whirlwind.

Allow me to catch my breath for a moment.

Phew.

It’s been a hectic past month-and-a-half, but really, when do things not seem hectic lately? Maybe it’s only a psychological thing, and I’m forcing myself to believe that I’m so busy, just so I don’t feel guilty about not doing anything productive. When I look back at the past month and a half, I’m hard-pressed to say just what I’ve *accomplished* over that period. But man, it feels like I’ve *done* a lot.

First, I went to Italy. Some pictures I took on that trip are here. Basically, it was a 9-day family trip to Rome and the north, built on the pretense of dropping my sister off for her semester abroad. We did one of those guided bus tour things, which I probably would never do if I were planning my own vacation, but it did have its advantages — never once did we have to wait in line for more than 20 minutes or so to get into anything. That alone might be worth the price of admission. If you can’t tell from the tags in the photoset, we basically did: Rome for two nights, an afternoon in Pisa, Florence for two nights, an afternoon in Verona, Venice for two nights, then another night in Rome. The ‘rents stayed an extra two days in Rome to help get the sis moved into her new dorm and everything. Overall, it was an awesome trip; more than anything it makes me wish I had more time and money to travel right now.

Since then, there’s been lots of running around. I went to a bunch of family events (for my great grandmother’s 102nd birthday), a bunch of informational meetings and info sessions, ran a half marathon in Philadelphia, and generally did a lot of obsessing and fretting over “the future” and other Big Concepts like that. If I’ve learned anything about myself over the past two years since graduating from college, it’s that I am virtually incapable of not obsessing over that. I’ve been trained all my life to look forward. It’s definitely not a bad thing, being forward-looking. But it does cause me to worry when I don’t know what the next step is or should be. In fact, I’d say that I often just worry about things that are uncertain. That said, the things that are certain in my recent life have tended to make me very happy.

OK, I’m done. Just needed to get that off my chest. Time to go back to the normal flow of things.

I’m working on a new freelance design project, as well as some other, more personal projects. There should be some more updates on this site pretty soon.

-D