Up.

I just had the best weekend, and I'm so grateful for it! I ate quickly melting Ample Hills ice cream cones with some best friends at the beach. I bar hopped while linking arms with a friend walking down Franklin Ave singing Shania Twain tunes. I cried at the Amy Winehouse documentary and then toasted her at a German beer garden after the film. With friends, I walked through the park, sat outside, ate tacos. I laughed so much and danced and spent too much money. I got a few more freckles and felt like myself more than I have in a while. Things are looking up.

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