so i’m shopping in otaki, about 20 minutes up the road. i’m paying for a tab energy drink at the counter at the 4 square (ie, wawa) when i hear a girl behind me singing “baby shark, doo doo, doo doo doo doo”

i’m turn around and she asks, “are you from el rancho? i thought you were and that’s why i’m singing!”

soooooo cute. i love it.

is everything changes. everything changes.

yep, it’s a season of change around here. autumn, actually, if you want to put it into words.

but paul’s now left. he arrived the very same day as rachel and i did. and iita has arrived. she’s staying through the winter and is the first of the new lot of international volunteers. so our era is passing…. we’re being replaced. only 3 weeks until birte aimee and rachel are gone, then reuben is out of here… then annette and tim…. and then, finally… me.

so in honor of change, i rearranged my bedroom this week. and cut my hair. and dyed it reddish-brown.