memory lane monday

This week's memory lane monday is in honor of my sister-in-law, Carolina. The first time I met Carolina was at the end of the summer in 2007. I had just returned from doing an internship in Brazil. Luis, his brother and his sister-in-law were about to leave to go on a roadtrip to see Carolina in San Francisco and they had invited me to go. I remember instantly feeling welcome in Carolina's little apartment. Carolina was even gracious enough to sleep on a recliner chair so that I could sleep on the couch :) Little did I know back then that Carolina would move to Utah and we would become BFFs. I don't have very many memories of this past year that don't include Carolina. She has been there for everything.

We cooked an entire Thanksgiving dinner together (it was my first time ever).

She was there with Luis and me for Christmas when we were too poor to go see our parents.

We were together for each other's birthdays.

She was there for my graduation and threw me an awesome party.
And those are just the big events. The list doesn't include the countless hours we've spent just hanging out or eating out or even just chatting online. But in life, there are always big changes. And this week marks a big one for Carolina. She is moving back to Texas. It makes me sad that she can't come over to my place after work and that I don't have a built-in buddy to hang out with on the weekends anymore. But I wish her the best and I hope that she accomplishes all of the goals she has set for herself.