So. Excited.

i just keep thinking about how i am going to be in london in 15 days. walking around london in 15 days.

ahh!!!

i have nothing ready yet and i have not even thought about packing. the only thing that i really have ready is my awesome new raincoat. oh and my cute new converse sneakers which are olive green. and my moccasins with rubber soles.

my mommy went and bought me a monstrous suitcase that i can fit into, so i'm sure that i will be able to fit quite a bit into it, although i am a bit nervous that i will not have enough room for EVERTHING. looks like i'm bring two suitcases.

15 days!!!

no photo today

i am in the process of fully realizing that my friends are leaving on thursday and i am not going to be able to see them until december 20 (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!).

eh.

i know that they know who they are and i know that they know that i am really going to miss them. but i just cannot stress how much i am REALLY, like REALLY, going to miss them!

i definitely feel as though i am losing touch with reality. i just read an extremely moving story about the Northern Arapaho tribe in Wyoming and i feel as though i have taken everything, including my spirituality, completely for granted. i have decided that the number one thing that i need to do when i get back from my 4-month stint in London, i have to start saving up my money so that i can travel to Wyoming and the rest of the west so that i can truly immerse myself in the native and untouched lands of the reservations.

what we took from these beautiful people is now a complete wasteland.

what they have left is untouched wilderness and rampant poverty.

but their spirit to survive and to become an outlet for the Creator is amazing.

if i could just be as strong as an Arapaho woman, i could truly rule the world.

truly, i could.