America

I've been back in America for two months now. It was pretty great to come home. I managed to see most of my family in close friends in the first week or so I was back. It was great to see everyone and great to be home for Christmas. Of course, the food has also been amazing. It still feels a bit strange to be in America, and I miss Tanzania, and especially Kongei, a lot. I hear from my friend Kajuna now and then and I got an email from one of my students, but for the most part I feel kind of out of the loop. Of course that is the way it'll be. A big part of me wishes I was still there, but the time's up.

Probably the main reason I kind wish I was back is the boredom. I'm working on applications for grad school and jobs, but for the most part I have nothing to do. I heard a lot about people coming home and getting really bothered by certain aspects of America like the rampant consumerism. Fortunately, I guess, that bothered me before I left so it doesn't bother me any more that it has for awhile. It's also real nice to watch football and college basketball, and it'll be great to watch F1 when the season starts. I've also been doing a few programs about the trip for my mom's school, at church, and a couple of other places. It's nice to have a chance to talk about Tanzania for awhile. As for the future, I'm not entirely sure where I'll end up for the long term, getting a life started is slow work.

It took me a while to update this, and the reason is that I don't feel like I have anything to say. As time goes on I may want to summarize some things about the whole experience on this blog, but at the moment I'm not ready to do that. That's all I have for now, except to say thanks to everyone who has kept up with me and what I've been doing through this blog.

One more thing. I put a lot of pictures online yesterday. So far mainly just pictures from around the school. There's a link under my picture on the left side of the page.