wanderlust

I've been tucked up in my room reading Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell and drafting that research paper and wishing I was in Europe. Looking at colleges makes my head ache because they all silently scream, "here, here, look at me, come over here, give us your time and money and energy" and I wish they would stop. Every week I try to reason with my homework and write letters but the words don't come and the sums don't add up and the formulas don't write themselves. I want to run. I want to fly. I want to ride trains and go to Westminster and the Vatican and Le Tour Eiffel and the Empire State Building and try to forget that I have hundreds of pieces of scholastic paper waiting for me at home. I keep telling myself that the time will come and that it will all be over soon and I can daydream to my heart's content. 


and there are times i know when i will have to chase you
the further from my side you go, the longing grows
::james vincent mcmorrow

8 comments:

  1. Hey! I wish I was in Europe right along with you. Sigh. Oh, I also recently found a used copy of 'Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell' for $1.25. I'm looking forward to reading and dreaming some more.

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  2. oh gosh, i melted at this. i know the feeling, sweetheart. it'll be over sooner than you think.

    ps. JVM. *SQUEE*

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  3. I sympathize with you because I know what it's like to be looking for colleges and working on homework that doesn't seem to be working at all. And it's so difficult to stay away from daydreaming...

    Jemimah C. // Ink & Iridescence

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  4. I know right!? I want to go to Europe so bad! And, even though I'm not old enough to go to college yet, I'm taking a college preparation class and they are forcing me to find a college. I on't even know what major I'm going to pursue. :P So I understand how that feels.

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  5. I wish I could travel too! There's just something so enchanting about Europe... I want to go and just sit in parks and cafes, soak in Europe, and take pictures to my heart's content :) Someday... :)
    -mal

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  6. You are so lovely! I love this. And I know what you mean about it all... ug.

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  7. Oh wanderlust, I'm well acquainted with that word.

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