i love this!

It's been a while since I wrote about what is happening in my life. I'm back in North Carolina, and I want to talk about it for a little bit. I was planning to stay in Uganda until October-ish, but my baby sister (actual age:18 -editor) was going to Taiwan to teach English for a year at the end of August. She called me and asked me to come home to see her, and how could I say no? Coming back, I had no commitments: no job, no mortgage, car payments, school I had to be at next semester, nothing. Scary but exciting, right? I  briefly considered moving back to Connecticut, moving to Cali, the Northwest (for like a day), and then my dear friend and former roommate, the lovely Katie DeConto, emailed me to tell me that her sister was moving out, so she had an empty room, and did I want it? I couldn't think of anything I wanted more. So corny, but so true.

Anyway, I flew back to the States two days before my sister left. I was excited to see her, excited about running water, an oven, endless baking supplies. I was home for one week when a tropical storm came through and knocked out the electricity, and the water. I was again without running water and cooking over a fire. So I decided it was time to come to Durham. Sweet Suzanne flew up to CT and we drove back together. We arrived to a house full of friends, art-in-progress, and yummy food. I can't imagine a better homecoming.


While I was in Uganda thinking about coming home, I felt like God told me I would love the next two years of my life, and so far, I do. I love my friends, love being this age, love the opportunities I have, and am excited about the loose plans I have for the next few years. I'm busy with work (I waitress), volunteering, friends, baking and little side business-y things. And also this:

Hey, that's a very important part of being a 20-something.