traveling stories already...

so i'm here in europe...spain to be precise....and i already have a couple of funny stories....including almost sufficating from perfume fumes, losing my luggage, and staying up for 36 hours straight....its been awesome so far...update to come....

leaving in two days!!!

so i'm leaving in two days for spain....where i will be spending 3 days with my friend matty. i haven't seen him in a while since he lives over there, but we are going to hang out some before i report to florence for my official study abroad time!!! i'm feeling a bit like this....

i just don't have all the things done that i should....it's gonna be a busy two days, but i'll see you on the other side....have a good one guys....kisses from texas!

BEATLES

BEATLES, originally uploaded by toyacoyah.

i love these statues...apparently, they were up in houston! how cool is that?!

pictures of italy?...yes, please.

here are some of my favorite pictures from italy...



the dolomites...















a little bit of venice...













i'll add some more pictures later on...

italy...i'm coming back!!!

So, I'm going back to the place I love. ITALY!!! And I'll be using this blog to keep in touch with everyone...so keep checking it, and you can keep up with all my adventures! I will miss you all while I'm gone, but don't worry....I'll be back soon....and I'm leaving in 19 days!!!

pictures? i love pictures!

some of my favorite pictures from the summer here in california....


flip flops on the beach















misty and me at the highlands

















me at griffith observatory

















me at the beatles star on hollywood blvd.
































santa monica cliffs from the PCH
















santa monica sign
















me looking at the hollywood sign

















golden gate

sleeping-glen hansard

Are you sleeping?
Still dreaming?
Still drifting off alone...
I'm not leaving with this feeling
So you'd better best be told
And how in the world did you come
To be such a lazy love?

It's so simple, and fitting
The path that you are on
We're not talking, there's no secrets
There's just a note that you have gone
And all that you've ever owned
Is packed in the hall to go

And how am I supposed to live without you?
A wrong word said in anger and you were gone

I'm not listening for signals
It's all dust now on the shelf
Are you still working? Still counting?
Still buried in yourself?
And how in the world did we come
To have such an absent love?

And how am I supposed to live without you?
A wrong word said in anger and you were gone
And how am I supposed to live without anyone?

And how in the world did you come
To be such a lazy love?
And where did you go?

recent quotes that i love...

"Watching you walk out of my life doesn't make me bitter or cynical about love...
It only makes me realize that if I wanted so much to be with the wrong person,
How beautiful it will be when the right one comes along "


"We are never so bad that we are beyond the reach of God's grace and we are never so good that we are beyond the need of God's grace." -Dustin Salter

"I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center." -Kurt Vonnegut

"It might be time for you to go. It might be time to change, to SHINE out. I want to repeat one word for you: Leave. Roll the word around on your tongue for a bit. It is a beautiful word, isn't it? So strong and forceful, the way you have always wanted to be. And you will not be alone. You have never been alone. Don't worry. Everything will still be here when you get back. It is you who will have changed." -Don Miller

It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever. -Spinal Tap

"He [God] is a wonderful blend of mystery and security." -Beth Moore

"I can't talk right now. I have to go find a retarded kid and teach him how to play softball." -Rory Gilmore