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I’m really stressed and don’t have time to be looking at photos of calmer days but I’m convincing myself that it’s helping me even though it’s probably just making everything worse. If anyone can trade me their brain for the next year, that would be tight cause I think mine is broken. If you don’t wanna give me your noggin, then just any tips on things you do to calm your nerves/anxiety/mind-racing would be very much appreciated thank you • 📷 1 & 2: view of the Green River from Island in the Sky in Canyonlands National Park as a storm rolls over • 📷 3: view of this neat little mesa from my campsite on some tucked away BLM land

The best people in the best place celebrating the best couple @amandagossman and @jay_sun_shark_doodoododoodoodo on the best September day. Love you all so much 💙 • Missing photos of my brother, Katie, and momma but they know I love them too 🤟

🏙👨🏻‍⚕️📚Update📚👨🏻‍⚕️🌃 • I started PA school 2 months ago. It’s really, really hard. And it’s insanely time consuming. But it’s also super interesting and my classmates are the coolest, most inspiring people I could ever dream up. • Chicago is great. And then sometimes it’s not. I miss the mountains. And constant sunshine. And the regenerative, serene, and truly all-encompassing quiet that only wilderness can provide. • Being away from my family is tough. Being away from my friends sucks. Moving to a new city is uncomfortable. Layer these with navigating a new social environment, balancing a suffocating work load, maintaining my own health/spirit/sanity, and enduring a continuous onslaught of new information every single day and I can truly appreciate what it feels like being stretched to my limits. • But there are good things too. I’ve already met some new forever-friends. My roommates are awesome (Moose adores snuggling them all). My family has supported me every step along the way. And I’ve learned more about medicine and (more importantly) about myself in these first few months of starting this journey than I could have ever anticipated. • I’ve had trouble appreciating where I am at times: the phenomenal opportunity that this city, this school, and being surrounded by such beautifully gracious and genuine and inspiring people brings me. While I may lose sight of it quite often, I am truly grateful for it all. • So yeah, it’s been really, really hard. But as I struggle and flounder and search for a breath above the tide, I’m reminded by my mom today... • “Out of the entire universe you are right where you need to be” • And I have to agree • -ev 💙

🏜🌵🌞desert dreamin🌞🌵🏜 • #Canyonlands #MesaArch #IslandInTheSky #LaSalMountains #NationalParks #FindYourPark #ItsAllYours #GoParks #Moab #MoabUtah #Utah #Desert #DesertSeason #DesertVibes #RIMBY #MountainStandard #SuperBueno #DreamSeason #PowerOnCompadres #AdventureReadySpirit #OptOutside #GetOutside #GetOutStayOut #GetAway #Outdoors #Outside #WildernessCulture

🌀What. A. Whirlwind🌀 • It has been a WILD few weeks. Among the biggest life event I’ve had in a long time of moving to Chicago to begin PA school, I’ve also had tons of other things going on that have taken up a lot of time/energy/focus etc. Here is a list of some of the most recent significant happenings in the life of ev • (5/3-5/4) My brother @sr__lopez graduated nursing school and we spent a night in Scottsbluff, NE to help celebrate • (5/5) We had an amazingly fun graduation party to continue celebrating Tay • (5/6) @zachariah.west , Tay, and I drove to Moab, Utah to spend a few nights in the desert • (5/7-5/10) We mountain biked, hiked, swam, and explored Arches, Canyonlands, Dead Horse Point, and many more spots in the beautiful Southern Utah desert all the while dancing around Utah’s insufferable liquor laws 😑 • (5/10) Two years since my incredible stepdad, Craig, passed away 💜 • (5/12) We celebrated Mother’s Day with a wonderful brunch alongside my three favorite ladies: mom, stepmom (@westherdmom), and grandma • (Also 5/12) Tay, @ktsovine , Z and I went out on the town to celebrate Zachariah FINALLY turning 21 🎉🍻🍾 • (5/14) Tay, Z and I drove from FC to Des Moines and were pleasantly surprised by the pretty prairie views and 🔥 gas station pizza • (5/15) We drove from Des Moines to Chicago managing to hit my first taste of this awful traffic 😤 • (Also 5/15) MOOSE TURNED 8 YEARS OLD, YOU GUYS 🎉🐶🎂 • (5/16) The brothers left at 4 AM and I began spending the next few days exploring my neighborhood and getting my room setup in a new house/city/state/universe • (5/18) I went to a Sox game with the roommates - what felt like an inaugural step to becoming a true (temporary) Chicagoan • (5/18) My 4th year in burritos wrapped up (😜). And while I didn’t get very many this year as expected due to financial/location/caloric restrictions, I will continue to document every burrito I eat for... science? Yeah, for science 🧬🔬🌯 • Thank you to everyone that has helped make this move and this insane last few months (years, even) happen. You all are more important to me than I could ever express and I’m grateful I get to walk this earth alongside y’all 🙏

I said goodbye to Colorado today. • I wanted to write something deep and profound. Something gracious and optimistic. Something about opportunity and growth and embracing the change. • But I just don’t feel like that today. • It is hard to leave the mountains, my family, and so many friends behind. Say goodbye to the only place I’ve ever called home. Hug my parents the last time for months and watch the foothills fade into prairie behind me. • It’s tough. But I don’t want to ignore my emotions, because they are there for a reason. I’m going to sit with these feelings tucked close to my chest: the loss and doubt, discomfort and fear. Move forward with them. Honor them. • Maybe tomorrow the excitement will set in and the opportunity will be more apparent and the sky will be brighter and I’ll be able to see the city as the incredible home it’s likely going to be. • But I feel sad today. And I think that’s okay 💙 • #Colorado #Home

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