THE WORLD IS A WONDERFUL PLACE, YOU GUYS.
So far Ari and I have hiked about 14 miles (most of it uphill), topped three peaks, been camping twice, recorded a cover song together*, spent time starwatching and swimming, visited the adorably quirky town of Northamption, and been to see James Taylor play at Tanglewood, among other things. Of course, the regular every-day stuff has been happening as well; I'm still working for my dad's company, I've been learning how to cook with the vegetables and fruits I get in my organic produce basket every week, trying to keep from overheating when it gets above 90 degrees (there's no air conditioning in my room at the boarding house), doing laundry and paying the bills. But I feel so much more alive when I'm spending my free time outside, in a new place, with someone who I care about and who cares about me. If you've been following me on Twitter or Facebook then you've been seeing all the pictures I've been taking, but in case you haven't I'll try to make a big post full of pictures in the next few days.
I've been having all kinds of thoughts about life, and I want to start posting some of my ramblings here again, like I did when I was in New Zealand, so hopefully I'll get some time to do that in the near future. Travel always makes me more thoughtful, and in a more positive way, than when I'm at home. I'm also going to be posting some more thoughts over on the pre-seminary blog because I've been doing a lot of reading about Judaism, and I went to a class at the temple Ari's family goes to last week and hope to go to another one this week, and I'm all FULL of excitement about it. There are so many fascinating similarities and differences between Judaism and Christianity, and I love learning about all of them.
Anyway, I hope you're all well, and that you're having a good summer! Talk to you soon!
*Here's a clip of that song. :-)
