Thrown back into the spin-cycle...or am I?

These are the Chars- my host family at Mahyco

Being back in the states is nothing if not bitter sweet. The reason I haven't written in so long is that I can't completely decide how I feel- I'm elated and energized to be back at school with my friends; I'm honored that I have been elected as the dorm chair; I am a nervous wreck that I might mess it up...but most of all I am confused about how to take my summer and cherish it forever. Staying in India, working at Mahyco, and getting to know all the wonderful people there, was truly life changing- but how do I tell the world? I don't know if you have ever felt this way, but it's something like wanting to stand up on a rooftop and annouce to the population over a loudspeaker that India was the best thing that ever happened to you, yet the passersby don't offer you a passing glance- they just don't understand what they are missing!

Even more than my need convince some hunger fighter progeny to attend the World Food Prize next year, I am constantly trying to continue my work, that way I am always moving forward, building on past experiences as my momentum. In that way, I absolutely must find a way to present my work and get some help to keep learning about molecular biology, and I would be elated if that rescource could come from my school.

But for now, I am just trying to digest all the things I learned while abroad, my friends, my lab-mates...and how emensely I am missing them.

If you are reading this, I miss you all so much, and the picture you made me is hung in my dorm room!

 love,

Meow <3

 This is my roomate, along with some of our best dorm-decorating work! It has nothing to do with science, but I suppose even the most dedicated hunger fighters have to have a little fun!