Back from the Philippines and my Blogging Hiatus

Well I'm back! My last month in the Philippines saw a flurry of activity -- attending a wedding, cramming in last minute travel interviews for work and my own research, spending as much time with our Barkada as possible, and buying the last of my gifts, while also attempting to cram them, and the last six months of my life, into my luggage. Needless to say, I was quite a bit stressed and lacking in much sleep in the last three weeks or so of my time in the Philippines.

Things didn't slow down much since I arrived home -- birthday in Minnesota, a week in North Carolina with my parents moving into a new house, Christmas-ing, and more birthday-ing, then back to MN for two weeks of solid wedding planning, learning to take the bus in the dead of winter, and hanging out with David and my friends I had been missing dearly the last few months, then to Florida for a quick surprise family visit to my Grandma on her 85th birthday, and then back up to South Bend to settle into my new apartment and last semester at school.

Whew...at least with my first week of school done I'm finally taking a moment to breath and to finish this blog!

Yes I haven't forgotten the blog, even if all my readers have. I've been meaning to wrap it up for two months now. I need to have some form of closure, some last reflections for my experience. So this week my goal is to wrap it up with probably three more blog entries -- so keep your eyes open!