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Ice Cream

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

Want to hear something weird? It’s two days shy of the anniversary of when I left for Chad! How crazy is that? I bet I was nervously packing and repacking my bags at this time two years ago. I was so nervous about the dumbest things. Would I be able to shave my legs? (Why wouldn’t I?) Would my hiking boots be durable enough? (I have worn flip-flops every day for two years.) What would I do when my supply of Folgers Singles bags ran out? (I gave them away because my body could no longer take the amount of caffeine in a cup of coffee.) There will be neither wistful recollections nor touching nuggets of wisdom on this anniversary. It’s been wild. It’s been awful. It’s been wonderful. I wouldn’t trade these two years for the world.

Time for that long awaited bowl of ice cream!

Love,
Kate

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