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June 07, 2005

I'm Freezing

I'm back in SF and I'm freezing.

While I was travelking, I told many people that it is cool here and that you always need a jacket and rarely need shorts. I just forgot exactly what that means.

It means that the color is drained from your face and your nose runs and your hair gets all fly away and your nails break. It means that it is hard to get out of bed and out of the shower because you will be cold.

It means that it is harder to motivate to go out and it means that it is harder to look good. (Perhaps those two should be reversed)

I was never a heat person but I got used to the heat. Now, I'm not a cool weather person.

I'm having trouble coping with the constant wind too.

I've been here for 4 days now. I've lived here for 10 years and I haven't run into a single person that I even recognize. I haven't met a new person in 4 days. I haven't socialized with anyone outside of 4 friends.

I forgot how much harder one has to work in order to socialize. I have my phone back on so that should get easier, but I'm going to try to head back east to visit my parents and live for free for a while.

It is definitely awkward living in friends homes. No matter how many times they say I am welcome, I feel like I am in the way. I am going to try to house sit in July and then find a sublet for August. Originally, I was going to look for a sublet for July, but I have two friends who need a house sitter.

I seem to be recovering well from the Dengue Fever. I get sleepy. My first day back, I slept from 11 PM to 4:30 PM the next day- Combination jet lag and many nights of crappy sleep in the hospital.

Had no problem sleeping that evening or since. I hope that is still dengue recovery. Otherwise, I am one sleepy person in SF.

Being back is going to be hard. I knew it would be. The socializing is definitely the area that is going to require the most adjusting. I'm not looking forward to it being work.

Posted by Kim G on June 7, 2005 07:29 AM
Category: Back Home
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It isn't you... it is COLD (for SF). Last week we had weather in the 70's & 80's, then the last couple of nights it has gotten down into the 40's & 50's. Ya KNOW Mark Twain wrote, "The coldest winter I ever spent was summer in San Francisco."

Feel better!

Posted by: Mark on June 8, 2005 06:31 AM

Hey Kim,

Welcome home. I can relate to the feeling of isolation after returning from a long trip. Recently, I finished an 18-month around-the-world journey. Loved every minute of it, except when I got sick in India (nothing compared to your dengue fever, though).

Anyway, I felt so much like a "foreigner" when I returned to the States, I packed up and left for good. I am now a drifter. A Continental Drifter. Believe it or not, I wrote a book about the experience. It's called ADVENTURES OF A CONTINENTAL DRIFTER. It'll be published in Sept. by St. Martin's Press. Have a look at my Web site if you like: www.elliotthester.com.

Maybe you should write about your experience....

All the best,
Elliott Hester

Posted by: elliott hester on June 10, 2005 12:42 AM

Hi Kim
I just go back from Thailand yesterday. I was there for 2 weeks and got attacked by mossies day and night.

How did you know you had dengue fever and not just flu or jetlag? I have a fever and sore muscles and back and woke up with a headache?

Hope you can reply to my question...

Carol

Posted by: carol on June 20, 2005 10:31 PM
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