Tinian was great ( Read more... )

I suppose I should write a post about coming home. I don't suppose it will be very exciting, but here it is ( Read more... )

We've had some good times and we've had some not so good times, but ultimately my experience here was unforgettable, and having known you leaves me changed in many ways. I'm glad to go back to Maryland at this point, and I'll be glad when I have the chance to come back to Portland again some day. No hard feelings; it's just time to move on ( Read more... )

I'm heating up water in the tea kettle to fill up my hot water bottle. It's not that cold in my house tonight, but I like to sleep with warm feet. I'm sleeping in the guest nook while my mom is here--she gets my bed. Since I have a few idle minutes, I thought I'd write a quick update, but just til the whistle quite literally blows ( Read more... )

Although I didn't intend to, I ended up staying up all night before my flight (that's a story for another journal entry), but I managed to leave my apartment before 4am and made it to the airport on time ( Read more... )

It takes too long, this packing thing. I mean, it should be simple and fast. I should pack light and efficiently. I've traveled enough. I should either know by now how to do it quickly, or know better than to think that I can do it quickly ( Read more... )

Wet soggy worms and fresh cut grass were the smells that greeted me when I stepped out of my car last night. My foot landed, splotch, into a puddle, which really isn't so bad. The night before my foot landed, squish, right in the mud in front of my brother's house in Catonsville. When it happened I was very disappointed as I surveyed the damage ( Read more... )