June 2017 - Red Pointe Shoe

What’s the Meaning of Anything? shrug

June 23, 2017

Oh my god-that-I-don’t-believe-in, this is hard. Did you know if Peace Corps Mali had never been evacuated, I’d be in my final days there? So, if we had never been evacuated, June 2017 would still know me to be an anxious ball of “what-the-hell-am-I-doing.” It’s nice to know that even if things had gone according to plan, I’d still be a walking emotional and mental trainwreck. I am over the moon jealous of people who (seem like they) know what…

Cellphonelessness

June 17, 2017

I am cellphoneless! Ugggggghhhhhhh I bought a new phone in the fall and was talked into buying the insurance at $12/month, which I could cancel any time. The insurance covered everything under the sun which is quite a relief, because toilets. My phone took a few minor bumps over the course of its short-lived life. Each hit was succeeded by what became my trademark joke: It’s ok! I pay twelve dollars a month for insurance! It’s not funny anymore. It…