thegirlwonder

Turns out i'm perfectly fine.

Well, let me rephrase: i don't have appendicitis. Apparently i just pulled a weird muscle or something, because i never got sick and we were never given cause to head to the hospital (thank GOD!)



Meanwhile, life as i know it has set my wheels turning; how much of who i am, what i know, what i value... is because i am American? In how many ways am i spoiled without knowing it? In how many ways ignorant? Maybe i'll find that i don't want to know, but you know what they say: curiosity killed the cat... and this kitty's interest is piqued.

i'm looking at throwing all my plans away, booking a flight to a non-western destination, shouldering my pack, and going. i must be like having a bird on a leash...

i think i need a dose of reality. Not the pre-packaged, government approved, conservative shit we have here, but global reality. i want to see how other countries deal with human rights. i want to touch ancient rocks. i want to be a minority. i want to be a stranger somewhere. More, i want to come home, and feel different in my own home. O/our home, soon.


We'll see. The soonest i can leave would be summer, thanks to other obligations. i'll keep you updated.