I’ve started my second summer with Southwestern and I just finished my first week on the book field. I’m super excited about the week to come. I’ve had such a great time getting to know the people here in San Antonio. It’s so different from last summer and it’s only been a week!

My host family is an amazing couple. They are so friendly, inviting, and I’d love to spend more time with them. They’ve got a beautiful home. Janet’s a wonderful decorator and Jim is just too funny! 

Biggest difference this summer is that I don’t have a car. I’m biking everywhere. It’s challenging and sometimes hard, but ultimately rewarding. It’s gonna be a hot summer too, but since I love hot weather, shouldn’t be a problem. And bright side, I’ll definitely stay fit this summer!  

I’ve already got a bunch of stories and people that I’ll remember meeting forever. I’ve met some awesome families who really care about their children, whether they bought  books or not. And it’s really amazing how much I’ve learned from them and from this summer so far. 

I’m also really excited for and proud of all our first year kids that have made it through their very first week! 

I’m excited to win that buffalo pin this week! And sit down with all the cool moms and dads in town. Everybody’s gettin’ them! 

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More Facts on Psychofacts :)

Yeah, this is my life.

commontree:

I believe that there is nothing new under the sun

But I discovered that at times

It’s not under the sun where there are things to to search for (Mas mejor en ingles… it’s not under the sun where you should look)

Doggy rhythm.

Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters — sometimes very hastily — but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, “Dear Jim: I loved your card.” Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said, “Jim loved your card so much he ate it.” That to me was one of the highest compliments I’ve ever received. He didn’t care that it was an original Maurice Sendak drawing or anything. He saw it, he loved it, he ate it.

Maurice Sendak.

I hope some day someone will eat my art.

(via grandrogyny)

Drinking is an emotional thing. It joggles you out of the standardism of everyday life, out of everything being the same. It yanks you out of your body and your mind and throws you against the wall. I have the feeling that drinking is a form of suicide where you’re allowed to return to life and begin all over the next day. It’s like killing yourself, and then you’re reborn. I guess I’ve lived about ten or fifteen thousand lives now.

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I love this song.

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