I know some of you (by "some" I mean "Sam" and "Leen" but probably some others) noticed that in the weeks before my sudden departure i was increasingly short-tempered and annoyable and annoyed.... I was dealing with a lot of stuff then, brought on by myself mostly, including drops in grades, broken trust with my parents, stress over LOTS of stuff, probably minor amounts of depression, and (most importantly) being very very far away from God.... basically my life sucked for a while. So, that's rather why, if you want why, and I'm sorry.

I have, on the bright side, been much better lately. I've gotten closer to both God and my parents, I (hopefully) pulled my 4th quarter grades up, am no longer depressed, no longer stressed, still glowing in the aftershock of some wonderful news which some of you know and should ask for if you don't, and looking forward to two very exciting trips this summer.... anyway, I'm better. So don't worry about me. I missed you all dreadfully, and I'm glad to be back. Hey, and Sam, if you give me your address, I'll send the Rinkworks family postcards from Europe to be posted on the message forum. If I have time. But wouldn't that be cool? Unless someone else wants to volunteer for the job...

uni"all better!"peg