Hey girls! okay - so sorry i haven't written until now. sarah - yes, a big thank you for putting this thing together! wow...so how are all my european adventure friends!? i too have come to realize that being in europe where the only thing to worry about during the day was what major attraction to go visit and what to eat for dinner - pizza? or just more gelato? - was a pretty amazing thing. oh how i miss those days. but am so thankful for the two months i had to travel with all of you. i was looking at my pictures just a few days ago and i was thinking about how awesome it was to see things like the eiffel tower, and the swiss alps, and the coast of the cinque terre, but most of all how awesome it was to get to know all of you and become closer friends. you all mean very much to me. so...a quick recap of what's been going on in my life lately. i got home from europe and got engaged right before thanksgiving. went home to colorado for the holidays. moved back to chicago in jan. where i am now currently planning a wedding (june 17th - write it in your calendars!) and nannying for a little six year old girl five days a week. yep...five days...i agree tara..five is just too many days. but she's a cool kid and we have fun together. it's actually a sweet job because she has like all these activities she goes to after school every day so i just sit around in starbucks drinking hot things and reading books until she's done. so no complaints. that's basically all i do right now. i get to hang out with whitney more now that i'm back in CHI town so that's sweet..but she ditched me and left for california for a while. booooo! i miss all of you tons! we seriously had such great times together. dang - we are all sooo funny! allright - i'm off to bed but i will write again soon. It was so good to read the updates on what's going on with all of you. keep 'em coming! Happy Valentines Day to all of you