Although today marks a sad day in our time, my day marks the departure of my longest, most in-depth adventure yet. Tonight, I leave for San Fransico. I will spend the next year participating in the LEAPYear program(www.leapnow.org) and traveling around C. America and Africa. For the first two weeks, I will spend my days in Sonoma County, CA at the programs retreat center preparing for the next year. Then, its off to Guatemala, Costa Rica and Honduras! After spending the day visiting my Great Aunt Sophie and playing badmitton with Alexis, I have found some time to sit with my kitty and jot down my thoughts. I am excited, but calm. Its been a year since I left home and moved to NYC. After a semester, I knew I needed something other then what SVA
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