Welcome home Sara!
I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.
Giles ,'Beneath You'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Lee - Jul 29, 2009 4:02:46 pm PDT #1257 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
sarameg - Jul 29, 2009 4:07:09 pm PDT #1258 of 30001
Not going to even try to catch up anytime soon. I am tanned and fit (to my surprise) and the trip and the people on it did wonderful things for me.
Kathmandu is on paper everything I might hate: crazy, chaotic, filthy, no personal space, noisy, poverty is abysmal, and I LOVED IT. I waded in ankle deep filth carried by monsoon rains and liked it.
Bhutan was magical, and the eclipse...well, we fucking lucked out and got to see it. Weather held until the last day, and the country is incredible.
I am also exhausted having woken up every single morning between 5 and 5:30 local, regardless of whether I went to bed at midnight or 3 am. I did an insane impression of an extrovert, and even felt the energy rush of one the whole time.
And now I suspect I will collapse for a few days. And try not to kill the parents. I refrained remarkably well.
Having a trio of UK doctors and the organizer (also a UKer) to drink and trek with helped immeasurably. I miss them terribly already.
More as I get stuff online.
Jesse - Jul 29, 2009 4:08:01 pm PDT #1259 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yay Sara!!
beth b - Jul 29, 2009 4:08:54 pm PDT #1260 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Sounds amazing, sarameg. I bet the kitties mob you.
sarameg - Jul 29, 2009 4:12:46 pm PDT #1261 of 30001
Kitties are fine. My parents are already being too close despite having spent the last 30 hours WAY TOO CLOSE. Thank god the organizer sat me with him the first leg, even though it was the shortest. It gave me a good start.
Steph L. - Jul 29, 2009 4:18:45 pm PDT #1262 of 30001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Sara, the trip sounds incredible! Welcome back!
Barb - Jul 29, 2009 4:20:45 pm PDT #1263 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
Yay sara for not committing murder and loving your trip! Welcome home!
-t - Jul 29, 2009 4:31:46 pm PDT #1264 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That all sounds incredible, sarameg! Welcome home.
I hope the rest of your trip home is easy, Dana.
Sue - Jul 29, 2009 4:51:51 pm PDT #1265 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Welcome back Sara. Your trip sounds amazing.
Vortex - Jul 29, 2009 4:52:51 pm PDT #1266 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Sara, I feel your pain. Believe me, I'm still having nightmares about the cruise :)