not bad at all

This summer I...

• listened to stories from strangers and friends onstage
  
• watched 'Cable Stein' while observing the diverse crowd of Sowebofest and the hula hoop craze
  
• played Props at a dinner party with the disposable handcuffs someone had found on the ground outside our house
• used a laundromat
  
• watched outdoor movies and created my own
  
• revealed a mystery to a stranger I'd been following (Transformer Guy)
  
• saw (and heard) some great hons
• tried to stand on one foot on my tiptoes with my eyes closed for 15 seconds (can't be done)
• soaked up the beauty of Stiles Reservoir
  
• confused people with my apparently strange habits at a city pool
• got hit by fireworks
  
• explored an abandoned fort populated by thousands of birds
• learned a little Spanish
• experienced many kinds of transportation in Central America (van, tuk tuk, back of a truck, always seatbeltless)
• taught in a school that was well outside my comfort zone
• ate frijoles, tortillas, crema, platanos, and queso fresco until I could eat no more
• climbed a volcano and swam in its lake
  
• had an aventura
• brought back the habit of bartering to the US
• jumped off cliffs into beautiful green water...and had a run-in with the law
  
• reached my physical limit on pretty much my first bike ride
• maintained outdoor concert traditions
• danced at a party from another decade
• flew in airplanes - hey, it still excites me
  
• participated in the wedding of Jan and Katie
  
• danced like crazy with siblings, cousins, and new friends at said wedding
• applied and applied and applied to jobs
• cleaned a dirty house, kind of
  
• spurred-of-the-moment with the roommates
• soaked it in