Day 2

It is day 2 in the mountains of Massachusetts. I arrived yesterday after a grueling 26 hour bus ride. No one was there to pick me up, so I called and found out someone thought I was arriving in Albany, NY which is 2 hours away! Lina, from the school, was there to pick me up ten minutes later but I feel bad for whoever had the job of driving back to MA, sans anyone-to-talk-to.

As I drove up, the school and housing grounds looked just like this dude ranch, Lazy Hills, that my family used to gather at once a year for family reunion when I was growing up. Sweet. I almost had a panic attack sharing with friends my last night in Atlanta about how afraid I was to come here and start this journey. I was thinking all kinds of terrible things, like how I wasn~t going to fit in, My clothes would be all wrong, my luggage was too heavy...only to arrive to the most awesome of awesome landscapes and childhood memories! I am aware that things will become more difficult as I go along but last night, the most difficult thing I had to worry about was how to explain to my new friends getting ready to watch a movie that I don~t watch t.v.

We live in lodges, just like camp, and right now I have my own room, although I understand that this could change. There are alot of nationalities here. Many people from Brazil, Jápan, some Americans...more people are coming soon. They are on a fund raising trip in Philadelphia right now. I have to run, breakfast is up at 9am. So much to talk about, so little time!