This past Wednesday I was pleasantly surprised by what I received in the mail. Now, I almost never get any mail besides school or bank stuff. So, it was really nice to see that I got not one but two postcards from my friends in their travels!!
I received a postcard from my dear Vicky (hello! :p) from San Francisco. She writes that it's a fitting city for her and she thinks I'd like it, too. I agree.
Despite it being the second most expensive U.S. city (besides NYC of course), I became excited and really drawn to it when I had researched it a few months back. For a long while I was trying to plan a trip there to spend the 4th of July with Jon! But alas plans fell through; I waited too long and tickets to Cali shot up.
I will make my way over to the west coast one day - I agree with Vicky and think I can fit in there nicely.
The second card was from my Columbia classmate and fellow film major George (same guy who brought me with him to work in Madison and Philly!). George had texted me for my address before he left so I'm glad he followed up and sent me a card! He wrote that the photo depicts the village that is mother is from in Greece -- how... breathtaking! *_* Needless to say: jealousss.
My friend Briaden made a comment to me the other day that he's lived in cities with large bodies of water all his life - Cebu, Cali, Texas, Hawaii, and Chicago. As I've lived on the same street in Chicago since three, I've always been a three block, seven-minute walk to the beach and lake. I think I feel the same kinda comfort he feels with water. It's so expansive - kind of like the open road to me.
These postcards also reminded me of the travel I'm not doing! aha. I dreamed of a lot of traveling this summer but of course didn't go through with them for various practical reasons (but um my seven-city east coast road trip would have been amazing??? And let me again lament that I don't think I'll see a european flight for $400 again).
Hopefully soon I'll have my own postcards to be sending.
p.s. I like how all but one of my posts this summer have been me writing at like 3 AM (6 in there too).
