I am infatuated by spoons. I'm not really sure why. I find this specific utensil to be friendlier than the other common ones (fork, knife). I think the shape is pleasing. Additionally, some of the most delicous foods (tomato soup, peanut butter, chocolate chip cookie dough, canned peaches) are eaten with spoons.

My collection numbers 79 currently, and I am always adding to it. Some of the best spoons I have are a gold one from Las Vegas, and souvenir ones from Oregon, George Washington University (courtesy of one of my high school friends), and my very own Philadelphia. My newest addition is from Nova Scotia!, where I went last week with my daddy.

My dad is a crazy dude. He's also one of my best friends. But his latest crazy idea is to retire to Nova Scotia. So, he bought a small house in Atlantic...I'm sure none of you will know where that is because there is absolutely nothing in Atlantic except for dirt, rocks, trees, and ocean. And bunnies. HUGE HUGE HUGE bunnies. It's all very pretty. Very pretty dirt, rocks, trees, ocean, and bunnies. And ducks. And cranes. But yeah. The closest town is Shelburne...heard of that? It's an hour or so from Lunenburg, which you also might have heard of, and two hours or so from Halifax, the capital.

So my daddy and I roadtripped to Nova Scotia. We took a five-hour ferry from Portland, Maine to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia...probably a twelve or thirteen hour trip one way. We ate dinner in Shelburne one night at a beautiful restaurant called Charlotte Lane. Here's a Charlotte Lane spoon:

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Or sort of easy. Maybe not as easy as I would like it to be. A lot to do!

My public speaking class is not a joke at all! We're doing the same amount of work as there would be in a full 15-week semester...but the summer semester is only 6 weeks.

My lease started yesterday on my apartment in South Philly. I've moved in a lot of stuff, and just need to get toilet paper, trash bags, stuff like that. The first party will be on Thursday! Housewarming and my friend's birthday...I'm excited!

I've settled into my internship at Perfect Weddings, a wedding/event planning agency in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, and it's going along well! The other interns are very nice to work with, and this is definitely a great way to decide if I'd like to own an event planning company some day.

I've also been busy getting all the forms together for Granada. I need to go to the Spanish Consulate in New York soon to apply for my visa. I think that's the last thing I need to do though! I got all my courses approved last week, and what's awesome is that I'll finish all the requirements for my spanish minor in Granada! Fitting, right?

I'm jealous of my old roommate, Emily, because she's spending a month or two in Italy this summer doing some sort of journalism program. I stole one of her pictures, which shows the street littered with flower petals after a parade marched through:

Are you guys doing anything exciting this summer?

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