may---

what a week this has been! katrina, "my korean friend" :), who has been living in south korea for the past year teaching english, stayed with us for a week. after not seeing each other for an entire year, we majorly needed the catch up time. we had a fantastic weekend with the three of us, walking around the market, eating delicious treats, getting into a little trouble, chatting on grass spaces. photos will follow. my aunty cheryl and mama came up for the afternoon on saturday, after my graduate school interview (!!). we had a yummy lunch then explored some new areas of seattle. new to me! antique shops are soon to be my next passion. 50's furniture: i love you.

yesterday felt like the longest day in awhile: woke up early to take katrina to the airport and j to work. saying goodbye hurt my heart and this liquid came from my eyes a little.
after a work out and during a lovely lunch date with my husband, i received the long awaited email: I HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED TO GRADUATE SCHOOL! i decided upon SPU and am thrilled :) :) :)
finally.

A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.- Mark Twain's Notebook

my father was right, i haven't had a lot of obstacles in my life (sure i've had some hiccups) and j was right, everything works out as it should. when i didn't make the cut the first time around for the first graduate program i was accepted to- i felt extremely disappointed. but now i feel like, yes, this is right and where i should be. oh happiness. i like this path. like it a lot.

note of credit: this photo is the property of katrina. i will upload many more photos soon, as i have been neglecting that portion of this blog for some time.

this next week is going to be full of celebration and planning for the future.

last night kili took me to a fleet foxes show- they. were. wonderful. very talented. cave singers opened and they also killed. it. yeah.