my journey contines

the date is set, the ticket is paid and I will be arriving back in Toronto April 10th. i’m coming home!

thanks for reading,
Shannon

i’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately. yea, maybe even more than usual, believe it or not… you see, i’ve been thinking about overall how wonderful it’s been to be here in Nicaragua (i know i had a hard time for a while there…). and then i think *gulp* i haven’t been in Toronto for almost a year and a half. my roots will always be there, and that’s where my family is and i can’t WAIT to be with them again. although i also feel like all these new friends i have are now all over the world… and that’s a tad bit lonely. i guess that comes with the territory in this job? but it’s a bit scary.

you see i was also thinking of travelling. my internship is finished April 4th… and i was thinking about the grand idea i’d had to go backpacking through Central America. i was a little afraid that it’ s a now or never thing. when am i going to have the opportunity to come back here? and it’s much easier when i’m young, and single and don’t have a job (minus the $ part…). that’s not to say that i imagine myself getting married anytime soon unless there’s somebody very important that some of you have waiting for me to meet? ahahaha… but. in all seriousness, yea. i bought this awesome backpack!! i wanted to use it… soooooooooo these are some of the ifs, ors and buts in my head at the moment.

and when i DO come home. then what? it’s exciting, right? the world is my oyster. but i don’t like oysters… haha. i like home and my family. and change is good. it’s the one certain thing in this world, next to death and taxes. and sheryl crow always told me that “A Change Would Do You Good”…

*gulp*

the next unknown.

thanks for reading
Shannon

so what does that mean for all of us whose hearts is with disadvantaged poor and the “least of these”? i guess we’re set to be wanderers it is good to be home though, i mean i’ve always said i LOVE toronto! it’s an amazing city. and i love my family. my heart is definitely here with them.

but a bit of my heart is with you guys now, cohortians. so to use faith’s expression, my heart is hurting a bit tonight. thanks so much to everybody for spending fun time together last night and hanging out in our room. as for the movie, well ummm… it was one way to wrap up the semester, but we were together. rosa, joe and mary i hope you had safe trips today! everybody else i think you’re leaving tomorrow and monday - safe travels!! thanks for hanging out with me in my room before i left and for the farewell downstairs. hehe… and Rebecca!!! thanks for taking me — it was hard, but i really appreciate it.

love you guys!
shannon

it was so nice to be home!! spent some quality time with my grandparents and family, made them look through all my Philly pics/videos (hehe) and just relaxed. now that my brother lives in my old room, i got the daybed in the office which is suprisingly comfortable! so it really wasn’t bad! and mom’s homecooked meals mmmm delicious!!!

anyways it was great to be home. thanks to those of you who shared my special day with me and thanks mom and dad for pulling something together on last minute.

me & my grandpa

okay, really every time i see the Canadian flag as I drive across the border I think I get that butterflies feeling, well no not quite. how do you describe it? it’s just nice to be home!!

so chris was coming back, i caught a ride with him. got home yesterday afternoon. may or may not have fallen asleep for a chunk of the drive (oops)… i hadn’t been planning on coming home, but i figured with taking off to Nicaragua in about a month and a half that i should come back and take care of doctor, dentist, etc. appointments. got pretty much everything taken care of. plus, as a bonus, it’s my bday on Saturday and i’ll be able to spend it with my family! which is nice… before moving away for at least 7 months.

anyways. home sweet home. i need to buy a Canada shirt - red and white.

thanks for reading
shannon