It's been a long time since I posted here.
Sorry to start out with a cheesy broadway quote, but it's been bouncing around my head lately because I really feel it. I don't know how to describe what I'm feeling but since coming back from Galapagos, things are just different. I feel restless, impatient, and almost apathetic, all at the same time. In the past year, I've seen so many different places and ways of living that I just can't quantify what I want anymore.
It's difficult to tell if this last trip was more influential than the rest, or if it's just a cumulative effect, but I'm feeling more and more disconnected from society. When I returned from Costa Rica and Honduras, I felt the disconnect initially, and then it faded. Now, I feel like it's growing stronger.
I lost my cell phone yesterday, and to be honest, I don't want it back. I will switch my service over to my mom's old blackberry at some point today, but if I don't find my droid, I'm seriously considering buying a cheap phone with just texting and phone-calling capabilities- you know, the "simple life." I think I'm more concerned about my reaction to losing my phone than about the actual absence of a phone from my life.
On the other hand, I'm quite excited for all of my classes this semester. And I'm excited about applying to vet school at the end of the semester. And I'm excited about Ghana and Harry Potter World and all of the other things I'm doing.
I don't really know where I'm going with any of this, but whatever this change is, I don't think it's a bad thing. Don't worry about me- I'm not depressed or anything. And also don't take it personally if I act strangely or seem disinterested in you. This is just another part of my growth as a person, and it may take some time to settle out.
Or, I could be completely wrong and it's just a short phase from my re-assimilation into the grand old American way of life. Only time will tell.
And here's a reward for reading through this nonsense:
It's a picture of a blue-footed booby with Daphne Major in the background. I guess that's really only a reward for biology/evolution nerds, but oh well, this is my blog.
