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i stammer and ramble and don't make too much sense.

life in akron is one beautiful day after another. the sky has been blue and empty. this environment is beginning to feel somewhat like home but i know the feeling will be short-lived. it's Saturday and i fly out Wednesday night. it seems closer than it really is.

all of the people here are wonderful and i have nothing but positive things exude from my mind when i think of them. we are all colleagues. we are friends. we are all putting a part of ourselves here and then moving all around the world. there's something very comforting about knowing that there are others in my shoes.

well, today my parents are coming out here. my dad just got off the phone with me and he was already crying. i don't know if this will be difficult or hard. either way, it is necessary.