notes on coming home

a few things.

one- luckiest gal alive getting to go back to my two favorite kids to be their minder, their teacher and their friend. i am so looking forward to seeing hencat again and the amount of gratitude i have is immeasurable.

two- i will be staying in dupont circle for at least october. i will be working starting the 12th and readjusting to life back in the dee cee....

three- i think i will have the same phone number i had before but will know more in the coming week.

four- i cannot thank everyone enough for keeping me virtual company this past week. i have had many ups and downs and all arounds so it's been helpful to have this company. being in zurich next week will be more exciting because things in basel, i hope, will be completed...(however my bank closed because of re-vamping their computer systems so monday i hope to close that account)

five- i know that maybe you want to see me at some point but i am going to tell you strait away that i will need time to just be and figure out where to live and things and that's going to be most important. if you know of places that are for rent, know people that need roommates or anything of that nature, send them my way. i will send a 'welcome me home' email and figure out a weekend to celebrate some october bdays-you know who you are...

six- thanks to DJW for letting me use his home as my base in october but i will still want to give the guy some space now and then so i will be of course forcing myself on other people's couches.

seven- i have released many material things. this brings me a certain kind of peace. out with the old and in with the new. the adventure will always live in my mind. i have photos and memories. it's all i really need. well that and clothes i suppose....not a super big fan of wandering around naked.

eight- the people in my flat building must think i am insane for running the hoover so much but i am trying to keep everything dust free!

nine- i obsessively check BA's website daily to ensure that my flight is in fact confirmed. i am equally obsessive about being freaked out to fly over the ocean. i don't know why. i am sure it will be fine...but it still freaks me out for some reason.

ten- thanks brian for coming all the way out to dulles to get me and i hope i get to drive home! it's been months since i have driven!!

woooo hoooooo the meesh is coming home to annoy you all again!
i am seriously out of bike riding shape but can't wait to get back on the bike.
i can't wait to get stuck in a metro train
to remember i am not in efficiently on time switzerland anymore
to try to roll with the punches and let the things that don't matter slide off my shoulders like so many drops of rain
to figure out how in the future i can work with disadvantaged kids somehow. my way of giving back to those that gave to me...
to just being a better person...to being more honest. to love more...