Long Gone

Hello my darling readers!
Before I begin I want to personally thank my most beloved friends Marissa and Jenna who actually left comments when I asked for them. Hehe I love you both. And miss you!

So in a couple of days I’m leaving for Mozambique. I cannot express how excited I am. Especially right now- the last couple days have been crappy weather-wise in Cape Town. Today it rained a lot. Yesterday it was overcast and drizzled for a little bit.

My plan for Mozambique is as follows:
1. Lay on the beach
2. Eat
3. Drink something fruity
4. Read
5. Repeat…

Today I went to the mall to get a couple of books and some new flip flops- mine were horribly uncomfortable.

So going on the trip is me, Diane, Nate, Lauren, and Kait. We will fly to Johannesburg Friday evening, stay the night there, catch a bus to Maputo on Saturday morning, stay there for a couple days, head to Tofo, and then head home! Somewhere in there I’m planning a swim with whale sharks. It sounds like a proper vacation, yes? All I want is to lie on a beach and come back to Cape Town with bronze skin. I will be certain to take a lot of pictures to share with you all.

Cape Town is still as wonderful as ever. Nate’s dad and step-mom are in town for a while so Diane, Elsha, and I went out to dinner with them. It was nice to talk to some people who know what’s going on in the States. Speaking of the States- I got an internship at Ben Nelson’s office for the summer! I’m so excited. So I get home on June 11 and need to report for duty in DC on June 28th. Quick turn around, right? I am super pumped. I’m just hoping that Heather can get her stuff figured out so that she can be there too!!!

It’s so strange to look at everyone from high school and see what they’re all up to. Everyone has different likes and dislikes, different interests. After high school, my number one goal was to leave Nebraska. And I did. I hadn’t thought about much after that. But everything worked out well for me. It was definitely a transition at first, but I am so happy at school. I’m loving what I’m doing and who I’m meeting. On top of all that I’m in Cape Town- arguably one of the most beautiful places in the world- and I’m so happy. Of course, I’d be happier if I didn’t have so much school work, but we can’t always get what we want can we?

On a more serious note- there’s a lot going on in the world right now, isn’t there? When I combine the Libya situation, all that Japan is suffering from, yesterday’s bombing in Jerusalem, the continued involvement of the United States in the Middle East, and what I am learning about South Africa’s period of Apartheid, I realize how lucky I was to grow up in a time and place of peace (mostly). I never had to worry about if my home would still be there at the end of the day or if I would be allowed to stay in it. I was never concerned with people coming into my house in the middle of the night to hurt my family because of their skin color or politics. So much has happened in my life, but I really am very lucky. It’s hard sometimes to realize how fortunate we all are. There are many days when things don’t go as I would like and I get frustrated. Sometimes I look back and wonder why things happened the way they did, but at least for most of my life I’ve felt safe and known that my family and friends were still going to be where I left them last. Let’s all take time as often as we can to thank God for all of the blessings we have been given.

Well I’m in Mozambique until the 3rd so don’t be alarmed when you don’t hear from me until then.

Love you all.
Be safe,
B.