Mail and Time Travel

Hi Blog Readers,
I have lots of news. I know it’s stupid but I’m going to post multiple stories in one day just to organize my thoughts. My updates about site will be at the end. First of all, happy Easter! Eat Cadbury chocolate and think of me…I bought my own Cadbury yesterday to enjoy today. I can’t believe it’s Easter already. I have a new theory that time moves differently on different continents. When in the US, time flew by. I was working like a maniac, volunteering, taking classes part time, watching mindless TV the rest of the time. Weeks, months and years would fly by without me noticing. Now that I’m in Rwanda I feel like my ‘normal, American’ life has come to a stand still. I don’t see myself living in the same universe anymore. Everything here is so foreign that I don’t try to reconcile the two worlds. I just let them be separate entities that I exist in. I have been in Rwanda for over a month and time has both moved incredibly slowly and at the speed of light. I recognize that this is making no sense. Maybe I’ll be able to describe it better in the future.
Speaking of my two worlds coming together, I received my first two pieces of mail. THANKS to those of you who sent it! It’s always fun getting mail and feeling a little boost of inspiration. I may have had in incredibly hormonal moment and cried while opening it…it was nice to feel supported and loved. In response to ‘How long did it take to get there?’ – the cards were sent on March 2 & 3rd (approximately) and they arrived at the Kigali post office on the 24th and 26th (approximately). Not too bad. I have yet to receive any of the boxes that I know are on the way so I’m interested to see if those take much longer to arrive. I’ll let you know when I find out.