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so now, at 830pm, it has dawned on me that i am, in fact going back to the dr, a whole year and a half later. even though i'm worried it could be weird (and that my parents will hate sto dgo) i am insanely excited. so ridiculously so. i really want to go back to my escuela but that might be weird (and really awkward) and i never know if they're going to be there. but to see some of my friends and my host family will be so great. and weird. but i can't wait. it's been so long and i've wanted to go back so badly, it seems unreal.
what a lovely time...to do whatever.i've watched a bizillion movies lately, including: El Laberinto del fauno, Children of Men, Blood Diamond, and The Last King of Scotland. All incredibly violent, and all pretty depressing. but good.last night i went out with julia, meg, and meg's friends to their apt in harlem and then to a club downtown. it was lots of fun and so ridiculously good to see meg. who might move out to the east coast if she remembers declaring that she will. pictures to follow.today mom and i went to see Waitress which was suprisingly good and i bawled my way through. today and tomorrow eli is looking at apartments (hallelujah) so that's nice too. now i have to go make dinner, apparently.
things that are fun about real life.not having health insurance. or dental. and having to figure out how to get a year's worth of medications. without insurance.finding apartments when you're not in the country.
visas.
today randomly i found a posting for an assistant job at the American Consulate in Rio and though they probably already hired and I probably won't even get a chance to apply it made me really excited. it would be such a perfect job but knowing how these things work with govt bureaucracy and whatnot i'm not getting my hopes up.
in the end though i wouldn't mind teaching english because if i can't do my fellowship i'd rather do something low-key for awhile and enjoy life while i'm abroad, and then worry about high-tech jobs when i come back. whenever that will be.
i woke up at 1 today. what a waste of space. this adorable hamster resembles me today.
so i talked to carolina, my dominican host sister, and it turns out she is graduating on wednesday, so we might stop by her grad party on wed afternoon. how ridiculous and awkward and awesome might that be! oh man i can't believe i'm finally going back to the dr....i missed it so much for so long and now it's just weird that i'm going back...with my parents! i wonder how i'll feel after, if i feel horrible regret that i'm not going back to try to live there for awhile, or if i'll just feel...weird.
anyway. another day of absolute slobliness.
i like making lists. it makes me feel productive.things i need to do:- call my dominican host family to remind them i'm coming
- finish sending thank you notes
- sign up for GREs
- get various doctor/dentist apts set up
- re-do and update resume
- start and get moving on fulbright application
- continue job and apartment search
- get TEFL course & training stuff straightened out
however, i sense that i will wind up watching movies and stalking my new favorite site, thesuperficial.com, which are both very addictive. oh the joys of summer.
so apparently i have graduated....it all flew by so fast that it's a bit hard to believe. and now i'm back home where i started, like dc is millions of miles away and the prospect of having to pay june rent due to an obnoxious clause on my lease part of a bad dream. and now a month looms ahead of me where i actually have tons of things to deal with, but for now am contenting myself with doing absolutely nothing. but the uncertainty is what is really scaring me.
