love buddies, and my lack thereof.

"...she is an unmarried woman of [nineteen], and as such should expect little more than a crust of bread washed down with a cup of loneliness." -pride and prejudice and zombies

maybe it's just my current relationship status talking, but does it seem like everyone has a love buddy or what!? all the people are getting engaged. all the people are getting married. even all the freshmen are holding hands already. relationships. relationships everywhere.

i'm happy for all you in domestic partnerships, i am. and i am definitely not trying to get married right now. it's just sorta lame when the boy i would hold hands with lives 1,000,000 miles away in central america and i have the empty-mailbox-blues.

i think i'll catch up on my correspondence

i wrote lots of letters today.

18 pages, front and back! (name it...)

actually it was like 9 pages front and back.

lots of friends who live far away right now.

i love getting mail. i love sending it too.

i love the thought that someone took the time to write on some paper just for me.

and i love that tiny feeling of doubt that you get when you drop a letter in the mailbox.

you just have to have faith that your letter will reach that person

and not get lost or forgotten on the way.

emailing and texting are good.

but there's nothing like opening the mailbox

and seeing your name handwritten on a beaten-up envelope.

i love it.