It's getting near home time, which means I can't think of anything else.
Being home is full-body joy all the time.

It's been almost a year since I've been home long enough to really get back into the swing of it, to let the Buffalo seep back out of my pores without any Boston blockages.

T-Gives is a wonderful little prelude to the whole Christmas ( Read more... )

"
I
LOVE

MY

COUNTRY
AND
I'M
TAKING
IT

BACK.
"

We just ran down Ashford, and then everyone cried and laughed and then CRIED for so long.
OVERCOME.

This is it.
I will likely be in the van when it's decided.

The trite though accurate way to describe how I feel right now is the clicking, rumbling sound the roller coaster makes on its climb to the top of the first hill.

Between the caffeine, the thoughtful little Peace Corps-related e-mails popping up on Gmail, and.....THE FACT THAT NOVEMBER FOURTH IS TOMORROW ...

...THE
FACT
THAT
ELECTION
DAY
IS
TOMORROW...

...I am using every ounce of strength I have to focus.

[Also, dipsets, how moving was TheStencil's election day-eve post?]

EDIT: from El Stence, again:

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So, yeah.  It was pretty great.


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O hai can this be a Katherine's life more of the time?
Thanks.

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Backstory:  I often run into my friend Jesse at night when we pass each other outside of FitRec.  He is usually hugging the wall, and I am usually not, and we laugh at the creepitude and move on.  We'd previously discussed our propensity to meet only in the dark and it has become a running joke ( Read more... )

Thankful For:
-tetanus shots
-linocaine
-ibuprofen
-Robbie and Marshall
-comfortable gurneys
-adorable/affable med students who talk seriously with you and then wiggle their ears with a straight face.

Neutral About:
-three staples in my head

Could Totally Do Without:
-sharp-edged dorm furniture

(1) I have a midterm, resume, and ESL lesson plan to be working on. 
(2) For tomorrow.
(3) I cannot tear myself from the debate.  
(4) I need to get to Ohio.

"I feel like I am in the primate house at the zoo, and _____ is some sort of cute little nocturnal creature lounging in its natural habitat inside a case, and I am the child at the zoo on a sugar high, lips stained with red dye from a freezie pop, who decides to repeatedly Tap On The Glass."