Yoel and I finished the first draft of our FLP and handed it in today. That felt good. I took a 3-hour walk by myself in the primary forest. It was wonderful. I get so used to being around 21 other people all day everyday, I forget how quiet I can be when I'm alone, and how differently my mind works then. I see and hear much more, and think more clearly. I love collaboration, the energy and creativity that comes from it, but I need to balance it with more solitude than is possible here.
I took the whole afternoon off, wandered up to the swimming hole again and lingered there for a couple of hours. There were 9 women and Bill. It was idyllic. We moseyed down to the beach just in time to catch the sunset and get our course group photo. The sun was amazing -- it slowly approached the ocean, and then once it hit, dropped fast. After dinner we got a little extra electricity to pack by. I sat in the classroom for an hour after that with Becky, Margaret, and Rebecca. Aaron and Neil came and went. We passed the guitar. Then I walked down to the beach and back in the dark. Good day.
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