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We watched a baby deer jump over a fence and it wa

We watched a baby deer jump over a fence and it was like a gift from the universe. 🦌

Alex is in the shower so I can’t add a location

Alex is in the shower so I can’t add a location because I never actually know where I am or where I’ve been. But it’s pretty.

Things you come across on the side of the road in

Things you come across on the side of the road in Colorado.

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This is a dad joke waiting to happen.

This is a dad joke waiting to happen.

It’s not an authentic outdoor experience if I do

It’s not an authentic outdoor experience if I don’t take any photos of my shoes.

We barely encountered anyone on our hike, though I

We barely encountered anyone on our hike, though I did hear the distant wails of a human child. I’m told that’s their default setting.

Every perfect little pine cone earns heaps of atte

Every perfect little pine cone earns heaps of attention on our hikes.

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It was a good day for Lord of the Rings quotes 🧙🏻‍♂️🏔

100% okay with wearing a mask this day and everyda

100% okay with wearing a mask this day and everyday. Daily bank robber style is really all I’ve ever wanted. #introvertlife

If you’d told me on our wedding day that we’d

If you’d told me on our wedding day that we’d celebrate our five year anniversary in Denver under quarantine during a pandemic by making vegan cacio e pepe— yeah, I probably would have believed you.
Happy 5, Alex! I’m an alien, you’re a robot, and everyone else is boring.

This is how you celebrate your 5 Year Anniversary

This is how you celebrate your 5 Year Anniversary in quarantine 👩‍❤️‍👨🥑 There’s no one else I’d rather spend 39 days (and counting) in isolation with.

Four weeks of Staying at Home has only exacerbated

Four weeks of Staying at Home has only exacerbated my unhealthy obsession with squirrels.

It’s baby making time in Goose World 🐦

It’s baby making time in Goose World 🐦

Just tromping about on some lava flow cliffs and s

Just tromping about on some lava flow cliffs and spying on prairie dogs. Typical Colorado.

I saw the happiest dog on this hike, just rolling

I saw the happiest dog on this hike, just rolling around in the snowpack like it was a form of worship, mouth open like the world was one big snack.

Social distancing at its finest. Stay safe, human

Social distancing at its finest.
Stay safe, humans.
Listen to scientists 👩🏻‍🔬

As always, a life changing trip. Thanks, Panama! T

As always, a life changing trip. Thanks, Panama! Time to level up.

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We may or may not be browsing apartments every cha

We may or may not be browsing apartments every chance we find WiFi.

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Totally worth the sunburn 🌞

Totally worth the sunburn 🌞

Happiest stray dogs in the world live on this isla

Happiest stray dogs in the world live on this island.

Lonely Planet said Isla Grande was a 10 minute boa

Lonely Planet said Isla Grande was a 10 minute boat ride from Puerto Lindo— pretty sure our guy got us there in about 90 seconds. 🚤

Howler monkeys wake us up every morning at 5AM. NO

Howler monkeys wake us up every morning at 5AM. NO COMPLAINTS 🐒

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Here you go, lovers of trees 🍃

Here you go, lovers of trees 🍃

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I’m so happy I have photos of Alex zip lining be

I’m so happy I have photos of Alex zip lining because the thigh-gooshing photos of me shall never see the light of day.

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I will never not be excited about monkeys. Especia

I will never not be excited about monkeys. Especially howler monkeys, who sound a bit terrifying when they’re all riled up together.

🙋🏼‍♀️I’ll protect the animals. *puts

🙋🏼‍♀️I’ll protect the animals. *puts capybara in backpack*
Don’t question the fit, you can’t even imagine the things I’ve brought home in this backpack over the last 13 years.

There’s probably something incredibly interestin

There’s probably something incredibly interesting happening three feet to my right— but I’m too busy going oooo fungus!

View from the top of the canopy 😍

View from the top of the canopy 😍

Traveling from Denver to sea level-ish makes me fe

Traveling from Denver to sea level-ish makes me feel like a god among men. *sprints to the top of the canopy*

There were at least eight coatis in this little tr

There were at least eight coatis in this little troop, scouring for forest snacks.

