how does it feel … to be without a home … a complete unknown … like a rolling stone ???

this has gotta be fast … tonight i fell asleep on th go train to pickering and woke up in ajax …

for those who don’t know (and really why would you) … ajax is past pickering … = … i’m a freakin tool sometimes … bodes well for the next year eh

so i gotta go to bed, as tomo promises to be more exhausting …

TO is great … i love this city more and more every time …

YCI is amazing … i have spent the past 2 days getting to know my future everything-mates (apparently spending 24 hours a day with the same 3 people for 2 months can be a bit challenging ???) … they seem like pretty great people, and i can’t wait to find out what adventures lie in store for us …

also been getting a fly-by orientation of YCI, HIV/AIDS, development work, amharic, challenges overseas, etc… lots of learning and lots of emotions… we spent the morning today getting a crash course on the science of HIV (nice refresher, as it’s been a few year) and then the afternoon hearing from a couple toronto-nians living with the virus … i have never met someone who is positive before … and it was NOT what i was expecting … he had an intensely intimate presentation style, and really grabbed you by the heart and took you on a whirlwind tour of his life over 15 + years … through the ups and downs and frustration and heartbreak .. and … sheer inspiration … and the light at the end of the tunnel …

my mind is already flying at 1000 miles an hour, my heart has already been tossed for a loop … and we are only on day 2

i gotta go to bed … thanks for birthday wishes and support … i am the luckiest person on earth to know the people i know and to be able to call them friends …