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Emotions of the moment: Contemplative, a smudge sad, and cold. (If cold is really an emotion?)

I'm missing Majuro again. It happens quite often actually. I see pictures of my students from last year and wish that I could teach them again. I was definitely not the most amazing teacher, but I was a good friend. And I miss my fun 6th grade friends. :) 23 faces that brought so many personalities together to form the greatest group of kids i've ever met. And I miss them like crazy.

I am, however, loving the 160 or so new faces that I have gotten to know here. These kids are so great. I call them kids, when in reality they are only a few years younger than me. Which is weird to think, not that long ago I was in their shoes. Which is pretty cool, actually, that I am here working in the same spot I was three years ago, just on the other side. I've gotten attached to these teenagers. Some of them ask me if I am coming back next year, and I have to tell them no. Which makes me sad. Maybe I will be able to come back in a few years after I finish school.

Which reminds me, I really miss Walla Walla. And my friends. I keep seeing pictures of my old WW buds and it makes me sad. It's easy to get lonely here when there is only 2 or 3 other people close to your age. Jim and Brian being the only from my class. I miss the companionship of being in classes, learning, and meeting up for lunches or going out to coffee. I miss the little things of college. Not so much the learning, but the people. The familiarity. The family of it all.

Don't get me wrong, I love it here and I have great friends and I love my job. But it just gets lonely sometimes, that's all. I am not writing to wallow, just writing my thoughts aloud, I suppose.

Well, what else is new with me? I went home last weekend to be with my parents. It was fun, but I can't wait til I can go home for a whole week and just relax. And I do miss Zackie, too. We haven't hung out for awhile, though we are going out to dinner tonight.

Really wish I could be more interesting in this blog writing thing. I am not very artistic, so I can't share any pictures I've drawn or songs I've written. All I can do is fill you in on my life. Which is what I'm doing. Well, I am going to go. So glad there are so many of you reading this.

If you are reading this, Hollie Macomber, Lizi Rosenburg, Laura Lawson, Gaby Weiman.... I miss you. :)