last night i went grocery shopping for the first time in a month. Also hauled most of my stuff over to the new apartment. I knew it was tiny, but is so much tinier than i remember from when we looked at it, omg. Should be interesting... going to really have to scale back, but also don't want to feel like it is completely empty and no one lives there. I found a lady on craigslist who was moving to Asia and was giving away all her gardening stuff, so I loaded up a rental car with tons of pots and tomato cages and tiny seedling pots and tools. All this to say hopefully i can start to make this place feel like a home.

BT arrived last night to stay for ten days and I realized how lonely I have been. Too much travel and no friends here yet because too much travel. I like doing things on my own, and there's lots to explore, but this is ridiculous. I got off the plane Wednesday night and checked my email and there was a message about going back to Africa already on the 18th - that's in 8 days. Hopefully visa problems are going to make this tight timeline impossible. I will have just gotten over my jet lag. I'm trying to make a life! This seems like it might be untenable but i'm just going to try it out.

7:24 a.m. - 2016-12-10