A slice of random. Eat up!

Infinite mosquito bites
Island-wide renown for my lack of skill at balancing on that crazy new-fangled contraption--the
bicycle
Strep throat
Dr. Happy (a tooth brush)

Mangoes and tangerines (as presents from my students!)
Care packages
Chocolate shake--mmm, goodness
A 40-pound bag of rice for Christmas

A haircut as I sat outside on a balcony with the breeze on my face, looking out over the Pacific,
admiring the blue glow the full moon casts on the rocks and sand at low tide
Goosebumps as I read Coleridge to my creative writing class, on the singular below-80 degree
day that I've seen here
Fleas

30 flat men
--in the mail--
two glorious hours on the radio
zero days of "vacation"
173 days of awesome

A wicked hot Reef tan
3.5 custom nuknuks
A bottle of (disturbingly orange) Bellagio bath gel
Soaked to the bone on a number of occasions

Never-ending fame for my fabtastic marching performance
(I'm the tall awkward white girl singing made-up words--"Ole!"--and shaking her kahpuh on
TV)
The satisfaction of seeing the look on my friend's face when we gave him a DVD of the Christmas
marching--which is shown 24/7 on TV--for his birthday
Yes!

The dullest snorkeling experience ever
The greatest diving experience ever
A sunburn (or several)
An ovation during volleyball

Frustrated
Amazed
Depressed
Ecstatic
Bored
Perfectly content

M. McCrea
"Things I've gotten on Kosrae"