The world did not end this weekend. I am glad. I want to do so many things in my next year of life!!
Today isn't a typical "milestone" birthday, but so much has happened in the last year. Lots of wonderful things, and sad things too. I've learned a lot.
In some ways I feel like everything is ending, all at once. I'm done with course work and my assistantship. (Confession: I haven't been able to give my office key back yet. I know.) My parents are leaving Thailand. Fifteen years packed up, given away, sold. Gone. They're selling the house in North Carolina. I haven't lived in that house for a decade and a half but it was always there, if that makes sense.
But this has been a good year, on the whole. I got to go home to Thailand twice; this would be my highlight if I had to pick. I will never be able to express just how important that was to me.
And I'm getting excited about whatever is next.
Mostly, I am just glad I am alive. Alive is good. I like being alive.
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