IT WAS A DARK AND CLOUDY DAY...and a great day to just hang out in my apartment and read and watch movies (not that those activities are anything new!) and work on my journal. I'm trying to create a life history for my daughters and my stay here seems to be a good time to do that. I wish I had made more notes of my mother's life while she was alive. Amazing how much this extra "free" time here allows me to reflect on many things. Whenever I get "down" because of inconveniences, frustrations, confusion, loneliness, I seem to get an "up" from a friend's email or snail mail, or by reading a daily devotional. It's good. As much as I look forward to being home in six months, I am ever so glad I had the opportunity to experience all this.