using valium while traveling has made making friends so easy it is ridiculous.
all the times i spent in hostels being too scared to walk up and ask “can i join you guys” completely dispelled, like smoke in the wind. i feel free, like truly free. unburdened by a weight i did not even realize i could shake off or was even carrying and the only thing that tempers that joyous realization is knowing i could have felt like this so much sooner if i had just tried it sooner.