few things i've learned

the semester is over, i can't believe what a wild ride its been, i've grown a whole lot... heres a few things i've learned


- things change... even those things you think will never change

- sleep, when avoided for too long, causes sickness

- it's good to cry

- sharing hardships with people is necessary in order to build friendships

- you're never too old to build forts/dress up for halloween/play twister/sing the backstreet boys... :)

- the sun is something to be appreciated and felt, outside, no matter how cold it is.

- finals week doesn't have to suck... all you need is some indigo girls, some awesome ppl in platt west, a trip to the city, and rocking chairs on the third floor balcony of templeton.

- no matter where you are in this world, you carry who you are.

- mint chocolate chip icecream is amazing

- guys in college aren't THAT much better than guys in high school

- portland is a great city

- it is really hard to live in 2 different places. (i'm always going to be missing someone/someplace)

- i love my family so much, and don't appreciate them enough.

- everyone can give something, everyone's got something to offer.


there's so much i DON'T know. but a huge part of life is lacking things, being scared, unsure, feeling lost or guilty or stuck... if we never lacked anything, we'd never grow... we'd never know how to appreciate what we have. it's all part of being human, having these highs and lows and inbetweens. i'm sort of glad my experiences can't be explained generically. as convenient as it would be to be able to articulate every emotion/situation perfectly, sometimes we just have to get through with the sentence fragments of unfinished thoughts.

for a word from the postal service -- "everything will change, ooo." everything? yeah. scary stuff-- i think another word for it is "growth" and it sure isn't easy.


looking forward to home tomorrow,

jodi