Reality Bites?

Living overseas can be quite humorous at times. I'm definitely in the semi-honeymoon stage of arriving back to this land. And I say "semi" because it doesn't take long for me to remember the challenges as well. Things that, my first year here, may have seemed like fun, now are just re-adjustments back to the simple realities of life.

Realities like...

• Getting high on the gas fumes from the propane heater you use to heat your room.
• The slushy, muddy, unpaved streets that try their best to take you down if you're not careful.
• Not bathing for 5 days because (1.) it's just too darn cold (2.) the water is freezing (3.) why would you want to get undressed?
• Thinking you are going to fly out to your new home city on Sunday but receiving word 2 days later that flights are cancelled country-wide indefinitely. (The first day being because of snow....the second day being because they lost all radio contact and they have no idea when it will be fixed.)
  
• Extremely slow internet. (I'm currently wondering if I'll ever be able to download a song again.)

It's a choice here. Everyday I have a choice. I can laugh. I can cry. I can get frustrated. I can take it in stride. This is life. The choice is mine. Today I can't help but laugh.