Have you ever had one of those overwhelming
feelings of contentment? Where you stand still exactly where you are and just
appreciate every single thing around you? The wind blowing around you. The sun,
hiding behind a few clouds as it sets for the day. The colour green that is
literally everywhere around you. The mountains with their last bit of snow off
in the distance. The fact that it is finally summer again after so many months of it not being summer. Feeling
overwhelmingly busy and thinking you don’t have enough time to do anything, but
it’s so different from how you’ve been all winter with NOTHING to do (other
than watch TV and read books).
Yeah, well, if you couldn’t tell, I just
had another one of those moments. And it was blissful. Sometimes I wonder why
what I’m going to take away from this experience and if this experience is
going to be all that I wanted it to be in the long run. Moments like the one I
just had MAKE it exactly that. I might not the biggest difference in my
community – there’s no way I’m going to develop a clean water system in the
next 14 months (or maybe I will?) or get one of my students a full-ride to some
amazing university in the States. I’m being realistic here. But I WILL have a
huge appreciation for Kyrgyzstan. And its people. And eating outside under a
canopy during the summer. And my host-family.
I guess you can tell that I’ve had a really
good day/few days. God, I hope the rest of my summer will be like this – and
I’m sure it will be – ‘cause this feeling is just sublime! And if it doesn’t, I
hope that I can bottle up this sensation and can recall it when I’m huddled
under 4 different blankets this upcoming winter. :) I really am so pumped for
everything that’s coming up. Mom and Tif coming in like 20 days! Finally getting
to know all the little (they’re so not little, excuse me) K-20s and how it’s
been for them since being in country. Hearing how beautifully the Talas
GLOW/TOBE camp (girls and boys empowerment camp) went without me. El Campo.
Talas Welcome Weekend and then the Talawesome camp. AH, so excited.
On Monday, I finally got my shit together
and started a P90x regime. I’m only a week into things, but I’m definitely
feeling it. It’s definitely kickin’ my ass. But at the same time, I’m kind of
excited about it. It’s something I can ‘look forward’ to doing every day. And
it will make me feel better (I hope?) mentally and physically. Not so sure I’m
going to get the results that I would like here in country – this whole eating
healthy might not work in a world where potatoes and macaroni fried in oil and
served up is normal – but I’m going to keep doing what I’m doing and hope for
the best. This really is something I need. I apologize if you do NOT want to be
reading about my new exercise regime, but whatever, I’m going to put it in anyway.
If you have any tips on how to do different exercise [Like, how do I do pull ups if I don’t have a bar or have a place to
hang an exercise band?] or how to eat healthier (recipes for easy-access
fruits and veg), would be GREATLY appreciated.
Onto the frivolous stuff: gone through
another show that kills my soul (in a good way) – Misfits. It’s the British version of Heroes, but done correctly. Dear GOD, is it good. Simon. All the
feelings. He’s got me feelin’ ‘em. Why are there only three seasons done and
why is the fourth one going to be a giant shit show (no Kelly, Simon, or Alisha?!)?!
What is the point? Either way, I loved almost every second of the show. Proved
to be an interesting 3-4 day obsession with long-standing effects (damn you,
Simon!). If anyone needed any more convincing that nerds/quiet guys were
attractive – LOOK NO FURTHER. Done and done, thank you very much. And the guy
that plays him, he was in London’s Spring
Awakening. Dying. <3
In the process of re-watching (and falling
in love with) Lost with JSR. It’s
oh-so nice to have a geek out buddy once again. At least for this show. And it’s
so nice to go back and re-watch all the craziness that happened so long again. Still
have SOMUCHLOVE for Charlie, Hurley, Claire, Locke… Good times. Still hate Jack
and Kate. Ridiculous.
Alright, now the brain is fried. Going to
watch Love Never Dies – I’m going to
give the video a chance even though I do NOT like the majority of the music –
until I get called to dinner; if I do. Haha. Let me know what you kids are
doing back in the good ol’ US of A for the summer. Ri – I fully expect reports
on Dan and Philly’s trips to the States. Treat ‘em well and send them my love.
Thinking of you all and wishing you the best of summers.
<3
Ha! Go ahead and keep posting about your exercise routine - I am anxious to hear how well it works on an all-starch diet. In the mean time, go ahead and enjoy your little serial show about Misfits. It will be a nice warm-up for the real addition that I will introduce you to when you get back here. I will share season one of Boardwalk Empire with you. But after that, you are on your own.
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