so yeah, i never thought i would be home for a month but... i have been. and overall it's okay. i KNOW i will get back out into the world... i know i will, so i'm not completely depressed on being back here. i waited a while to get my passport back but... YAY... it's back. i just need to swing home and pick it up.
boston is great in the summer. it really is. i love sitting on patios with friends drinking beer, having it be light out until about 830, the warmth and even a bit of the humidity (coming from cartagena, colombia... the humidity we have here is nothing), and honestly this whole boston strong feel that we have going on is pretty remarkable. it reminds me of why i love this city. or, as i like to say, this town.
my comfort in boston would not have been completely possible without some wonderful and generous friends who have let me stay at their houses. amber and william just bought a new house in medford and graciously let me stay for two weeks. a beautiful home which keeps getting more beautiful each day with their renovations. and... i even got to be a dog-liker. i can't say dog-lover. i'm not there yet. but i actually... kinda like dogs. jasper was great. i didn't mind holding his paws as he jumped on me. that is a HUGE step for me. and anyone reading this probably knows that.
and now i stay with dustin who has welcomed me into his home for what is going on three weeks. this home is a place to feel ridiculously comfortable. which... sigh... now i just want to stay the rest of the summer in boston. plus, within walking distance to davis square dustin and i have managed to enjoy one or two or maybe even three of the establishments which serve beer in davis... and yeah... we have tried all the local beer that isn't hoppy. no IPAs for us, thank you. it's been fun. being in davis reminds me so much of why i love boston and the surrounding area. even talking about the electoral college while drinking 9% beer.
but no matter how comfortable i am in the area, my heart is truly on the road. it really is. i just started the book "vagabonding" by rolf potts and oh my goodness... this book is seriously my travel bible. it is like reading my diary. if i could write about my travels about everything i feel... this would be the book. it just would. i'm half way through. (it's only 205 pages) and i want to tell everyone who loves to travel and ditch their job and just go.... to read this book. i wanted to cry when i read some of the writing in this book because he just gets it. i mean, he's done it, so obviously he gets it... but... it's just such a great book. it won't ever convince a skeptic to start traveling or to make a drastic life change, but for those who are pondering the idea, i think the scales will tip once they read it. or even start reading it.
so yeah, now to plan southeast asia. a whole new world. it won't be like south america... and i'm getting the butterflies in the stomach just thinking about SEA but those are awesome butterflies to have. they really are. because once you overcome them, and you will, then you become a stronger, more aware traveler and person. :)
