Shelli, Miles, and I have become pretty close over the last few months and we enjoy horsing around together, whether it's adventuring together or having utterly random and silly conversations. This evening Shelli and I were working on our Russian homework while Miles did...well, I'm not really sure what he was doing but he was around and we frequently pestered him for help when we got stuck. During a break from our studies, we decided to create our own dialect transliterating English words into Cyrillic. Shelli and I laughed hysterically at ourselves as we passed notes back and forth in our newly created writing form. Miles joined in for a while and then picked up a little reed recorder and began playing folk songs as we continued to amuse ourselves writing notes. As I wiped the tears of laughter from my eyes, I paused a moment and took a moment to appreciate the ridiculousness of the moment. Shelli and I, both on the verge of graduation, sitting here giggling like schoolgirls passing notes in a "secret" language and Miles in the background serenading us with a wooden recorder (and complaining that it didn't have an F). Yep, looks like all of us are hilariously odd. And I love it!
The more time we've spent together the more I've come to enjoy each member of our little family. Each of them challenges and enriches my life in unique ways. I've benefited so much from their companionship--they truly are like my family and I realized tonight as we were goofing off how much I will miss them when we return home, especially Miles and Shelli. But, hey, if we could all travel across an ocean to forge our friendship, we can continue it when we're back in the States. At least, I hope so. I really hope so.
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