On my mind.......

Great news! So...with the visa thing...I decided to try plan D. I was in Thamel where Aria owns a restaurant - Aria is the new Nepali friend who has connections. It never hurts to ask - so I told him about my situation - and turns out everything is going to get worked out just peachy keen and as swell as can be. So, that is amazing. It will only take a phone call from his end, and $6 vs. $100 on my end (and nothing for TJ) which is fabulous. It couldn't be better, as far as this whole stressful situation. YAY! He is a great person to know in Nepal.

I am going on my 2nd to last week of teaching - really nuts.
I need to find ways to keep myself busy or I will just be thinking of October 16th, the day TJ comes to Kathmandu.
Hopefully Amy and myself will be helping on construction on the school once school is out for their month break. They have a break for the festival season. Our hope is to brick the other yard that is now a disgusting swamp area that no one can use...if (and hopefully when) we brick the yard, there will be another area for the 350 students to play in and run around. Another volunteer arrived a couple days ago from Canada, Vincent. He likes to go hiking. That is great, as I can't go hiking by myself here - it's just not safe. So I hope I will do quite a bit of hiking too before my love gets here.

TJ left yesterday for his NOLS course in India. It is so crazy because we are SO much closer as far a latitude and longitude goes, but we won't talk for 6 weeks...until he gets here in 39 days - not that I am counting.
I knew it would be hard to be away from him for 3&1/2 months but I didn't think it would be like this. We have been together for 3 years now, pretty nuts!!!!!!! It is great to have this independent experience, for both of us, for being so young and being together for quite a while. I know I have grown a lot and learned a lot already from my experiences here. I know that the rest of my time abroad, I will continue to learn and grow. Being apart does have it's advantages, as far as being able to explore myself and this world in a different way than I would while traveling with another person. But I am so glad, and feel so lucky to have TJ as a best friend and a boyfriend, and that we get to bring what we have learned and gained independently into our relationship. I know I am being sappy right now, but this is something that has been on my mind a lot.

Like I said though...I need to keep myself occupied...or I will only be thinking of October 16th.