Long ago i discovered it's harder to hit a moving target .... that's been my policy of late; until i became sick and just stopped in my tracks and at that point i would have gladly taken a bullet to the head .
Actually i have been in America for the last 3 weeks. It was all part of an endless magical mystery tour. I traveled non-stop and i took endless HOT showers. i marveled at the SPEED of the internet. i drank black rich coffee and i ate toasted sesame seed bagels with cream cheese. Every store had choices... red wine came in bottles not boxes, the chocolate caused an endorphin overload of delight. Driving on the right hand side of the road took about a nano second to remember; yet i was filled with self doubt every time i turned a corner and lived in fear that at any time i might forget what side of the road i SHOULD be on.
Then there was the movie theaters with stadium seating and surround sound, can you believe that in all of Tonga there isn't a single movie theater ... omg !!!!
ohhhhhhh well there aren't a LOT of things in all of Tonga !!!!
It was GREAT to see my kids, family and friends. The autumn colors were brilliant, but the first light snowfall reminded me ... NEVER/EVER ... will i live in the NORTH during winter!!!!
I was sooooo caught up in travel (LA-DALLAS-PHIL-NYC-GREENSBORO NC.-ALBANY NY.,GREAT BARRINGTON MA.-BOSTON-MONTPELIER VT.-Keene NH.-MILFORD CT.-NYC-LA)... it wasn't until landing in LAX on my way back to Tonga that i looked out the window and thought "how does ANYONE make sense of all this madness!!!!"
I got bumped in Fiji trying to get to Vanuatu, the real cost of a standby ticket .. then when i got back to "sin city" Nukualofa i just collapsed ... for four days i couldn't be out of bed for more than a 1/2 hour at a time
I'm back, and now once again all is well in the KING-DUMB
i'll try to write more .... in my absence 24 NEW volunteers arrived, it will be great to join forces with them when they return from Ha'apai
until NEXT time peace out from the peace corps
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