Happiness is:

Camping with good friends and a firemaster:



And a friend getting a new kitten who is so adorable it's worth taking claritin every four hours for the next 15 years of your life:



:)

Anyone who reads this probably noticed I dropped off

mostly cause it's been a little strange to be back and I don't know where to start.

So I leave you with this hilarious baby...

Welcome to America.

Your tax return from 2007 is being audited and your cell phone service has been cut and you have a disgusting bill to worry about. You have to start paying your car and auto insurance retroactively as soon as possible. You have no health insurance. Being in your parents house makes you want to snack on processed junk food every thirty minutes. Your bedroom is le basard. You need work.

Though I feel so overwhelmed sometimes I can't think, it is way more satisfying than I imagined to see my friends, yellow school buses, grape jelly, Tapan and my family. I never noticed before how many American flags hang outside of houses or how many people wear fanny packs (thank you very much for that image, Chicago airport). It is good to be home, and I'm sure this debt/credit problem will be handled quickly.

Here's hoping.