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sitproperly on Aug 2nd 2008 Gaudia Vaisnava, Motorscooters, Travel, Yummy Vegan Food!

So let’s catch you up on my life, shall we?

As some of you might know, I’ve just returned from a three month ride across the country on my Vespa. I documented every day of it here. There are tons of pics and upwards of 2,500 words per day. Enjoy.

The trip evolved as it was happening and I found myself in Seattle, Washington. What a greatish place! They have vegan doughnuts. Really, really good ones. There’s also a “free cafe” called “My Sweet Lord” run by devotees. I think they take the temple “left overs” and give them away. That’s assuming anyone still lives in the Seattle Temple. Maybe the cook just misses making prasadam for the devotees.

Anyway, it looks like I’ll be moving to Seattle. My dear friends, Ryan and Jaime live there and it’ll be great to live around them. Good Story Sarah is also moving there. Corby, another friend, will be there about a month before I am.

The apartment we are getting should/will have a spare room. That room will be turned into a library/temple room. I’ve been working on finding some nice Gaura Nitai deities. While I was at Rati & Dwija’s house at New Vrndavana, I was hit with this huge desire to worship Gaura Nitai. It’s weird, I’ve never really felt that compulsion. But here we are! I’m ridiculously excited about this. For awhile, it was pretty much all I talked about.

For the next two months or so, I’ll be living in Central Pennsylvania in the house I grew up in. Yeah, that’s right, I’m staying with my parents. It’s not exactly ideal, but it is free and very temporary.

I’m selling my car, fixing up my white scooter, selling a few boxes of books (Srimad Bhagavatam, 18 vol set, pretty good condition $200 plus shipping!), watching some movies, seeing friends before I/they move, hopefully heading down the shore and to New Vrndavana once or twice. Mostly, I just want to relax.

The trip took a lot out of me. More than I thought it would. For awhile I was physically drained. Now I’m just mentally. Or maybe it’s emotionally. Either way, the thought of another long trip doesn’t sound so awesome. Not that I’ve gotten it out of my system, of course. This too is temporary.

I’m not really sure what I hoped to accomplish with this trip. And I’m not really sure what I hope to accomplish the rest of the summer. Or with my move to Seattle. Or in life. I’m really not sure what I hope to accomplish, period. Other than a good vegan doughtnut recipe, of course. That’s always on the horizon.

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