all of the captain's cards are kings

sitting in the commons lecture hall today, it occurred to me that the next month could be one of the greatest of my entire life. peep this itinerary:

1. two concerts – cake in richmond and citizen cope in d.c.
2. ten days in costa rica
   
3. christmas
   
4. new years in an enormous house at nags head with some of my best friends on earth
5. a couple of days in chicago

i finally feel like one of those people that has the awesome break, and everyone else is jealous.