Update Seven: Home!!!

So, I have been home for five days now, and haven't done too much! I am sitting in my room, surrounded by piles of clothes and various items, and am not looking forward to cleaning it up. After ten months with a rather limited wardrobe, and then seven weeks with a very tiny one, I was completely horrified at how much clothing I have at home! I didn't even remember owning half of it, so I'm donating a whole bunch of stuff. In trying to get organized, I am having trouble figuring out what on earth I was thinking a year ago, like why I decided to hide extra prescriptions in an obscure drawer. There are a lot of things I don't even remember having, and many things I remember that I have yet to locate. It's going to be interesting getting settled back in...

But the biggest things on my agenda right now are getting caught up with everyone, and finding a job! So far I have only seen Joe briefly, then Nana last night, and have emailed some people. As far as the job hunt goes, I've been searching online but I think I need to work my resume a bit more before actually sending it someone important. Any ideas for jobs that don't totally suck would be appreciated. In the meantime I have been procrastinating by reading, making more of a mess of my room, and playing Guitar Hero with Adam. And over-analyzing everything as usual, such as coming up with "official data" from my trip with Kelly:

*THE NUMBERS*
Days on the road: 51
Cities visited: 19
Additional day-trips: 8
Bird incidents: 2
Thefts: 1
Languages: 7
Books read: 12
Pounds lost: 5 (hurrah!)
Pictures taken: ~2100
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Total weeks away from home: 44
Total European cities visited: 30

So yes, I definitely have too much free time on my hands. But I am actually going on another trip to NYC next weekend... so that's "something to do", right? I'm really excited-- I'm meeting Ryan, and his friend from Ottawa will be there for the beginning. Then Sabine, my Munich-friend from Nancy, will be there for the end! And she is also coming to Boston the next week, so we may have a mini-reunion of Nancy assistants on our hands. My roommate, Brady, is planning to come if he isn't accepted to grad school, and two other assistants, Courtney and Angela, are from MA and will hopefully both be around before leaving for grad school themselves. I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone! I met so many great people this year, and it's sad we're so spread out all over the world. At least there is the internet!

Anyways, I should really see to this impending disaster that is my room. I haven't decided what to do about the blog yet-- I don't really need to keep everyone posted on my less-exciting, back-to-normal life. But who knows, maybe I will start writing to complain about the weather or whatever new job I get? We'll have to see what happens next!

A la prochaine,
Stephanie