So another week has flown by and I am three credits richer in the world of academia. I finished my first summer session of school - I took a storytelling class. This was a challenge for me, as I am a self-professed rambler. I leave obscenely long phone messages and I have difficulty in concisely giving the events of my day. But I am honestly proud of how my final project unfolded in front of my classmates. (Although, half way through, I visuallized my family members yawning and begging me to wrap it up!) So I am now about a fourth of the way toward my degree.

In other news, I found a cool new group to listen to: Tegan and Sara. They are Canadian Folk sister-singers that are really talented. You can link to their homepage here. Tim and I are going to see them do a free concert at Central Park tomorrow (and hopefully we can also get in to the Delacorte Theatre and see Shakespeare in the Park, too!). I am really looking forward to it - it's been a while since we have gone into the city and Central Park is just an amazing place.

I have been thinking a great deal about family lately, especially since we just returned from a visit to Canada two weeks ago to see my sister and her new husband. I am wishing that she lived closer and that I could take her to tomorrows' events. (She is always telling me her new favorite "Canadian Musician," not to mention her love for the Bard...) But we all live so far apart and each have our own private lives. (Little brother physically lives upstairs but he is actually a resident of Andy Land, which one must travel great distances and fight many battles to reach.) And I know that these distances have helped me leave the comforts of what is known and develop into the person I am meant to be, but when is it time to go back home? When I think of how much I miss my family, I envy those families that live close together because sometimes visits just aren't enough. But for now, it seems I must resign myself to "Pizza Nights" and holidays and just know that at least I can't take my family for granted.