wow, flashback to jr high reading these last few pages.
Finally getting over whatever flu/cold/mystery sickness I had that has kept me home and bedridden for the past two days. I'm pretty sure it was a combination of a minor cold and getting 4 pretty tough shots in one go. But whatever, i'm good now. I heard from the volunteer organization today, and I'm all set to go! woot woot! I'll be staying with a family in phnom penh (capitol of cambodia) and working in an orphanage about a 20min moto ride from the house. I'll be living with a middle aged couple, their two sons and their neice, who are around my age, and all three of them speak good english. I'm soooo stoked to go! now i just have to hear from the college i'm going to next year about registration dates, so i can book my return flight. Ideally I'll be returning home the day before I have to register for classes, i'll probably still be jetlagged on orientation. Pretty soon i'll have to go to a travel agency and get travel insurance for the 6 weeks after i finish volunteering (the volunteer organization covers me for the 8 weeks i'm at the orphanage), and go out and buy random stuff needed for the trip. woot woot!
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What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do -- especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.
William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways
Your toughest competitor lives in your head. Some days his name is fear, or pain, or gravity. Stomp his ass.
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