REPORT CARD FOR 2006 NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS

1. Write every day.
GRADE: A+
I gave myself 65 vacation days. I only used 52 of them. This resolution was one of the best ideas I've ever had.

2. Cook much more regularly and eat healthily.
GRADE: B

3. Exercise regularly and stay in shape.
GRADE: D

4. Minimize drama in my love life, and have as few ( Read more... )

So I have this friend. We've been friends for about five years. Rather good friends. We were even roommates. The idea of being anything more than friends never passed through my mind. The possibility just never would have occurred to me in a million years ( Read more... )

I drive around listening to my iPod and I hate Ricardo Arjona because Luis told me he's a wife-beater, and I hate Dave Matthews because his new album isn't as good as his older ones, and I hate Peter Mulvey just because he comes on and he offers me neither a reason to hate him nor a reason to stop hating everyone else ( Read more... )

I can't believe I'm coming home on Thursday. It's unreal. And then I have three weeks to accomplish a ridiculous amount of stuff before leaving again... and then I have a few days in León before I start moving to Matagalpa. I'm scared. I feel so settled in León. When my Global Exchange trip ended, I was so excited to be going "home," meaning León. ( Read more... )

Hi. Still alive and well. There's been a lot going on lately, but I haven't felt like posting. I've been lonely and miserable and I've been ecstatic; I've been wanting to get the hell out of this country and go home, and I've been wanting to keep traveling for the rest of my life, sometimes within minutes of each other. I've had conversations that ( Read more... )

( Katherine gets defensive about her job and handles it in a culturally inappropriate way )

I have arrived safely in Leon. My planes were on time, my layover was short, my bag was waiting for me in baggage claim by the time I got through immigration... I found an official airport taxi and got to Ruth's house without any problems. Woke up, put on the high-heeled boots that won't fit in my suitcase, walked with Ruth to change money and then ( Read more... )

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I know I used to seek out drama, and then at some point over the past 5 or 6 years, I supposedly matured, and reached a point where I wanted to minimize conflict and turmoil in my life ( Read more... )

The news may have filtered through to some of you but I was waiting to let it personally sink in before posting ( Read more... )