refresh

in thailand we had 8 months of summer- which was, of course, nice in many ways. but at times i definitely missed the change of seasons.

we have been back for a little over a month now, and i have already experienced winter and spring! it's exciting, really. the last few days have been the kind of spring-like perfection that we chicagoans probably have never taken for granted, but this year i am even more eagerly drinking it in.

in college i used to love sitting by the lake- lake michigan seems enormous when you sit on its shore. when the seasons would change, the lake would turn over- it would look like huge brown and blue stripes. never really understood what the phenomenon really was, but i loved being there for it. you couldn't see the stripes as well on ground level- you had to go up to the 10th floor of damen hall to really see- but from ground level, it just seemed like something was stirring. not windy, but stirry. (made up a word again).

it was gorgeous, this experience. i guess i felt privy to some huge secret- that i needed just my lake, my music and definitely my journal and Boom! i created peace. i still associate that slight stir in the air, that slight chill in the air, that slight thrill in the air- with the change in seasons.