Time Flies

It is crazy how quickly time goes by.

Hopefully this is not a sign of aging because I’m not ready!

If I could rewind my life and start it again, let’s say starting at my freshman year at Chico State, I’d do it.  No questions asked.

I do not regret anything but I want to continually live in the moments that have made up my most memorable years.

I know, I know.  The best has yet to come.

To put things into perspective it has been 644 days since I’ve seen my family, 640 days spent in Uganda, 1,461 days, or 4 years to date, since my Grandpa Dick passed away, 176 days since National GLOW 2013, 67 days until Northern Camp and 22 days until COS conference.

I feel like just yesterday I was sitting in training being told how to greet in the local language.

I remember the outfit I wore, as I had to get up before a crowded church at my Grandpa’s funeral.

Shoot!  I remember that day in second grade when Mrs. Boerio accidently read a letter, which she thought was addressed to her, but was actually written by my secret admirer exclaiming his love for me.  Or the day my lunchbox broke and my friends had to fix it because of my broken arm.  Or the many summer days that my neighbor Cody and I could be found inventing new games in the backyard. 

Then I think about my Peace Corps service.  It is crazy to think of all the times I have had thus far.  All the changes I have seen and all the work I like to think I’ve done that have contributed to a greater Uganda. 

Then there are all of the programs I want to finish before leaving in approximately 185 days.  Malaria murals, the grassroots soccer program with my youth and hopefully getting a grant approved for a youth program focusing on expressing emotions and developing the self through art and photography.

While I am looking forward to the day I get to see my family, friends, familiar and not so familiar surroundings of home, I know I need to soak up every moment in Uganda because the clock’s a clickin’!