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Tell me the season’s almost over, I can wait
May 22, 2008 in Personal · No comments
“I can’t wait until the end of June.”
It was an honest enough comment. But coming from him, my breath caught and I automatically said, “Yes you can.” He sighed and clasped my hand tightly. After a moment he voiced, “this sucks.” And I agreed eagerly.
Read more of this article.It’s freezing in the loneliest winter
May 6, 2008 in Personal · No comments
Discussing my friendships online is difficult for me, let alone my relationship. I generally feel that these are sacred and extremely private, especially considering no one else understands them aside from those in them with me. But I would be remiss to leave Randy out of this.
Read more of this article.Take me in and dry the rain
April 28, 2008 in Personal, Recommended · One comment
April 28, 2008. In exactly four months I will be, in all likelihood, on a plane leaving my world and all I know and love behind. I must be crazy. Who in their right mind willfully goes to be alone in a foreign land, in full knowledge of the fact that they will be unable to communicate properly for weeks and months? This isn’t sane. This isn’t normal. This is the first time in my life I’ve taken a step completely in the dark and totally unaware of where my feet will fall — be it on solid ground or nothing at all.
Read more of this article.meet you at the statue in an hour
April 20, 2008 in Personal · No comments
I am strangely excited for Irkutsk today. I wish I had my visa. I wish I knew what day I was leaving. I am excited to be in Russia, finally living there, breathing everything Russian for an entire ten months. Today I’m not nervous, I’m not scared, I’m not worried… I’m overwhelmingly curious and antsy. I know that next year will be hard, but I know that it will also be full of invaluable life lessons and unpredictable adventures.
Read more of this article.But I learned fast how to keep my head up.
April 11, 2008 in Personal · One comment
I’ve been thinking a lot lately of how difficult it is for me to write on this website as opposed to my previous one. It is much more difficult as my audience is and will be people I know personally. It was one thing to write my thoughts and feelings to the web without really knowing my audience, but I find it is something entirely different to write knowing that people I come in contact with, even on an intermittent basis, will have possibly read.
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