10 Mini-blog Entries in One

These are all little blog entries combined.

1. Last night I dreamt there was a storm so wild that I was blown by the wind into the air and I "flew" until I found a tree to hang onto.

2. The smell of rotting mangoes on the walk to the cafeteria makes me happy. It is the smell I remember from living one month in Hawaii when I was six.

3. I killed all of my house mate's fish yesterday. I was pretty upset when I came home to find their bloated bodies floating on top of the fish tank. I had turned off their oxygen supply and forgot to turn it back on.

4. This week I learned that ruthless used to have an opposite--ruth. So you can be full of ruth! (Full of mercy.)

5. I'm thankful for journals. I woke up Thursday morning feeling discouraged. I went through my journals and read the entries for the last year. I was reminded that God has been with me through all my ups and downs and He is still with me!

6. I laid awake last night thinking about how much I hate the weather in Thailand in April. Miserable. My air con does work, but the sound of it keeps me awake.

7. My favorite place to think is on my floor. I spread a blanket on the floor at the end of my bed and think there.

8. I have the following written on my desk at work, "Anij yokwe yuk". (The last work is not pronounced yuck, but yuke.) It's Marshallese for "God loves you." I don't know. I scribbled it there a couple of weeks ago. Maybe I just needed the reminder.

9. My student wrote the following sentence today that puzzled and amused me. He wrote, "Stop going down cheeseless tunnels." I wonder why.

10. I'm so grateful that the school year is wrapping up and yet I'm in complete denial that I'm going home.