Hola, remember me?

So, anyone remember me? Anyone? Bueller? Lol. Well, since I'm posting it is obvious that I survived my jungle experience. I had a great time in some ways, in other ways it could have been much better. My research itself went great, and I had some awesome wildlife sightings and experiences like that. The downside was that I let my hiking get to obsessive and my eating get too restrictive, and did lose weight while I was there, enough to get me in trouble when I got back. I have to admit that I didn't necessarily mind the loss, even though I know I didn't need it, but I do really resent how dragged out and just crappy feeling I let myself get the last week or two there, I love fieldwork so much that any self-inflicted taint on it makes me super-frustrated with myself. It's funny because I can tell a little bit from comparing pictures at the beginning and end of trip, but wouldn't have guessed the number just from that. Probably because I'm fairly bundled up in a lot of the pics. Of course I knew exactly where a pharmacy with a scale was in the city we flew into in Developing Country to check right when I got there and right when I left. :/ I had some tummy trouble the first day, a flu-type thing a couple days in the middle, and REALLY annoying breakthrough bleeding the whole time I was there, probably from skipping my BC placebo week too many months in a row. I've only been back for one paragraph and already y'all have TMI!

Tons to catch up on, but right now I've just got the energy for a few bullet-points:

-I'll be going back to the field periodically for the next year, and in between times I'm living with my family (so I'm not paying rent on a place that's empty for 1/3-1/2 of the year). This is/willbe a HUGE adjustment, especially since I get majorly stressed about food when I'm sharing a kitchen and feel under the microscope by my mom...but we'll see. It's worth saving over $1000 in bills every month.

-Officially terminated treatment with C and D.

-I've got major boy issues right now, in a nutshell I want to end one relationship because it's long distance (among other, more significant reasons) at the same time I'm being tempted by another relationship that involves the same distance. Oy.

-I miss my dog! The wonderful Tiptoe has been taking care of him all month, so this weekend I get to both see her and retrieve him!

-Knees have improved, they held up much better than expected during my trip.

-Have been detoxing from caffeine and I feel like CRAP. Withdrawal stinks.

-I missed y'all! I had over 400 new blog posts just in the ED folder on my Google Reader page when I got back to the US, so it will take me a few days but I'm trying my best to get caught up!

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