Notes from a Spinning Planet--Mexico
Chapter One
The past few months have been seriously depressing. At first I thought it was the letdown of normal life after such an awesome summer traveling to exotic and exciting locales with my aunt.
Then I blamed my mood on the weather, which has been dreary and gray and unusually chilly. Then I thought it was probably the fact that I’ve been stuck on the farm again, attending community college for fall semester, since I don’t get to transfer to the University of Washington until January.
Of course, it didn’t help matters that Lydia, my friend from Papua New Guinea, had to delay coming here until winter semester as well.
So I’ve just been biting the bullet and telling myself this is simply a temporary delay. I even think I should enjoy this. Who knows? It could be the last time I live at home with my parents. I actually thought they might appreciate having me around, but suddenly I’m thinking they might be glad to see me go. I mean, it seems like they sort of enjoyed my absence this past summer, once my mom got over her overprotective paranoia, and now I realize it’ll be the ...
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