Good Lord. It feels amazing to be in town today. I stayed in the village for just over 2 weeks without leaving. I think that's a new record. I thought I was gonna crack after the first week but I found peace with my whole situation.
There is talk of finishing my house soon. My village got cement from somewhere to make footpaths and I was told they would use some of it to make my bathroom/kitchen. I'll believe it when I see it, but it was nice of them to say. Work is coming along too. This past week and next week has been/will be spent gathering information to write multiple grant proposals and letters to organizations for funds for several different projects.
I met this American kid this past week. I was layin around reading on Wednesday afternoon when I heard the very distinct accent of a tourist. Found this 20 year old kid from California standing by the river in my village. He came over and introduced himself to me and the first thing I said was "what the hell are you doing here"..not in a mean way but more of disbelief of what I was seeing. He had come to the village with some missionaries or something like that, dont know exactly. Anyhow, he kept coming around the rest of the week and it was nice to talk to someone while in the depths of isolation.
I recently got a Peace Corps newspaper type deal in my mailbox. They take submissions from volunteers in the field so I'll be sending them stuff to print all the time..I hope they have a sense of humor and will publish some of my articles.
Hmm..yeah, I dunno. Keep on keepin on.

Know what I could go for? A mandolin and a guitar. In a perfect world I'd have a banjo player, a bassist and my clone here to drink whiskey with and play mountain music. Alas, i'm just a lonely guitar picker without a guitar to pick.
Today i'm going to kana vakalevu and go back to the village when i'm full. My lantern got broked so I switched to candles...I like it better, more of a moody kind of feel to the whole bure situation.
Ash is coming for real in December...I can't even believe it. I bet she cries when she gets off the plane, i'm puttin money on it. Any takers?