Mati

Today is Matisse’s birthday. She turned 25! Matisse is the best big sister, ever. Seriously. I look up to her in everything. She is the one that I turn to when I need help with any design projects because she is such an astounding designer. She is also my best travel buddy. Especially for road trips. Just last semester we drove to Canada together for a Dostoevsky conference at the University of Vancouver. Road tripping with your best friend is one of the best things you can do. While the conference was pretty boring (the scholarly lectures were next to impossible to follow), we had an amazing time in Canada. That was the first time I ever went to Canada. It was also my first time getting a passport. Oh man, such good memories. It was weird though because we went to a park with a lot of hiking trials, we randomly ran into her ex-boyfriend. Of all of the places in the world, at that exact moment we ran into her ex-boyfriend. We weren’t too stoked about that, but the hike we went on was very pleasant.

Matisse is just the best. She makes impulse decisions and lives life. Seriously though, the trip to Canada was a spur of the moment trip, but is one of the best things I have ever done in my life. I feel so fortunate to be Matisse’s sister––she makes life exciting.