To the Moon and the Bathroom (needed a better title)

This morning I came across the greatest invention not known to man: the rocket toilet. Curtesy of a six year old. Voice activated with a remote control, the rocket toilet will meet you wherever you find yourself in a bind. That's right, you'd never be subjected to running around in a frantic search to relieve yourself when nature calls. The assignment was to draw what they would want their home to be like if they had to live in a tree like a bird. Peter really took off with the idea, illustrating an apartment building, a swimming pool, and the rocket toilet. That simply had to be the highlight of my day.

I've had so many encounters over the past week its hard to rehash them all. From a late night hip-hop party at a bar which involved lessons on how to do the "sunflower", to coffee and conversation with a South African couple, to biking along the river in the most glorious weather, to a homemade meal at one of my students' home,
to a slide show of southwest America by a Korean university student in his home, to a fancy meal out with random and rich couple I ran into, to a book offer, I've hardly had time to breathe. Besides working nearly 9 hours or more a day, everything has come as a surprising and immense blessing. Even though my days seem to just run together, the time does pass and that's much better then sitting around all day twiddling my thumbs. I am finding it hard to keep up, especially in the classroom (I caught myself dozing off a couple of times today), but I realize I'm in the last leg of this experience so I'm goin' with it. I'm coming out of my shell, big time, yapping about all kinds of things to all kinds of people, and I'm getting to plan the next 4 or so....I like planning and see a lot of opportunities for me to partake in the future - things like rocket toilets.