Returned to the States

So i am Home! the USA that is.

I was sitting on the plane from Arusha to Amsterdam, there was no effect on me that i was really going home. as i waited for my second plane from Amsterdam to the Newark airport. it finally started to sink in that i would not be returning to Africa for a long time, or if at all. i sat on the plane and waited for the take off. I was asleep for most of the flights back home. but i had recurring thoughts of my family in Africa and all that i would miss in the coming weeks.

Just the other day i was doing some chores and i was going to empty and reload the dishwasher....i was in shock that i didn't have to do the dishes by hand. although i wouldn't complain if i did. It was weird having so much more here in the states.

On the Monday after getting home i was talking with my mother about getting a kitten for a while. so when monday came around i decided to start the hunt to find the perfect kitten for my Christmas present.

after being in Africa where pets are not common at all, coming home to a puppy and getting a kitten that are not flea infested and can sleep on your bed and you take care of is great.
so now i have come to relize how much i love animals. From here i will be doing an internship in, NYC working with Art Start a creative center for the underprivileged youths. So i look forward to working in the city and hope that more opportunities come up after i finish my travels.

I am not done yet.

how do you say goodbye?

i finally found internet after my blackberry decided that nolonger will it work. oh well, i can survive.

so my last week with my family (the safari family that is) was not so eventful i played wiht the 6 dogs and the one puppy, relaxed with my thoughts and packed my things for Zanzibar. i think i can say that was very stressful and i knew that my bags would be over weight so i decided to make it three bags instead of 2. BIG MISTAKE!

it has yet to really hit me that i am not going back to my families and that i will not be seeing my brotehrs and sisters forever (hopefully not so). so much of my happiness through thses months was wiht them and the great adventures and laughs we experienced together. i can never forget that and they are my second family that i will always love and hold cloose to my heart.

i have so many photos that i cant wait to share. and i also have so many gift for family and my families here have tought me so much wisdom tha ti want to share it.

i may have also found my true passion which is for animals, as i have said i played wiht the 6 flea infested dogs and i have a story of one of the.

so there are 6 dogs at the safari house,

1-prince
2-bubbie!
3-tips (puppy)
4-old man
5-rascal
6- no name given

so my favorite ones that i useually played with was prince,bubbie, and tips. so one day i decided tha ti needed to check on my secondary project taht many people and freiends help make happen (THANK YOU!). so as i was heading out of the front gate, one of the sleepy dogs woke up and followed me out. Prince, was usually always up early and headed out when i did, so it was not unusual. but after leaving the front gate and heading to my main road, he continued to follow, untill he finaly layed down at oen point did i think ok he will only go this far. so i kept walking up to the main road to meet a fellow intern to walk to school with. but before i was at the road, i heard a little pitter patter of feet behind me and low and behold was prince, rubbing against my leg and nibbiling my ankles. we walked from the main road wiht my fellow intern to the school wiht prince right on my side and the occasional stop and sniff. it was the sweetest thing that he did.

any way, i have too many thoughts on all that i have enjoyed while beiong here that i can not share them all at this one time. But i will say that being in Africa for these three months has made such a great inpact on me that i shall never forget it nor shall i ever want to. I will say that i hope to come back and see my families some day and have the same great time that i have had here now.

I will always have a home here they tell me and that if i do come back that i always have a becd to sleep in and food to eat for free.