I was just sitting here looking at some of my parent's European holiday photos online. Man, what a world away. I drove across town four times today in the space of 2 hours. And a couple of those times were with a good friend from the country where I used to live! He just moved here a few weeks ago, and so I finally managed to connect with him today to show him where I live, so he can come and visit once in a while. Anyways, seeing him reminded me of all the good days I spent back in that other place! And man, what a world away from here, too.
Normally, when I'm out and about on the streets or in the market, everything here just sort of becomes 'normal'. I don't really realize how different it is to other places in the world - the dust, the heat, the crazy driving, the lack of infrastructure, the garbage... but once in a while, something will prompt me to look at this place through new eyes again. And it amazes me how long I've been here and how at home I feel here, even though it's so different from anywhere else I've ever lived. It's amazing to me how adaptable I am sometimes.
Our workshop is continuing to go well! Actually, I'm really having a lot of fun with it. I just love teaching! It's a great feeling to help people "get" stuff and learn stuff and develop their skills - especially when those skills involve something that I really love, as well! The participants are giving us a lot of good feedback and really feeling like they're getting a lot of benefit from this workshop, so that's encouraging! I can't wait until we get to do the intermediate writer's workshop in November!
But until then, I'll get to help one of the language teams write a newsletter in their language, as well as work on a couple of story books with a different language team. So there is still some writing and desktop publishing in my future :) As you can tell, today is one of those days where I just love my job!
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most of the time i (and close friends) would describe myself as pretty rigid bordering on obsessive compulsive. and then i look at where we've been and what we've done and i think that's a pretty unfair description of things. how can i be rigid? i pick up and move across the globe every few years!
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