
Yesterday I was reminded of the reason I am really here: classes. As a normal person of my generation I rely solely on my telephone alarm to wake me up. Since I don’t have my great Alman Brother’s “Ramblin’ Man” ring tone that I have become classicly conditioned to, this was going to be interesting.…

SPAIN!!! Thank God the traveling is over. The flight was fine, although I may have restless leg syndrome. I befriended a woman who teachers college age military guys English, she said she’d friend me because they love Americans (yay friends!). After falling asleep on the floor of the aeroperto and the bus we were finally…
Tomorrow. Tomorrow at 5:30. I was sitting in Champs tonight, watching the Penguins Canadians game with a huge American flag and Virginian flag on the wall when I realized that I was leaving. I am leaving the American culture, food, restaurants, malls, television, friends, roads, radio and people. (I am aware I sound dramatic) Driving…
The catch 22 of life- being involved. If you are uninvolved in your life seems unexcited, bland, boring, and you are probably alone. Shoot to the other side, total involvement. The swirl of events, friends, drinks and meeting people. Currently my life has become only my involvements. I seem defined and limited through these external…
Today was my final day to work with a couple children in elementary school who are learning English as a second language. It was at lunch today was something interesting happened. One of the students started asking me simple questions, as all children love to do. They question and tried to guess about my age…