Who Says You Can't Go Home?

I'm sitting here in a little coffee shop (still in North Carolina) and while I was watching a little girl in a bright lime green shirt walk around, talking with her dad, I couldn't help but smile. It made me realize that even the simplest things can make a little girl happy. Even if it's as simple as walking around a coffee shop, pointing to things for her father to explain what they are. Today, she learned what a stool is. She pointed and asked, "What's that?" and her dad told her that it's a stool and then she asked, "What does it do?" He picked her up and sat her on the stool and scooted it towards the table, then stood behind her as she smiled with glee at the new thing she just discovered. I couldn't help but laugh a little as I watched the two of them.

Another thing, for you frequent readers (all three of you), is that I'm feeling so much better now. Jess called me yesterday while I was at the market, helping my Aunt and Uncle sell their dresses from India while they were in their outside booth. So I was talking to her until my phone beeped that it had a low battery (well, Eric - my cousin - was talking to her at the time) and then I called her on his phone. At the time, I decided to take a break and walk around the market place while talking to Jessica.

I was very pleased to talk with my best friend for a while that day, because the picky customers weren't making me feel happier, that's for sure. I'm really thankful for her cheering me up. (Thank you Jessie!)

Well, I guess I'll stop the painful and agonizing suspense about when I'm coming home. Which I'm looking forward to and all, but the driving all the way, all day, part doesn't sound so appealing now that I'm thinking about it. Okay, okay, I'll stop prolonging the topic. (Out with it, Alex!) I'm coming home, *drum roll*, tomorrow! *Sound of applause.* Yes, I'm very excited, and no, I can't wait (same thing I guess, huh?)

So, I got a couple more things for my friends today (not telling!). You thought I' just go ahead and say it on here, didn't you? I'm more clever than you think. (And witty!)

The moon looks really neat tonight (nice transition, huh?). It's just a sliver of moon, but it's so perfect and simple (there's that word again). If you're anywhere near me, and around the same time of me writing this, go look! (Please.) You probably won't get excited enough to blog about it (because everyone has a blog, ya know) like I am, but hey, it's something to think about. I mean, it's so far away from us. And it's just this huge round rock in the middle of, well, nothing, just orbiting around another rock that contains life and is orbiting around a huge ball of fire. I mean, we think a six foot person is tall, but really, they're just as small as the short people when it comes to everything outside of our atmosphere. I don't know, I don't normally think about this, but the whole moon thing got me going.

Since the last couple blogs have been insanely long, I'll leave this one shorter.