I FORGOT

How nice it is just to go and have breakfast with yourself every once in awhile. Pack along a good book and as much time as you can get in your bag.

MMMMMMMMMMMM.

OF COMFORT

WE ARE

AS ALWAYS

FALL MAKES ME WANT TO SING

LATELY I FIND THAT

I'M INCLINED

TRANSLITERATION

I LOVE

when you want something so much that it hurts. That it scares you to death. That the thought of it makes you feel excited and alive. That you are so close you can taste it. That it makes you dream of not only who you will become, but what it will make of your life here and now and in this moment.

I'm really praying to get into the college in Cairo. As I'm writing my essay I find myself getting a bit teary-eyed. To be honest I don't think I've ever wanted something so much as this in my life. I have big dreams and a big heart to learn and love and be, and with that said I feel like this could be an experience of a lifetime. I feel vulnerable because I want to make sure that in 500 words or less I gut myself on this paper so that those who will be evaluating me cannot say no. All of this is really strange, and the day I send my application in I will probably have to take off because I'm sure the stress just might be too much for me to handle.

I want to eat koshary in the streets of Cairo and be minutes away from the largest museum of Eqyptian antiquities in the world. I want to study and be immersed in thought. Ughhhh I just get so excited! I know it seems I'm only looking at the fun side of this, but the truth is.. if I get accepted and enroll, this just might be the hardest thing I have ever had to face. Obviously Egyptian culture is vastly different from our way of life here in America, and in particular Texas. Like I said, I am excited.. but I am scared to death. Please pray for this, that my essay is complete and that those reading it as well as the rest of my application feel as confident as I do. Hey world are you ready to jump? I am..


HILARY

BIG OL JET AIRLINER

EEEEEK TODAY OFFICIALLY MARKS THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMMMMMER!



I'll be flying close to LA to see a good friend of mine on Wednesday and I could not be more excited to get out of the city. I am sooo ready for it.

With finals and SATs I've been stress city over here in my little apartment so it will be good to kick off summer with a bang. Plus I miss my friend a ton! She's been involved in WYAM for practically the last two years. We skype and she was home last summer, but this will be a real treat to get to hang out with her for a week! Plus like I said, it will be uber nice to get out of muggy Houston and dive into the Pacific :]

I've really learned lately to value the friendships I have, even though I don't always get to see those who are important to me.

(Basically this is Gracie and I haha)

Its nice to make time to do so.

Plus I'll be sure to take a tonnnn of pictures. I'm considering taking my Holga but I will for sure take my SLR.

Hilary

OH MY WORD

I could quite literally lay in bed alllll dayyyy today. I'm exhausted! After work, I came home and took a nap, woke up and made lunch, and then I put on a movie. I could probably go back to sleep right now (Seeing as I'm laying in my bed to type this post). However, school is breathing down my neck :[ I cannot wait till its over! This summer is sure to be full of fun and surprises. I'm flying out to LA for a week to see my good ol' friend Gracie. I miss her loads! Not much other than that going on around here. Pray I make it through these next few weeks.. I know I will most definitely sleep great after they are over!

P.S. It doesn't hurt that I get to cuddle this little nugget :]

(This is my baby girl, her name is Meowy!)
hilary

4.16.10

FATHER,

Thank you.