Scottish Jibberish

Since today is the first day with official internet...(as in more than 1 hour of crappy WiFi connection), here is a brief (but actually really long) video summing up a couple things happening in the good ole UK.

cheers,
hill

my thoughts were so loud, I couldn't hear my mouth

To be afloat in another country can lead to confusion and the inability to absorb all that you want to get out of a travel experience. I think goals are very important to help align and balance your life.  

studying and living in another country has been my dream since I was a little girl, making hand-drawn maps to Saudi Arabia and to my grandma's house. Going into this experience, I had a certain idea as to what I would want to accomplish and I just decided to make a short list of the first few thoughts that came to my head when I thought of goals for my semester in Chile. 

photos for thought, 

rach

de la misma onda

De la misma onda

Luchador del amor

Bonita del alma

Listo de la mente

Viva del espíritu

Profundo del hilo

Resuelta de palabras

El silencio, a veces 

La vibra de la vida

El foco de la tranquilidad

La forma de pensar 

El ser un poco solitario

La vista del mundo 

Mareomotriz de lazos 

Olas de sensaciones 

la paz es parte del amor, 

rach

nothing but the truth

I sing nothing but the truth. Anticipate a big blog post coming your way.
don't criticize what you can't understand,
rach

Love Is A Four Letter Word

Jason.Mraz. That is all that needs to be said. I have been a huge fan of Jason for a while and although I have seen Jason live once before, I have the wonderful oppertunity to see Jason once again in Ohio tomorrow night! Tenth row. center. VIP Passes. My excitement for tomorrow can not to be contained. So in honor of Jason, today's Artist of the day is, of course, Jason!

 

 

don't give up.

megs

sitting, waiting, wishing

The day is finally here! After 7 solid months of preparing (or atleast trying to prepare...) I'm sitting at my gate for a flight to Chicago to catch a plane to London at the O'Hare Airport. Crazy.

I get extremely stressed out about airport security & baggage check so I almost went into a panic attack on the way over, but thankfully my parents were able to calm me down and reassure me that everything would work out. So after the three of us, like idiots, couldn't figure out where the check-in desks were, I finally got my luggage checked and tickets printed! I'm always scared that the airport workers are going to be so mean because everyone always complains about them, but honestly, i don't know if i've ever dealt with nicer people.  My luggage weighed under 50 pounds-HOLLA! (and I only checked one bag!), I easily bought a travel card and traded in my $$ for pounds, chatted with the security guy about flying internationally, got some breakfast and ate with both of my parents for the first time in maybe 5 years. Security also went brilliantly (I'm gonna start using UK slang now, k?) and now I'm taking some time to breathe before I get on my first flight. I'm feeling a lot better about everything now and I can't wait to hear English accents when I step off my plane in London. . .and maybe I'll even run into one of the One Direction members....a girl can dream.

happy september!

love,

hill

maybe this is how it is supposed to be

welcome to the ocean, would you like to play today?

can you smell it? the salt water? the tranquility? the peace? 

I can, that is what I do, I find a piece of peace and go there, and all is good. 

except the fish heads, be careful for those. 

there is something about this country that turns your perceptions upside down. no where else can make me feel this way, and that makes sense because you should only feel a certain way in a certain place.  

namaste. एक भाषा कभी भी काफ़ी नहीं होती

are you listening? do you understand what I am typing? Really understand? maybe I am fighting for something that is lost, a sense of earthly perfection (oxymoron noted) but have you listened to yourself breathe lately? maybe you should breath in and out with the waves of the ocean. 

Im not so sure what I am certain of anymore when it comes to earthly actions. the only certainty is death. how do we all plug along knowing this? why do we all plug along? no matter. let's just keep plugging. promise me you will.

i will.

breathe, 

rach