I seem to be really good at leaving people hanging! Haha. I completely forgot that the last thing I wrote on this blog was that I was going to East Africa, leaving everyone on baited breath, only to never update on whether I made it out alive! Well I did manage to make it out alive...barely. Haha.
Rather than try to summarize a month's worth of travels through Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Zanzibar, I have instead posted several of the emails that I sent my family while I was away. So unfortunately there is nothing new to read for any of my relatives browsing this blog, but for the rest of you, I assure you that it's worth reading those entries if you have the time. I have titled them by the date that I sent them to my family, so it will be just like I am still there. But I'm not still there by the way, I am happily back in Canada, where I have been for the past couple of weeks, trying to finish my thesis by my publishing deadline. Life isn't quite as exciting bumming around in track pants in my parents' basement while I stare helplessly at a blank computer screen, but I have awesome pictures to relive the best moments of my trip. Speaking of pictures, I have made a few albums with the best pics from the 2,000 or so that Maggie and I took. Here are the links to those albums for anyone who is interested:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2306647&l=04173&id=58000997
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2306697&l=bd8ef&id=58000997
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2306705&l=50aac&id=58000997
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2306715&l=8333d&id=58000997
The craziest thing I have ahead of me right now is trying to figure out how to re-integrate back into Canadian life. I know that I am a very different person than when I left on my South African adventure a year and a half ago, but figuring out in what ways I am different is difficult. At a time when it seems like all my friends are getting married and having babies, or at least starting out in their lifelong careers, I feel like I've stepped through a time warp while I was gone. What do I think I should be doing with my life at 24?? Will I continue being a world adventurer who lives by the seat of my pants and doesn't have a 5 day plan, let alone a 5 year plan? Or will I hunker down for awhile here in Canada - maybe get a "normal" job. Stay tuned! Haha. I will say however, that "settle" is not in my vocabulary...neither is "normal" really. Haha. When people asked me what I do for a living when we were travelling, I finally got sick of trying to explain what my degree is and what career options I was considering and I began to just respond with: "my career is living". So that's what I'm going to do!
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