Me, preparing to go outside for 15 minutes.

Me, preparing to go outside for 15 minutes.

Standby for 9 million photos of trees

Standby for 9 million photos of trees

Oldest European colonial city on the Pacific— sa

Oldest European colonial city on the Pacific— sacked by Henry Morgan + 1200 of his pirate buddies, before he went off to drink himself to death in Jamaica.

Adios, America 🇵🇦

Adios, America 🇵🇦

I beat Alex at skee-ball, BOW DOWN BETCHES. Just k

I beat Alex at skee-ball, BOW DOWN BETCHES. Just kidding, most of you are lovely and I don’t even like that word.

Please, I beg of you. STOP.

Please, I beg of you. STOP.

When we were planning our trip to India I was like

When we were planning our trip to India I was like "do we really need to see the Taj Mahal? I mean, is it cliche?" <-- so there you go, proof I am still prone to terrible decision making. Because, yes. You should always see the Taj Mahal when the Taj Mahal is on offer. ⁠
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#ThrowbackThursday

Oh hi there, didn't see you on the ceiling.

Oh hi there, didn't see you on the ceiling.

I don’t know why anyone has anything negative to

I don’t know why anyone has anything negative to say about millennials. We’re just over here trying to find a way to combine putt-putt + 🍻+ trippy black lights + yummy snacks + aliens.

From one of my top three favorite books of all tim

From one of my top three favorite books of all time. 🖤⁠
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#1. Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis⁠
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#2. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers⁠
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aaaaaaaand I'm not sure who gets the #3 slot. I think I need to stand in my office and spin in a circle until my eyes magically land on the right bookshelf. ⁠
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What are your top three favorites?

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There is a version of me that had many things to say about this New Year. Or, more specifically, about New Year’s Eve 2009, and what it feels like inside my body to know that night was 10 years ago.
That version of me was unable to show up for the internet, but the version of me that’s writing this post is a big believer in do overs, so maybe I’ll get there eventually.

Anyways. Having just read the last page of Know My Name by Chanel Miller, I now have an overwhelming desire to reach through whatever screen you’re reading this on and place a copy of this book— written by the woman who wrote the viral victim impact statement in Brock Turner’s sexual assault case— into your hands.
But that would be inconsiderate. Because this book is a lot. It’s taken me over a month to get through it and I’m a committed reader. A real badass, whatever.
I wouldn’t have been able to read this book 10 years ago, 9 years ago, 8 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, or 3 years ago. The last two years have been different. And if I am capable of producing one reluctant emotion or thought for you today, it’s to suggest that maybe you should read this book. Perhaps not today or this year or the next 10 years but someday.

There are 357 pages. On Page 138, the author speaks of her mother, who grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution before moving to the states and having a family in California: “When I listened to her, I understood: You have to hold out to see how your life unfolds, because it is most likely beyond what you can imagine. It is not a question of if you will survive this, but what beautiful things await you when you do. I had to believe her, because she was living proof. Then she said, ‘Good and bad things come from the universe holding hands. Wait for the good to come.’” I am also living proof. Please believe me, believe her, and believe the part of yourself that knows this is true. Sometimes we have to wait for it, but the good will come.

Hands down (*badum-ching*) one of the most amazing

Hands down (*badum-ching*) one of the most amazing places I've ever been. We spent hours just wandering from temple to temple out in the jungle and didn't see a single other foreigner-- until we came to some random temple full of middle aged white people on pilgrimage, touching their foreheads and bowing to a shrine. I was all "When in India" but Alex grasped me by both shoulders and steered me away before I was recruited into (yet another) cult. ⁠
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#ThrowbackThursday to January 2018.

You've never seen a human more pleased with hersel

You've never seen a human more pleased with herself than I am in those precious moments after I make my own hummus.

Lord of The Rings-athon has begun— started at 8:

Lord of The Rings-athon has begun— started at 8:45AM, on target to end by 9PM— hope the rest of you are enjoying your new healthy lives, I shan’t be leaving this couch today.

Happy 2020! Hope it all works out.

Happy 2020! Hope it all works out.

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