It is now 1:10am. Which means it is July 9th. Which means I just turned 25. I feel a little funny about that. Hopefully 25 won't be as mentally hellatious for me as it was for most of my friends. My life has been going well, but falling apart at 25 seems to be a cultural phenomenon these days Read more... )

I went swimming with Michale last night. We had been talking about it for days. She came over after work, and after snacking and procrastinating for a while, we finally got in the car around 7. We decided to go to Seward Park because neither of us had been there for a long time. We swung by her house on the way and took 99 ( Read more... )

So here I sit in my kitchen. It is my last day "but one," as they say here. It's hitting me hard. I didn't sleep much last night, and I'm starting to feel panicked -- In that state where I can't calm down. (It's not helped by the thirty or so tight braids in my hair adding to my tension ( Read more... )

Araboko-Sokoke Forest . . . Another Episode from the Watamu Trip ( Read more... )

Dive 2 ( Read more... )

Sorry it has been so long! The kids have been really monopolizing the computer, and I haven't been near internet in a while. Here's an excerpt from the paper journal about diving in Watamu ( Read more... )

Sunday March 7th ( Read more... )

Warning:This is a rant about Seattle. Reader beware ( Read more... )

That's Life ( Read more... )

Day 12 Kilifi/Dinner with Evarlyn ( Read more... )