Listful.

A few lists to take the place of stories.

I love,

1. Senior boys that make me laugh a lot.

2. The cooler weather.

3. Jonah's laugh.

4. Boreach falling in holes.

5. Having a blender.

6. Having enough money to buy food.

7. My slightly broken bicycle.

8. The weird, off brand ibuprofen that makes me a little numb.

9. Italian men that introduce themselves to me.

10. Joshua.

11. Vice-Principal Sopheak's sense of humor.

12. Stories.

13. My Little Pony Fruit Snacks.

14. Speaking Khmer.

15. Going to bed at 8:30 and getting up at 5:30.

16. E-mails.

17. Watching movies while grading.

18. Not wearing shoes.

19. Kim Sreng.

I do not love,

1. Mail that never comes.

2. Lack of money.

3. The lack of food that results from the lack of money.

4. Being treated like a foreigner.

5. Children that won't try.

6. Long lasting power outages.

7. Putting my life in danger just to cross the street.

I miss,

1. My people.

2. Driving.

3. Dutch Bros.

4. Not summer.

5. History classes.

6. Blending in.

7. Different colors of eyes.

8. New music.

9. Having a camera.

I don't miss,

1. Being a stressed out student.

2. Boy drama.

3. Snow.

4. Having a cell phone.

I am proud of myself for,

1. Still being on the same bottles of shampoo and conditioner I left America with.

2. Not been seriously injured in WEEKS.

3. Being caught up in grading.

4. Learning more names!

5. My kids have started saying "bless you"

I am,

1. Alive.

2. Blessed.

P.S. Go see thingsweforget.blogspot.com. It's good.