brotherly connections .

Before my brother started college, we would talk to each other pretty rarely. He had high school to deal with, and I had my classes. I had extracurriculars and so did he, but our schedules just didn't seem to mesh up. Despite all of that we always knew that we had each others' backs, would chat if the other needed it, and were supportive through all the challenges that life might bring. Unfortunately, I don't think that we really talked as much as either of us would have wanted to during that time. But it has started to change.

cycling .

So I recently acquired a road bike and all the fixings with hard earned money (so hard to see it leave the account in such a rush though...) and today I went on the third or fourth ever ride on it. A couple of things I've noticed pertain to the fact that road biking is absolutely nothing like mountain biking.

european journey .

Today my brother set off on an adventure that will change his life forever. This afternoon was the last time I'll see him for three weeks. He's traveling to Europe, through the same organization that I traveled with, a sort of student ambassador program. It's amazing to me that it's been so long since I went on mine. The time has truly passed at an extraordinary rate. I was only 16 at the time, and it blows my mind to think that was 4 years ago. At that time, I had no idea what college I was going to or what I was going to study, in fact it probably wasn't in my thoughts at all.