summertime and the living is easy

here is the (almost) finished wedding invitation!

it was so much fun to make. :)
so... summer has turned out to be far less dreadful than i had expected. i've made some visits to anderson and been visited by my friends from there, as well as spending time with my old friends from high school.
creatively, this summer needs to get revved up a little more but it's been somewhat productive. i've been doing some sketching, but this wedding invitation has been the biggest project thus far. last week, my roommate kirsten surprised me with a visit and we made music together. :) when i hang out with her, it seems like my creative juices flow a little better. maybe because i'm secretly a little jealous of what an amazing writer and musician she is. either way, we had a lot of fun.
some summer goals i would like to accomplish:
-make some headway on my summer reading. right now i'm in the middle of wuthering heights and the grapes of wrath.
-go exploring.
-make yummy food with fresh vegetables from the garden and give this vegetarian thing another shot.
-write in my journal more often. and spend time talking to God, asking big questions and staying curious.

i leave for tanzania in less than a week! i'm excited, nervous, and scared. but so happy to be going back to africa. hopefully i will do some more blogging as the summer goes on. :)
there are so many incredible people who love me. i wish i could somehow express to them how wonderful they have made my life and how much they have taught me.
life is strange and beautiful.