so soon so soon so soon so soon.

(that's when i'll be home)

so soon so soon so soon so soon.

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{{{{today}}}}

i love it here.

my apartment is amazing. come visit me.

this summer was so good. i miss the people that i was able to hang out with. sometimes i think about it (summer) and i am filled with all of these emotions. and sometimes it feels like a dream, like i didn't really live at home for three months, that i didn't go to seattle, that i didn't meet some wonderful people, that i didn't get closer with those friends that i sent entirely too much time with. i'm really glad it wasn't a dream, everything that happened this summer was worth it. it wasn't the ideal summer, yet it was still nearly perfect. i was happy.

school started on wednesday and it's so great this quarter. i'm starting to be more serious about things, like i really want this to be my life. i want to make music my career and i'm going to do anything to accomplish that. it's pretty exciting to be completely sure of what you're doing. so i'm excited. 

i love the girls i live with. each of them is so different, and so wonderful. i feel like i have a lot to learn from each of them. i didn't think i'd like living with three girls, because girls can be ridiculous. but i couldn't imagine a better situation. i guess i'm still in the 'honeymoon' stage of our living relationship, but i can't imagine my feelings changing.

so, if you're ever in chicago and you need a place to stay we've got plenty of room, and we would love to have you. don't be a stranger.

i love you.

alright.

let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go.

seriously.

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a conversation between my dads live-in girlfriend and her daughter in the kitchen while i was sitting in the room directly next to them, enjoy.

daughter- "hey mom did you make these cookies?"

dads gf- "no, kayla did"

daughter-"oh, they're actually good"

dads gf- "yeah, she didn't mess them up this time."

daughter- "yeah that's why i'm surprised, usually when she makes them they are really awful.

dads gf- "maybe she had a friend over and her friend made them"

daughter- "yeah, that would make more sense"

i hate this house.

one month today until i return to the loves of my life, depaul, chicago, and hopefully just a great year.

isn't it funny how things change?

i think it is.

i wasn't really prepared for that. but it's quite all right.

alright when i was little i used to do this little thing where you say this sentence over and over and over again and you start to move different parts of your body... it goes like this, "hi my name is joe, i have a wife three kids and i work in a button factory, one day my boss said to me, 'hey joe! are ya busy?' i said, 'no' he said, 'push those buttons with your right hand." then you repeat that until you're using like your entire body to press buttons. well today when i was working in the oatmeal factory, i made up my own version of this little tune. it's pretty sweet.

also at the factory it's very loud. so loud we have to wear earplugs. so another thing i do to occupy my time is i hum! now i don't just hum whatever song pops in to my head. no! i've decided to hum EVERY musical song i know. which, is a lot of musical songs because i'm kind of a lame lame lame loser. anyway i've actually been doing it the last three times i've worked. and i haven't repeated a song yet. which is slightly of out control.

alright enough about the factory.

i love you.

-kayla