.

- jessie j.

i'm back from my hiatus. only to start another one. the past few weeks have been a little crazy - finishing up my junior year, being home for a little bit, heading off to a life-changing experience in haiti, being home for memorial day weekend celebrations and heading to the river, and now being back at school to start my first day of work 8-5 all summer TOMORROW. it's a little daunting, right? i'm testing out my fancy new french press that is precious and adorable and will be fueling my caffeine addiction all summer, and i am testing it out! not as good as alistar's or rebecca's, but it'll do for now until i can get some better local coffee. i'm also considering starting to buy my coffee from a really neat company called "just haiti" but i need to chat with melody to figure out exactly what is the right kind to buy. for now, i'll settle for my seattle's best level 5 with some brown sugar and half-and-half, just like my sister fixes it!

while i was in haiti, my team kept a blog, which i highly recommend that you check out - right HERE - do it! it's awesome, and it'll give you an idea of what the heck i was doing all of last week. this is, of course, for the 12 people that regularly read and follow this blog. whomp.

this summer, i'll also be keeping another blog - i know, more time to detract from this one. i'll be keeping one for the william & mary website, and i'm super excited about it. my friend brian blogs for w&m and i love all of his posts (see here). i'll be sure to post some on here as well, about more lighthearted things and more realistically me things, but for my w&m blog i'll be tackling everything related to w&m and life here, including the three w&m connections we made while i was in haiti (here's a preview - 1: random kid walking up a mountain in a rural village with a w&m longsleeved t on, 2: touring pure water for the world and meeting one of the employees whose daughter is a rising sophomore at w&m, and 3: meeting the dad of a w&m development and PR faculty member in the miami airport in customs!).

time to go grab dinner with my girl, briana, who i'll be working with all summer. i'm excited for plaza azteca and some guacamole - a great way to start the week. i guess i can work on my budgeting plan for the summer until she arrives...yes, mom, i AM doing it.

xoxo.

krp.