I’ve been

in the greatest mood lately. I quit smoking (!), I’ve been managing all my homework quite well, and I’ve been listening to “Snails” by The Format (!) nonstop. That song makes me a happy person, no matter what kind of day I’m having.

The weather is beautiful, the leaves are changing, it’s sunny every morning. Fall is my favorite season and I’m so excited to be alive and outside and doing amazing things with my life.

And furthermore, it has occurred to me that I am very happy with Vinny—just knowing he’s there is really nice—and that I’m really lucky to have a best friend that I can pick up with right where we left off whenever I see him. But even if things don’t work out, I have recently become very confident in the fact that there is someone in the world that will meet me and be amazed and stunned by me and will want to give me all the love he possibly can. And the uncertainty of who and when and where makes it that much more exciting to me.

I have become a chronically happy person. This is wonderful!