A few thoughts that occured to me over the past few days:

1) Whistles are fun. If I had my own whistle, I would play it all the time. It would get me into mass amounts of trouble, and everyone would be so annoyed with me that they would lable me "obnoxious". So, all in all, it's probably a good thing I don't own my own whitle. But I will definatly enjoy Susie's while I'm home.

2) I miss my brother immensly, but still havn't finished a letter to send him. Visitng Amber made me realize how much life has changed for people since he's gone, and also put me in perspective that he really isn't in "kansas anymore". Or rather, Minnesota.

3) Listening to all the news on the war in Iraq makes me feel more knowledgeable than I would otherwise be. It keeps me feeling informed. But, it makes me really sad, and worried. It occured to me today that I wish there were a radio station somewhere that didn't play news every hour on updates, not because I'm sick of hearing about it, but rather because it brings my thoughts back to Leroy. I love him and miss him, but focusing all my time and energy on worrying about if he's okay isn't good... I need to focus on my life too.

4) Going to Seattle would make me really far away from everyone. But it would be a hell of a lot of fun, it would give me an oppertunity to experience another part of the world, and it would be a good excuse for people to come visit me once in a while. (Who doesn't want to spend a few days in Seattle?) Although, I wish they were faster about sending replies. I really need to make a decision soon.

That's about it for now. I had more thoughts to share, but that was earlier in the car.. so they're long since forgotten.