katealaurel

For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet
For auld lang syne.

It’s a quiet New Year’s Eve here– my plans fell through, and I’m leaving for Istanbul in the morning to see friends visiting from the US, in any case– so I’m sitting in my window, watching the dark street while the clock ticks closer to midnight.

To be a little introspective for a moment (it’s sanctioned at this time of the year, anyway), it’s been a momentous year for me. Writing my thesis, winning a Fulbright, graduating from college, a summer in Americorps, moving to Turkey, and all the changes since that move. It’s been a momentous decade, too; the decade of becoming an adult is pretty neatly framed by 2000 and 2010 for me. I have no idea what the next ten years will bring.

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