Caution: Camel Crossing

The days leading up to my departure date to Jordan were filled with a perpetual sore throat, sneezing, and frantic trips to the pharmacy to request ‘literally anything you have that will make me not sick.’ The pharmacists tried, and I thank them for their valiant efforts, but my body’s determination to succumb to a…

Birthday Island

Not much can pull me out of bed at 3:30 am. My dog panicking over a thunderstorm Tornado sirens (probably, hasn’t been tested) Nightmares involving losing teeth But in this case it was a $60 direct, round trip flight to Larnaca, Cyprus that forced me awake before dawn. 6 am flights suck. Bleary-eyed I boarded…

[Not] Home for the Holidays

Christmas 2018 was unique. It was my first Christmas away from home. I wasn’t home to sort of help Mom cook, to clean and set the table, to quietly snap candid photos and preserve memories. I missed out on the annual Friendsmas with my high school crew and our sometimes absurd/sometimes serious White Elephant gift…

Weekly Recap: 10 & 11

Highlights: It’s soup season! Thanks to Pinterest I made two delicious soups to help keep the cold at bay. One was a vegetarian stuffed pepper soup with lentils and the second was a chicken broth based tortellini soup. Our landlords hosted a holiday dinner at their apartment on the 5th. We stuffed ourselves silly with…