December 2007



it's time for 08...

Monday, 31 December 2007 4:17 P GMT-05
The presents have been opened, the pine needles are falling off the tree, & your electric bill has skyrocketed thanks to your Criswald-like decorations outside.  Christmas may be over, but the holiday season is far from a thing of the past.&

my auntie xmas...

Friday, 28 December 2007 11:10 A GMT-05
Just a month ago I had been on the beach in Australia trying to decide if I would return to Ohio for the holidays or stay on the beach in Oz.  I had always been curious what Christmas would be like somewhere else in the world.  I had experi

american stereotype...

Wednesday, 19 December 2007 5:33 P GMT-05
"So, tell me...what do people overseas think of Americans these days?"  I've been asked this question several times since I've been home and I'm not sure I have found the best answer, just yet.  Overall, I've

post travel...blah...

Wednesday, 12 December 2007 10:17 A GMT-05
Culture shock? Yes!  Depressing?  At times!  Confusing?  At least for me!  Lonely & scary?  Yes & yes!!  These are just some of the symptoms of my post travel...blah.  I'm reluctant to call it the b

home...for the holidays?...

Monday, 3 December 2007 3:53 P GMT-05
Walking into the arrivals and baggage area I breathed a sigh of relief that my journey had ended.  I had been stuck in the confines of an airplane for the last 30 hours and all I wanted to see was my baggage hopping out of the carousel.  It