hello autumn.

With the start of school came the cooler fall weather. That's okay. I love when the change in weather is noticeable from day to day.

I haven't updated this thing in the longest time, and for some reason, I was inspired today to do something with it. Tell you what I've done/been up to since I've been home, can you believe its already been three months? There are some days that I feel like I just got home, and others, I almost forget I even went to China because of the way things feel so natural here.

Since I've been home I've:

-caught up with a million people.
-gotten a job. full time, benefits and all of that big girl stuff.
-lived in three different houses
-found a permanent place to live, which I will move into in october
-started class...yikes!
-ate at every place that I missed while I was away
-drove a car
-totaled a car
-visited some friends in tennessee
-went to countless concerts(at LEAST 10), some local, some not, man, its hard to believe i went 6 months with no live music
-sang really really loud in my car
-sat at loch raven
-watched clouds
-sat on a porch and watched a storm roll in, then back out again
-witnessed a tornado (a baby one, maybe, but still scary)
-went to granny's;
-andy nelsons
-learned more about baltimore. i'm a better tour guide in shanghai than i am in baltimore.
-found old friends
-made new friends
-watched my girls graduate, and go to college (double yikes!)



There way more other things I've done since being home. These are just some that I made a effort to make sure they happened as soon as I got home. And there are some things in the list that would have been nice had they NOT happened (totaled a car ring a bell?).

There are some times that I miss China. Somedays, I even miss Carrefour (get out!). But, at the end of it all, I know that this is where I'm supposed to be. I can feel it when I walk into work or school or church. And it's not because it's "easier" here, because now, sometimes it's not.

As Suz always said, speak soon.