some news.

So...

I got accepted.

I'm majoring in Religious Studies.

Sometimes I just want to squeal, but I don't.

I just got my housing assignment, paid some dues... it's happening. 

(Actually when I'm alone or just walking alone in public, sometimes I do squeal.)

I've known about it for almost a month now but it just hasn't seemed real until right about now.

It's about time, City of Angels, let's do this.

Hippo Birdy!

I feel like tuning twenty was a long time coming. Teenagedom was an incredible wonderwhirl of opportunities and lessons.. but I could feel myself prepare for the plunge into twenty somethings as soon as 2011 rolled around. 

Miraculously, I got out of school a day before my birthday. 

It was SO nice to drop all that academic clutter from my brain and just celebrate my life.

And guess what?

Cubs surprised me with a duel membership to the San Diego Zoo and the Wild Animal Park... for the both of us!

Obviously, Lauren and Ethan came along.

And as an extra treat, our dear friend Lindsay (who just returned from school at Skidmore) was in on the surprise!

It was simply a perfect day for the Zoo.

My (love-you-like-a) sister turned 20.

Yep! 

Just like THAT.

Adios teens, hola twenties! 

You know what it means when Lauren has a birthday?

I'm next.