Well, Jesse and Amy are married. It was a picture-perfect wedding on an absolutely fabulous day. I was a little disappointed that I was the only person from our Cedarville days to make it out to the wedding, but that's just the way life works. People grow up, get jobs, get married, buy homes, have kids, etc., and suddenly are much less mobile and flexible. Life's like that. Even so, sometimes I find myself wishing for the "good ol' days," when people were still crazy and in college. But those days are long gone, and people such as myself are becoming a rare breed among my contemporaries (which is probably a good thing).

One minor worry was taken care of today when Dana (Jesse's mom) offered to let me stay with her and Aaron (her youngest son who's still at home) for the next couple of days until my flight leaves from Portland on Tuesday. I wasn't really worried about it, but it is nice to know that I'll have a place to stay until it's time to depart for the east coast.

It's still quite surreal to be where I am right now - was I really just in Norway 3 (or was it 4?) days ago, and Latvia less than a week before that? I think that everything will start to really sink in once I finally arrive "home;" right now I still feel like I'm in travel mode. Generally speaking, I'm a quick adapter, which can be a double-edged sword: I adjust quickly to new situations and scenarios, but that also means it can also be easy for me to move from point to point without ever really stopping to savor and experience where I've been or contemplate where I'm going.

As for now, though, where I'm going is straight to bed. This has been a busy day, and was also my first day doing some time without the sling (I managed to shed it for pictures and also during the wedding). While the pain was tolerable, I'm feeling pretty achy at the moment... and exhausted.