somehow i am here again, on a path to another sunrise, another night overshadowed by the burning lights that hang over my head.  there's italian to be studied, another day to tackle, but the feeling's different this time.

i'm weighed down by the exhaustion, but i feel light with each beat.
each moment is so densely packed that i can hardly recall it all as a day. choices, people, conversations, exchanges, connections.  what absolute beauty.

my happiness is tinged with nostalgia, but an acceptance for what will be.  everything's coming full circle again:

-a cab brought us together two years ago, and now it pauses as we cross, walking side by side as peers.  our conversation transformed campus into an adventureland, an unending path that we both want to keep creating together. fate's building bridges -- it took care of today, and i'm faithful for the future.
-four girls congregated in a hallway in earnest discussion, deliberation, hilarity. an amazing understanding that links all of us, a spirit of fun that keeps me alive.
-the afternoon lulls picked up and enlivened with simplicity: two drinks, a place in the sunshine, an engaging friend.

wore my new pearls for the first time today, and can't seem to get this quote out of my head:
"money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable." (Clare Boothe Luce, Socialite)