selfie sunday

Well, I'm not dead. A cold has got me sniffling and sneezing, but dead I am not. The extended internet silence comes from a desire to enjoy the company of my people and sunny weather. Can you blame me? The Netherlands, Ireland, England and even Finland shined sunshine on my cheeks. Nobody wants to squint at a computer when they could be squinting in the sun (something I've gotten pretty good at; all my sunnies are broken, and I haven't replaced 'em.) I'll surely be playing catch-up with images/thoughts from Europe for the rest of forever, but that just means the memories will keep on giving. And maybe the "post-Erasmus" feelings will never sink in. With all that said, I present this week's selfie sunday and a half-assed promise to deliver one again in seven days.

Sitting in the "garden" of the Utrecht house - a home I already miss. 

The appreciated five:

1. The ladies who have shared their homes with me and showered me with compassion and kind words. Emily, Kait and Henni - I'm lookin' at you three. 

2. The opportunity to spend four weeks traveling. Need I say more?

3. Summer produce or at least the idea that my Tennessean comrades are stuffing their faces with all the freshest fruits and vegetables they can find. 

4. Medicine because this cold is SO ANNOYING.

5. Grandmama's life. My paternal grandmother passed last week, so I wrote some haiku (that Dad read at the burial) which touched on the compassionate way she loved everyone around her. I'll treasure her bright smile for the rest of my life, and I'll do my best to channel her patient servitude. 

I am absolutely diggin' Lord Huron. Their album has been on repeat during most of my travel time; it's catchy and folksy and the lyrics pique my curiosity  This track gets stuck in my head, but oh-ho, I can only remember five words. 

over and out.
xoxo//hc