It's been a while since I've written here--basically three months--but it feels like more time than this. A lot of things have happened in my life over the last three months. The long and short of it is this: I am good and I hope that you are too.

In the last three months, I have spent most of my time (and money) traveling. It was amazing. All of it.
<a title="Dad, Char and me in Plovdiv on the Free Tour by karolinka.sofia, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/9953063535/"><img alt="Dad, Char and me in Plovdiv on the Free Tour" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3816/9953063535_a47c9b269b_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" /></a>
Here's the rundown.
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	<li>I spent three weeks traveling all over Bulgaria and Istanbul with my dAd and sister. I rented a car and did most of the driving. Yep. Even in Istanbul. My dAd did most of the navigating. It was hysterical and went something like this. dAd: that road sign just said "pie" "upside down V" "Ooo" "Bee" "backwards N" "triangle with feet"... Me: dAd... that's Plovdiv... Пловдив.</li>
	<li>The day my dAd and sister flew out, I cleaned up my apartment, checked out with the school, moved my things into a friend M.'s apartment and then I caught a flight to Warsaw.</li>
	<li>Then over the next four weeks I hopped around the greater Baltics with my friend R. Our first stop was Vilnius in Lithuania and then on to Nida on the Curonian Spit and finally Klaipeda. Then in Latvia we spent our time in Riga. From Riga we took the bus to Tartu, then went to Parnu, next to the Island of Saaremaa and we stayed in the town Kuressaare. We topped off our stay in Estonia in the capitol Tallinn.  From Tallinn we flew to St. Petersburg. R. and I parted ways after three days in Helsinki.</li>
	<li>I went to poke around Berlin for a week.</li>
	<li>After Berlin, I flew back to Sofia to pick up my friend A.'s cat.  Fluffy and I then flew from Sofia to Barcelona. I was super nervous to fly with Fluffy (and I think that Fluffy wasn't too fond of it) but everyone loved him. I've never received so much positive attention in airport security. Barcelona was super!</li>
	<li>From Barcelona I flew back to Sofia and spent a couple of days there. I had a lot of good-byes to say (and some crying to do).</li>
	<li>Then I few to Washington DC where I spent 5 days with friends from every stage of my life. I had a party where I had a friend from high school, from college, a roommate from the group house I lived in, friends from graduate school, friends from the Fulbright, and friends who I taught with at ACS. It was wonderful.</li>
	<li>From DC, I took the bus to New York City for five days to catch up with friends who I lived with at 1324 the group house. I almost didn't leave. NYC is such an exciting, energetic city.</li>
	<li>So after an extended summer of travel, I flew to Walla Walla and spent a week with my MoM and dAd. I flew into a whirlwind and packed up my childhood bedroom, went to loads of yard sales, washed lots of dishes for my future apartment and bought a couch at an auction.</li>
	<li>Then I drove from Walla Walla to Seattle. I had a little delay when I got a flat tire five miles outside of Walla Walla. Luckily I had JUST purchased AAA coverage so I called and a guy came out and changed my tire on the side of the highway. I went back to town bought two new tires and then drove five hours to Seattle.</li>
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Pew. That's a lot of traveling. I've been in Seattle now for a week. I am staying with my little sister and so far so good. I've been busy applying for jobs, reading teen fiction, stalking apartments on craig's list and thinking about how I should really make some friend in Seattle.