You know how there are days when you’re having so much fun that you don’t have time to record those sensations and the new experiences you’re going through? That’s how this summer has been for me; I think I made a unofficial pledge to stop blogging and write only emails so I could be more specific and personal about this huge transition phase I am undergoing. But moving here last Sunday, to the South-east of DC has made me run back to blogging again. Too many new things I’m going through, too many stereotypes that I have to break through.
I just came back from taking the bus at 10 PM, its a first for me, as I’ve managed to avoid taking public or walking back home at night. I had my bike with me and although it was a short ride back from Amy F’s house, I heard too much about the shootings nearby that I didn’t want to risk it- So I took the bus and boy, was it overcrowded. Somebody asked me on the way back if that was my bike in front of the bus on the rack, and I said, yes, (how did he know? Coz I was the only non-black?) and he said, why didn’t you ride back you could have saved space..And my first response was I am such a small person anyway, how much space could I take up?
So easy for me to be angered. So quick for me to fear. I keep on thinking if only i have a car, but that would be too easy, wouldn’t it?
It’s been a great week nevertheless, one full of reflections and intimate nights with fellow interns and wonderful hosts from our workplace who invited us to their house for dinners.
So much to give thanks for, and so much to pray about: 1 death, 1 unemployed, 1 lifestyle change, but many more promises ahead.
Filed under: DC musings, The Present
