| | Hi Everybody
Shame on me for not having updated.
The BIG news is that I am almost finished up here. I dont think I need to give any details - you probably know already, or you know where to get the information. In the next few weeks, you might start seeing me pop up on the radar in a town near you. . . .
So how do I feel? I am a bit overwhelmed. I have been working like crazy on a book of chemistry questions and answers. And that sentence didnt quite capture it. I mean, I've really been working harder than I've worked on a project before, and that I've almost driven myself crazy in the process. Thank goodness one of my students has been working on solving the questions with me, and helping me collaborate. For his trouble, he gets a better understanding of how to answer these questions, so I figure its a good exchange for him.
Other than that very massive block of my life, I have been trying to wind things up here at my school. I had a going away party that was pretty successful, and drew a variety of people (mostly peace corps) and left me with an overabundance of sliced potatoes, tomatoes, and bread. I have done my best to try to put them to use, but by now, I still have more than half of the leftovers and Im just going to have to load them as ammunition into the crow/rooster-rocket.
Okay, I dont really have one of those (next thing I hear is "do you really shoot crows in Africa with a rocket??").
Anyway. There's a spare bed in my house that I have loaded all of my stuff that I want to take home with me. It keeps getting more full, but I'm pretty sure I'll have enough room to carry everything I need home with me. There is a point in time, when packing, you start to see the stuff and realize that it's really going to happen: you are going to leave this place. And that's pretty wierd when that hits you. For two years, I've been counting down the days until I get back to my girl, with Paul Simon's "Homeward Bound" floating in the air around my head. I mean, I have enjoyed life here, too. I certainly have taken every opportunity I have had to work as hard as I could and make that difference, but somewhere in the back, as a sort of static, I have a buzzing about when I'll be home. . . and now that time is now. The right words do not exist, I'm convinced, that can explain enough what I mean.
I am really looking forward to coming home. I need to start the next phase of my life. I have enjoyed this adventure, and I have accomplished more than I thought I would, but now is the big step forward, and I'm trembling with anticipation to take it. Soon, everyone. Soon.
If you want to see me when I'm back, just send me or christina an email. I think we're going to sort of tour the chicago area for a while, I would love an opportunity to catch up.
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