Cincinnati->Minneapolis->Amsterdam and now I'm
back in the 'scow! I didn't sleep at all on the flights over so I had been awake for like 30 hours by the time I finally went to bed last night at 7:30pm. I think I remembered what was said in all conversations post-sleep... But, man, I felt so crappy when I got home yesterday. I think I ate something funky on one of the planes, or maybe it was the 6 cups of coffee. Gross.
Thoughts while in Amsterdam:
I feel like writing a lot more when I'm flying places. Maybe I get inspired by the people-watching, ransom assortments of airport archetecture, or overhearing people with funky accents give their opinions on how my country should operate. Maybe it's the fact that I'm half-aleep, eyes glazing over and mind racing trying to process the the 3 emotionally driven movies I just watched. I kind of wish I could have a smoke right now. After all, I'm in Amsterdam. I fell in love on my last flight. Twice. I fell in love twice on my last trans-Atlantic flight, too. I choose movies like that on purpose, I think, because it helps me pass the time, and remember that I'm a girl and that there are a million types of guys to fall in love with out there- that I am young and the world is big and exciting. I'm staring at my cafe au lait steam in the early Amsterdam sunrise. The mournful sounds of jazz come floating into my ears and the sun is in my eyes. My flight leaves in two hours and I am falling asleep. I want to learn to do so many things, and to go so many places, but this summer has taught me one thing- I don't want to do it alone. Oh look at the time- 7:16am. Maybe in an hour I'll think about thinking about going to find my gate. They're so complicated in this airport with gates and security.
I want to paint. I have a vision of a swimming blue sky with golden stars that needs to find its way to a canvas asap. I want to be very creative in decorating my house this fall. I want to really get to know my friends. I want to keep writing to the RSP kids and to really pray this year. I want to do my homework and really learn. Sometime soon I want to learn how to shoot a gun, to skateboard, to find a way to dance, to make things beautiful, to keep reading for fun, to learn to cook better, to keep track of my expenses, to really be a friend to everyone, to love even though it hurts, to be optimistic, to make a mistake and learn from it, to be a better Christ-follower, and to let Him take control of all of me.
7:20am. What to do, what to do? How gross my teeth feel now.
Back to today.
I had the most wonderful suprise right as I was going to attempt to take my second Historic test online at 7pm last night. I had an email that said it would be posted another day! So I promptly put myself to bed and proceeded to sleep for like 10 hours :-)
I'm going to the Soup Kitchen today and then going to attempt to straighten the house that I've managed to put into a state of disaray after only being here a few hours. And take my Historic test.
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beautiful, dazzling, not-afraid-to-get-dirty dreams. i love you, amy!
i also feel like writing so much more while i'm in transit. my journal becomes my best friend; pages fill up way faster when i'm up in the air than down on the ground. my mom talks about when they used to travel by ship from india to america to india again, and how you had so much time to just BE, to process things, to slowly shift your focus from one place, one culture and set of people, to another. now, it just takes a few hours, maybe days, hop on a few planes and your body is in the new location but your soul hasn't caught up yet. i think writing must be my way of trying to catch up, to cram in as much of the learning and reflecting as i can, though not nearly as much as i could if i had weeks or months to wait in between places and faces.
you make me want to sing "somewhere out there, beneath the pale blue sky, someone's thinking of you and loving you tonight...somewhere out there, someone's saying a prayer that you'll find one another in that big somewhere out there"
peace and love of Christ be with you ^_^
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