Small Town Wren

So in the quiet hours of yesterday morning, I became 24 years old. Twenty-four. Officially in my mid-twenties now. That’s a pretty big deal, maybe?

Some friends and I went bowling on Tuesday. My highest score was a 114. I never claimed to be good at it.

Why yes that is the shirt I was making last month. It made its debut that night. And yes that is a birthday crown I made for myself. Birthdays shouldn’t happen without a crown.

As for being twenty-four and all…let me present you the bucket list to do before being twenty-five.

1. Finish book of poetry
2. Knit a (real) sweater
3. Redecorate the spare bedroom
4. Spend more time outside
5. Eat less bad ice-cream and more good ice-cream
6. Climb a 5.9 route consitently
7. Hell, let’s make that a 5.10
8. Guess I’d better learn how to belay, too
9. Practice more Random Acts of Kindness
10. Move out
11. Learn how to sew
12. Pull my hair out less
13. Cook more
14. Don’t mind the dirt
15. Find a real job
16. Take more pictures
17. This includes the polaroid
18. Figure out how to walk in heels real good
19. Ride 30 miles in a day on a bicycle
20. Lay in the grass.
21. Be more consistent about posting to the blog
22. Twitter, too
23. Finish reading War and Peace
24. Continue to not grow up

Okay, okay. I’ve run out excuses. I’ve been back in the country for a week and still have yet to post about my adventures. I’ve had a heck of a time recovering from all that travel and all the horrible things that happened. Namely, my passport disappearing, and then my camera getting stolen. Luckily I had most of my pictures off, but I still lost a bunch.

The picture of of my Spanish tutor, Herberth, me, and my sister’s instructor, Wilberth. I had such an amazing time in Spanish school, even if I technically only had three days of school. And I made a bunch of friends, including Herberth and Wilberth! And also Mikelle and Nikolaj, friends from Iowa and Denmark respectively. Sadly, their pictures were among those jacked with my camera.

The good news is that I have all of my pictures from the Aurora Zoo, the zoo in Guatemala City. My sister and I got to go with our hostel owner and his two-year-old son. This is good news because now you get to see the most excellent David Bowie impersonating rooster ever.

Need I say more?