So I realize I haven’t really done one of these since England, but
since this is the last Wednesday ever of
my travels and therefore the last Wednesday on my blog (unless you want to hear
all about my unemployment and the efforts of my mother and me to make our fat
cat into a lap cat), I thought it would be nice.
It’s been a crazy ride, y’all. I’ve certainly had my downs,
from trying to figure out the transition in England to all the tribulations of
solo travel (in both Slovenia and Asia) to physical injuries and beyond. But I've had the ups on exploring England’s beauty, playing in a London orchestra, watching some amazing sunsets, splashing around with elephants, taking it easy in China, and pretending to be the Underhills with my dad in a fancy Cambodian hotel. I’ve also had my educational moments in England, Laos, Cambodia, and
beyond, learning more about the world around me.
I’m surprised by how my friendships have developed and new
ones have taken seed in the past ten months. My friend Laura (the famous Laura
Maas!) commented in an email about how rich
how friendship had gotten in the past year. I’ve found this to be true with
so many of my friends. I send weekly tomes to the Me in Ireland, a girl I
didn’t even know a year ago. I received visits from wonderful friends during my
travels, and stayed connected to those who couldn’t make it. When I had a visit
of 24 hours to DC in January, I still managed to see a ton of friends and (more
importantly) get a ton of free drinks. And the new people in my life who I’ve
met by accident or design have done nothing but enrich it all. Even now I have
two out-of-state visits, two bachelorette parties, and two weddings to go to just
in the next four months – with friends I’ve known for three months, friends
I’ve known for three years, and friends I’ve known for thirteen years. I’m a
lucky girl indeed.
Some of my travel buddies, visitors, frequent Skype partners, and/or drink buyers...
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| Also, this is the famous LAURA MAAS!! (And when I saw this picture I got really homesick for that shirt I'm wearing. Or really any new clothes that aren't the five I've been swapping between.) |
I’ll leave you with a quote from the most famous dude in
this part of the world, Buddha himself. (I actually saw this on a placard in a
random bathroom in Siem Reap…)
When you realize how
perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back to the sky and laugh.
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| Okay, nothing to do with travel, but I'm just really excited to see them again. |
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