#119 - being back blues

i don't know what it is but i feel really off. coming back from a long and exciting vacation is just no fun. i wanted it to just keep going but had to come home. so sad. i wonder if this is common. i don't have to work till friday so i've been sitting in my jammies all day, not really motivated to do much. i've been eating spaghetti and ramen cause that's what i have around. going to the store just sounds like too much work, and i'd have to spend money too. man i'm weird now. my excuse for staying home is that i've been working on my trip pictures. it's on my flickr account so hopefully you can view it easily.

it was fun to go over them and remember each place, the beginning seems like so long ago! i'd say the coolest day was going to the Tikal ruins in the jungle, we saw monkeys and really old temples. each place is special in a different way but jungles are really cool!traveling to far away places just makes you appreciate everything you have at home even that much more. i will never take a toilet or hot shower for granted again. i was walking through the portland saturday market the other day, it's an artsy craft fair type market they have every weekend. it was weird to walk through looking at people's stalls and not be harassed! that sounds bad but everywhere we went they were trying to sell something, especially at the chichi market. it was a ton of fun but it's over-stimulating sometimes when people are yelling at you "what chu like?" and you have to push through people to get somewhere. a guy tried to sell me a pink hand mirror on a chicken bus! that was funny.

i can't say i enjoyed every minute of my trip but it was one of the coolest things i've ever done and i definitely need to do more traveling. i especially want to go to more spanish speaking countries and learn a little more spanish. i think my english has become worse though, if that's possible. i was writing spanish in my journal the whole time there and although it was hard i learned a lot of words that way.

back to reality i guess. i start work on friday (or before if someone calls in, which happens) and school next tuesday. i've got 40 hours of clinicals next month, then my parents come to visit (for the UH game). it's just one thing after another. i liked traveling, not really knowing what's gonna come up next and not really having a plan. there were places i wanted to go and hostels i wanted to stay at but we were flexible and altered our original plans a few times. it's good to be flexible and not let things bother you. hopefully i will make it out of my house tomorrow, since my pictures are done.