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This City, So Pretty

taylornurdin:

I am nowhere near ready to say goodbye to

• mckenzi
• old friends
• new friends
• cute cute cute accents
• public transportation
• chewie
• the turtle
• walking
• beautiful houses
• tall buildings
• wonderful shopping
• everyone honking for no reason
• deep dish pizza
• being carefree
• feeling infinite

Chicago, I love you and I will come back to you. Sooner than later.

No doubt, I’ve had to pinch myself sometimes.  I feel so lucky to have shared this experience with amazing people.  I love you guys. 

Words to live by...

kari-shma:

(via: Amazing Posts)

1. Accept that some days you’re the pigeon, and some days you’re the statue.
2. Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
3. Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
4. Drive carefully. It’s not only cars that can be recalled by their maker.
5. Eat a live toad in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you for the rest of the day.
6. If you can’t be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.
7. If you lend someone $20, and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
8. It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
9. Never buy a car you can’t push.
10. Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you don’t have a leg to stand on.
11. Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.
12. The early worm gets eaten by the bird, so sleep late.
13. The Second mouse gets the cheese
14. When everything’s coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane.
15. Birthdays are good for you, the more you have, the longer you live.
16. You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.
17. Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
18. Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.
19. We could learn a lot from crayons, some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors but they all have to learn to live in the same box.
20. A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
21. Happiness comes through doors you didn’t even know you left open.

Chicago.

This place is making me so happy.  I love being away from home with friends.  I love shopping.  I love traveling.  I love Thanksgiving feasts sans meat :) I love old houses.  I love strange people’s beds.