I’ve been sitting here staring at this blank screen for the last 15 minutes, occasionally skipping a song on my iTunes, (im)patiently waiting to be inspired. Trying to describe the experience of London is much harder than I anticipated so I won’t try and do it all at once. Instead, I’ll embrace my 21st century life and let two of my recent text conversations better show my thoughts and feelings as of late.

This was a conversation with my best friend a few days ago. We lived less than 10 miles away from each other back in the States so we’re both still getting used to the distance and the idea that the other may not be readily available at times.

As you can see at the bottom of the message thread, I reached out to her again earlier this evening and we had a much needed heart to heart (surprisingly, no tears!) and we agreed that we were both bound to be frustrated with each other, but that frustration would never trump our friendship.

My second conversation was with my mom (who for some reason sounds really unemotional/dead/passive aggressive in her text to me) and we had a nice conversation about my mental state and how I’m doing in general.

I may do another post before we leave London, but if I don’t, I think this post is a pretty decent place to leave off. I’ve grown so much in just the first block. I can’t wait to see who I’ll be by block four. I bet I’ll be pretty awesome.