Old Friends
My last day at home. I must say that I am ready to go back to my own home. My bed and my apartment and Jake. Not in that order necessarily. My eyes even better today, tho I still can't believe it all. I had a great vacation this time. Even though I spent a day fasting and another in the hospital, I got to see my two best friends 3 to 4 times each and I got to see many of my high school classmates and I spent hours and hours with my nephews. I couldn't have asked for a better vacation. The only two regrets I have are that I broke my camera and therefore wasn't able to take the photographs I had planned to and gosh I can't even remember the second one right now. It can't have been that bad I spose. Oh I remembered. It was that I didn't get to do my hoemwork which is due Monday. I'm gonna have to do it on the plane.
Today I called a friend I hadn't talked to in over ten years. He's several years younger than I and we had been quite good friends but lost touch over the years, especially after I left for the States. I was sure he'd forgotten all about me. When another friend mentioned his name and that he's going to the army (which is required for all men in Turkey) and he said to say hi to me, I decided to track him down. I found his cell phone and called him tonight. I said "You probably don't remember me but I wanted to call you." He said, "Of course I remember you, we were the greatest friends. We talked on the phone for so many hours that I fell asleep on the phone, you will always be my friend." It made my day. It's amazing how some friends will forever be friends no matter how long has passed since the last time you saw them.
Tomorrow's post will be late night since I will spend most of the day on the plane. Just a week ago I was all excited about coming home and now I am all excited to be going back home. So many homes.
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