Super salty and oily but wonderful.
Thoughts:
People’s lives don’t stop when you leave.
I will be 24 in less than a month, crazy.
Puking on people isn’t that big of deal on Ukrainian transportation.
Summer weather here has turned me into a Diet Coke addicted (by that I mean 3 a
week).
Think this looks bad, it has faded alot.
I miss: driving in whitey with the windows down, ice, soft clothes from a dryer, my mom’s horrible but hilarious laugh, eating apple sauce with Fritos reclined in crappy chair watching a $1 movie rental in my living room, Pearce, my dad asking me what my “agenda” for the day is, good hugs, Mexican food and Chicago style pizza, mowing the yard, beds long enough for me, singing at church.
I don’t miss: the dogs next door in Berwyn, having to put gas in my car, people around me being able to understand my cell phone conversations, traffic, Cardinal fans, FOX news, humid central Illinois summer weather.
My house has a straight line to the Kremlin.
Biggest frustration: living in a house and feeling like I’m an unwanted house guest.
Biggest challenge: learning Ukrainian or should I say being motivated enough to learn it.
Overall High Thus Far: having a better understand of myself.
Overall Low: not being in two places at once. I’m an absent daughter, granddaughter, sister, aunt and friend.
My thrown away old, holey zip-lock washed and hung on the line by my babusci.
Numbers
1,000+: sunflower seeds I’ve consumed this summer
169: mail sent
125: mail received
100+: pages I read yesterday
66: Ukrainian verbs made into flash cards
36.5: % of service I’ve completed
24: days til school starts
4: shots of vodka that were forced on me at lunch yesterday
3: movies I watched yesterday (Return to Me, Casablanca, Cool Hand Luke)
2: showers that I’ve taken in a 7 day period
0: real haircuts I’ve gotten
Somethings never change, I'm still rockin' the fro look.
Learned
Germs don’t exist in Ukraine. You get sick from drafts, not wearing a hat, and sitting on cold surfaces. Vodka cures all: sickness, boredom, loneliness, anything.
No matter how many people are on a bus, they can (and will) get more on it.
2 comments:
Oh Kate, you are great. The ziploc bag... what's she going to use it for if it has a hole in it?? I mean, I'm all for reusing them and have a pile in my pantry, but if they no longer hold in or out they've lost their purpose... Yikes.
Return to Me! I loved that movie, have seen it one too many times, Belushi is too funny in it and Duchovny surprisingly attractive.
xoxo
Great post, Kate! Really, you know how to give us an honest glimpse into your world. I'm so proud of you and all the ways you've grown and how you're giving back to the world! I'll never forget driving my silver Saturn to your game in Chilli to recruit you. Just look at you now!! I love it! My prayers are with you!
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