the present

consuming eclairs and ciders with my bros
eating cheesecake at a restaurant that tastes like it's been in the fridge for 3 years
watching too many movies and fulfilling too few deadlines
talking about nothing and everything with someone who inadvertently helped shaped my worldview
sweating while trekking across campus, showing up to every meeting looking like a wet dog
carrying an umbrella and being able to use it before the end of the day
being with friends who make you laugh from your core, and realizing that they love you, too
youtubing songs over and over again before realizing they are illegal download-worthy
going to flying biscuit entirely too many times
eating out entirely too many times
eating
talking to my besties through phone, gchat, email
talking to my besties in person
thinking of clever lines but never having paper to put them in existence
watching my subject-verb agreement slip down the drain
shopping
riding on MARTA and learning the faces of Atlantans
my friends' handwriting
finding out that it takes an entire village to graduate
realizing that the entire village is just as happy as I am to graduate
wearing sweats over shorts in lab to expose my ankles for the world to see
crying and laughing in the same conversation
allowing myself to be scared, emotional, even out-of-sorts about things in life
acknowledging that I'm not as cool as I think I am
living out the long-term in long-term friendships
witty phrases
30 rock
double-jointedness
old letters


heaven is truly in the simple things.