i've been home for just over a week now and settling into the routine, or more accurately, the chaos that is these two weeks before pete and i leave for patagonia.
i am processing the reverse culture shock i usually experience when returning from a developing country. it involves quite a bit of guilt for having so many nice things and living in such excess, and a considerable amount of effort to live more minimally and conserve/recycle/unplug the toaster between uses.
it is wonderful to see family and friends. i have taken advantage of my free weekend by hiking angel's rest and table mountain, and spending a day skiing at meadows with my dad and pete. we are in the midst of birthday celebrations this week (yes, i turn another year older on thrusday, bah!), and last minute patagonia preparations. and as if that isn't enough to keep me busy, it is match week and yesterday i received possibly the happiest email of my life thus far, letting me know "you have matched", so now i wait to hear where.
i feel so lucky, fortunate, blessed and privileged to be where I am today.
every travel adventure i have i cannot believe that i am allowed such an incredible, unforgettable experience. i have an intense appreciation for my good fortune or luck or whatever you want to call it and i love to remind myself how important it is to savor all of the good things in life and as for the other stuff, be like a duck, let is slide off of your back if you can, because life is too short to dwell on anything less than happiness....
thanks to everyone who read about my travels, it was a trip! and so fun to know that people back home could share it with me.
xo
linds
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