holy crow i've missed you!! what you said in the post you made when you got home is exactly how i feel right now about going to africa...i cant talk about it yet, i still need to figure out what the hell i experienced before i can describe it to someone else.
I would like to take this time to say that I am very sorry for neglecting you the month or maybe more before I left. I was so stressed and tired..I was dropping weight with no effort at all because I actually forgot to eat most days..I barely slept because if I didn't go to sleep "tomorrow" would never be "today"..when I did sleep it was restless and horrible to wake up..I was getting mystery bruises that showed up out of nowhere with no cause and didn't go away for over 3 weeks.....all in all I was a flipping mess. None of that excuses the lack of letters or my shitty display of appreciation for the friendship I hold so dear.
i am so glad i will be able to read your posts again. i've missed your witty jargon so much.
you were hardly neglectful - i could barely write back myself during that last month. i got your letter too late to reply before you left for africa; less to do with you and more with army post.
i am so grateful for the letters you did send. they always made me smile. it's so nice to be thought of. i should be apologizing to you for not giving more satisfactory responses.
yeah, i'm fine..i think i was just malnourished b.c the whole month before i left i hardly ate anything most days and then once i got to Ethiopia i couldn't eat most of the food because the cooked stuff was all too spicy for me and all the mild food was listed in the "fasting" section of the menus...fasting means vegetarian there, but there's no eggs or dairy or pretty much anything except for lentils and beans..and even though i love lentils and beans i cant eat them every meal for a week. and i was not allowed to eat any raw vegies or fruit b.c the water there isnt very clean. once i got to South Africa all the bruises i had gotten in the past month finally went away pretty fast because i was able to eat there.
and let me tell you how pist i was at myself when i realized that i forgot to grab your address before i left...but i'm back now so its all good :]
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great pictures. that kid in the batman suit is so precious.
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what you said in the post you made when you got home is exactly how i feel right now about going to africa...i cant talk about it yet, i still need to figure out what the hell i experienced before i can describe it to someone else.
I would like to take this time to say that I am very sorry for neglecting you the month or maybe more before I left. I was so stressed and tired..I was dropping weight with no effort at all because I actually forgot to eat most days..I barely slept because if I didn't go to sleep "tomorrow" would never be "today"..when I did sleep it was restless and horrible to wake up..I was getting mystery bruises that showed up out of nowhere with no cause and didn't go away for over 3 weeks.....all in all I was a flipping mess. None of that excuses the lack of letters or my shitty display of appreciation for the friendship I hold so dear.
i am so glad i will be able to read your posts again. i've missed your witty jargon so much.
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you were hardly neglectful - i could barely write back myself during that last month. i got your letter too late to reply before you left for africa; less to do with you and more with army post.
i am so grateful for the letters you did send. they always made me smile. it's so nice to be thought of. i should be apologizing to you for not giving more satisfactory responses.
i'm so glad you're back. <3
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once i got to South Africa all the bruises i had gotten in the past month finally went away pretty fast because i was able to eat there.
and let me tell you how pist i was at myself when i realized that i forgot to grab your address before i left...but i'm back now so its all good :]
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