These are the extremes of my life recently. The snowy photos is from my brother's yard in Epping when I first got home at Christmas. Of course, there has been tons more snow since then. I think I can actually tolerate the snow more now that I don't have to live with it every day. It didn't put too much of a damper on any of my travel plans while I was home and it was actually nice to be snowed in at my parents' house last Wednesday. It gave me an excuse to stay in my warm fleece pajamas and read all day!!
Now I am back in Lima, enjoying a beautiful Peruvian summer day. As lots of you know, there are things about living in Peru that drive me crazy, but days like today make me like it a lot more. Yes, there are car alarms and sirens going constantly (the car alarm on my street that always goes off went off the minute I turned out my light last night and I'm listening to tons of obnoxious sirens right now), but there is also lots of sun and warmth right now and that makes me happy. I love that I am sitting next to an open window in a sleeveless dress and flipflops and I am not cold at all. Wearing sandals again makes me happy, so here is a picture of my happy feet this morning (good thing Sarah and I had pedicures a few weeks ago)!
And here is my view this afternoon - windows open, green trees, lots of sun. Life is good!! I had a great trip to the States and loved being home. I'm so thankful I got to see so many people and just catch up and feel like a part of everyones' lives again for a little while. I know I talked with a lot of you about some of my frustrations with Lima and my thoughts about coming back to the States. But I am also relieved to feel good about being back in Lima today. I still have a year and a half here and it would be pretty horrible if I started to count down the days already. I'm lucky to be able to live in both worlds - home and away - and am so thankful for both.
I'm off to meet Reada and Dave for lunch at Arugula, my favorite neighborhood restaurant. I'm excited to catch up with them and to see others friends as we all come back over the next few days.
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