Taking the good with the good.

Yesterday was awesome! I miss Brookings. They have better everything.

My friend Ashley graduated nursing school this weekend which was the perfect occassion to bring all our old friends back together. I've been missing that kind of social contact. I haven't heard anyone call me "Finny!!" in a long time. Too long.

The evening was cut short, however, by an impending blizzard. Now I'm stuck at home with 5+ inches of snow outside and 45 mph winds. Interstate is closed from Brookings to... Canada. Luckily I was able to get some groceries in Brookings before I left. I left with some cucumber dill hummus, a tasty red pepper stuffed with prusciuto, and some Newcastle Brown Ale. Yesterday was one of THE best days I've had in a long time.

This one goes out to the one I love.

These last few months have been pretty hard. I turn 25 a month from yesterday, but my quarter-life crisis started a little bit earlier than that. I don't want to complain, so think of this more as a "lament."

I have a good job that has great benefits and pretty decent pay, but it's not anywhere near to what I've been studying/training for and it's in rural SD not a big bustling city. My family loves me. I have a few close friends, but they only exist online. I don't see anybody who really gets me on anywhere close to a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. I wish I were in a place where my environment pushed me to be better, where I was challenged by my work and I felt like I was getting somewhere on a personal and professional level.

After so many months of deprivation, I have little patience and alotta desperation. That's why I'm dedicating the song "Change Yourself" by Sister Hazel to myself - the one I love.