Random thoughts

Wow. So much to do, so little time, so much fun. And some physical and emotional breakthroughs.

Already feeling nostalgic about being here. I'll be sad to leave but happy to go home to Seattle, but then I'll miss being here and be sad about keeping this experience as a mere memory that I shared with 19 other people that were once strangers to me.

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Paul, thank you for calling me on Valentine's Day, even though you didn't realize it was on that day, haha. You are SO sweet with all the quirky letters and camera clips you've sent me. You are so aware of all the little things that I sometimes forget about. I love you!

And thanks to those that have sent me messages, cards and packages for my 23rd birthday out here in Africa. I love you too! Nothing beats being around loved ones for a birthday, but it's pretty cool being in a land far far away in a different kind of spirit too.

Besides, it's only downhill from now right? I'm gonna go home and be all growns up in a growns up kind of schedule to my life. All I need to do before spring quarter is sign the paperwork to graduate the UW. I'm gonna go home and lose a somewhat personal agenda in the Real World and start working in April. For the rest of my life. My gawd! Okay, at least I GOT a job that actually involves real work. But I'll miss the fluidity and vitality of what I'm experiencing now. I couldn't do it forever though, and sometimes things happen so you can appreciate the other sides of life too.

I just got a mosquite bite on my back. Time for bed!