Credit to my buddy Reeti for the title pun.

Two weeks ago I spent the weekend in Berlin, Germany. Since getting back I’ve been trying to find a way to write about my experience in a way that’ll do it justice, but it’s proven to be quite the challenge. There was something so real about the city and the time I spent there, and I don’t know if I’m literally articulate enough to capture it in writing, but I’m going to try.

For the last few weeks, Wednesdays have naturally become surf day.  Being from Southern California, my name has been thrown around as “the girl that is going to teach us all to surf.”  Those who have attended these “surf lessons” will gladly tell you that all I really do is push them into waves and hope that they will stand up after a few tries.

London is one of those cities that you dream of seeing your whole life.  I have always been fascinated with British culture.

I’d like to think I’ve learned a few solid lessons throughout my life. Don’t sit on top of an air-conditioning vent with your phone in your back pocket. Don’t put your wallet on top of the car while gassing it, promptly forget, and drive away. Don’t put lip balm through the dryer. You get the idea. Life’s about making mistakes, but only if you’re able to learn from them, and I’ve discovered that I seem to repeatedly attract disaster as I awkwardly fumble through this life. Allow me to elaborate: here is the story of how I got to Freiburg.

March 9, 2016 12:55pm

"God grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change

The Courage to change the things I can

And the Wisdom to know the difference."

- The Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr 

The Serenity Prayer, that I quoted above, is a prayer much about the abnegation of control.