The other day some random guy at the grocery store said the typical "Hi. How are you?" and part of me really wanted to respond. "I'm fine. How you too?" I miss it. Not gonna lie...I miss the abililty to talk in the middle of a grocery store and not worry when I see people looking at me. I miss rice. I know you can eat it here, but it just doesn't ( Read more... )

It's definitely been over a month. But you know that - you learned how to tell time years ago. Things just don't seem interesting enough to actually sit down and write about since I've been home. Normal everyday things...subbing is good, when they call. I've done Kindergarten twice and third grade twice. After this morning (my second kindergarten) ( Read more... )

So class was good. I ended up getting a really good grade, which is kind of scary since dude told us that if you show that grade to a DOS he or she will expect a lot from you...but I suppose that will be better than not much being expected of me and therefore not getting a job. Still having issues deciding where and when though...I think I'm afraid ( Read more... )

Rome is beautiful. That is all. I'll post more when I don't have a million things to do before I leave tonight.

Goodness. Simple things that have been occupying my time and/or distracting me

1. I think there are bugs in my bed. Really. At first I just thought that it was mosquitos, but my roommates aren't getting bit and they really don't look like mosquito bites. How gross. I thought bedbugs were a figment of someone's imagination. Five more nights.
2. I have my ( Read more... )

It's so different now that I don't have constant internet access...or an amazing amount of free time. Haha. My first week in Barcelona could have been better, but it certainly could have been worse. After my flight delay on Sunday, my baggage got lost, so when I finally arrived in Barcelona I spent the first half hour waiting and watching the ( Read more... )

So far, both my flight from Chicago to London and my flight from London to Barcelona have been delayed (I actually didn't make the connecting flight I was booked for...I saw it take off as we were moving toward our gate, at least what was probably my flight). See, these are the things that make me wonder along the supposed to line again...but ( Read more... )

"Let's set our watches forward like we're just arriving here, from a past we left in a place we knew too well." - The Weakerthans. I've been thinking about how weird that phrase would be when I came home since the first time I'd heard the song cause it fits...

Man is it strange to be back, in an oh so familiar way. I love the fact that I've gotten ( Read more... )

Without a doubt the weirdest birthday ever...I spent the first two hours with a middle-aged Chinese man. That's all you get unless you call or email me cause I'm back home in two days and although it might not make for a better story if I tell it in person, it's an incentive :) Haha.

PS. No, nothing like that, sickos. :)  

So. I'm officially done. I wish that I had a way of properly putting my feelings into words, but I'm having a hard time just defining them in general. Saturday Diana left, Tuesday and yesterday I gave my final exams, today I had my sophomores over to say goodbye. I never expected that I would care this much that I was leaving. China has not been/is ( Read more... )