It’s time to start blogging again. It’s been far too long since i’ve ventured into the inherently pretentious artform that is exposing your inner thoughts and pontifications to a worldwide audience for their consumption. I miss it. I’ve never delved into blogging in the way I hope to in the coming days, weeks, and months, but I desperately hope that i will be able to.

Today, again, I was humbled to have the great fortune that I’ve had throughout my life. I am 23 and today I found myself in London, England, with two or my closest friends enjoying drinks and conversations with one of my closest college friends, while spenidng a week in a foreign country on what the British describe as our holiday and we describe as our escape.

Today, and the four previous days of our English getaway, have been reminders to each of us that we are leading the lives we had hoped, and often we find ourselves leading lives much better than we had hoped.

I am thankful today that, despite the fact that I come from a family plagued, like all families, with the brutal forces of madness and unpredictability, that I come from a great family that has supported me in their own way at every single endeavor i’ve had the opportunity to engage in. I’m thankful that despite my colorful past, both of my parents thought it important to show me pieces of the world I would not see if we didn’t leave our immediate surroundings on a reguar basis. I am thankful for great mentors and friends who, despite my lack of attention, phone calls, and emails, have each contributed more than they will ever know to my sanity and my strength. I am thankful for our strength.

Today, I am thankful to have already lived a life full of adventures, Today, I am happy……….xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii