May 2007

I realize there has been a really huge gap between posts, so this post is going to serve as the tie between Oman and Yemen. Yes, I will in fact be going to Yemen. I leave June 17th, exactly one month after having returned from Oman. There are going to be 28 people, myself included, on the trip, from universities all over the US, so it should be pretty interesting to meet everyone. Since this blog is supposed to be about my trips overseas, I won't post a lot of stuff about being back in America. My month is going to be pretty busy trying to catch up on stuff from Oman and get ready to go to Yemen. Oh yeah, and I have to graduate from OU at some point. I must say that it's good to be back. After spending a lot of time thinking about what it would be like to be back after my time in Oman, I really haven't felt a lot of reverse culture shock. The weirdest thing to me since returning is the green-ness of all the trees. I left Ohio in January, with all the trees barren, then spent four months looking at dirt, so to suddenly come back to a place where everything is green has been a little bit weird. But other than that, I feel like I've slipped right back into Americana, quite gladly at that. So, know I'm just spending the rest of my time resting up for another big adventure, and eating as much bacon, cheese, pizza, and hamburgers as possible.