#pnwsoulinchicago

[kaleidescope-soul]

Tbh, I spend most of my days #dreaming of #adventures in other places. (I know, this comes as a shock to no one.) I'm trying to be more present. But recently I like the world in my head better. #pnwsoulinchicago #zeliji #mosaic #fountain #garfieldparkconservatory #youmaysayImadreamer

[kaleidescope-soul]

🎶And Michael, you would fall, and turn this white snow red as strawberries in the summertime🎵 #pnwsoulinchicago #chicagofinallygotsnow #spendingmylifewaitingforthebus #itsmidmarchforthosekeepingtrack

[kaleidescope-soul]

"You can never have too much sky . You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad. Here there is too much sadness and not enough sky. Butterflies too are few and so are flowers and most things that are beautiful. Still, we take what we can get and make the best of it." -Sandra Cisneros #pnwsoulinchicago #hopeflickers #likeatealightonchicagostreets

[kaleidescope-soul]

Thankful for the sun finally deciding to show its face. #vitaminddeficiency #morningcommute #pnwsoulinchicago #chicagoskyline #pinklineplatform (at West Side, Chicago)

[kaleidescope-soul]

When we get a day off, we go to the museums #bestpartofchicago #chagallwindows #artinstituteofchicago #pnwsoulinchicago (at The Art Institute of Chicago)

[kaleidescope-soul]

Listening to Obama's farewell address that is taking place just a few miles north of here on the South Loop of Chicago, in between there and where Obama first got into community organizing, on our jank little radio. It's feeling a bit full circle right now. #pnwsoulinchicago (at West Englewood, Chicago)

[kaleidescope-soul]

#sappyandgross Now that I have to get up earlier than A does to get to work, #goodmorning #notes have been replaced by #welcomehome notes. Cosmically speaking, I thought I would've had to be a way better person to deserve a dude like the one I married. #pnwsoulinchicago (at Englewood Southside)

[kaleidescope-soul]

@jax.brennan inspired my day-late #wcw today. #Shoutout to my lovely #adventurebuddy @dvc122 , who thought not only to send me a very personal #postcard while she's #adventuring in #Cambodia, but also wrote an incredibly meaningful and personal love note on the back that managed to actually remind me of who I am. In the midst of this incredibly difficult year in a city and a program that I can't bring myself to love, spending all my energy fighting a mental health crisis, I'd forgotten. I am loved. I am #soworthloving. And when I am myself, I'm a decently kick-ass person. And I'm so grateful for the people I have in my life who relentlessly remind me of those three things. #swl #pnwsoulinchicago #notforlong #onemoreweek #belovedfriends #adventurebuddies #thankful #sheremindedmeImadreamer #butImnottheonlyone

[kaleidescope-soul]

Days like this make me so grateful that A & I are headed back to the #leftcoast to live and work among the mountains and trees. #selfcare #eatclean #cantwait #pnwsoulinchicago #Ididlikethisrestauranttho #latergram

[kaleidescope-soul]

My lines aren't quite straight, my pencils need sharpening, and I couldn't find my eraser. But even without erasing any of my mistakes, my housemate recognized which house on the block it was, so I'll take that as a win. #pnwsoulinchicago #beginner #sketches (at West Englewood, Chicago)

[kaleidescope-soul]

Glimpses into Kristin's life: on mornings that I fall asleep on my commute and just barely miss my stop, this mural/shop greets me. I always feel like the chicken's fear of what's gonna happen after the Hispanic patron who will likely buy him puts my worry of being late to work in perspective. 😅 #pnwsoulinchicago #randomthingsIsee #pollosvivos #livechickens #notforlong (at Chicago, Illinois)

[kaleidescope-soul]

Our kind of place. #darkmattercoffee #pnwsoulinchicago #twoofus

[kaleidescope-soul]

Good vibes are hard to hold onto when you live "in community" with 6 people from all walks of life in a foreign city. Playing #Bollywood party #music during work helps bring them back though. #pnwsoulinchicago #yoga #coffee #kusanyacafe #freshroastedbeans #latergram #thankfulformycoworkers #puttingupwithwierdmusic

[kaleidescope-soul]

#mcm goes out to this hipster. #pnwsoulinchicago #husband #trumpetplayer

[kaleidescope-soul]

#Datenight with my love and 50 other better swing dancers than us. #pnwsoulinchicago #perksofchicago #hellagooddancers #eastcoastswing #charlestondancing #lindyhop (at Big City Swing)

[kaleidescope-soul]

#tbt to only a month ago when my parents where in town and I got to show them the good bits of #Chitown #pnwsoulinchicago #Navypier #focusingonthepositive #Isurvivedfebruary #soIwouldlikeacookieplease