Half Full

Just finished the first half of my time out here. Now its a count down instead of the count up. This trip has really given me a new insight on time. I am away for a finite amount of time, that can be slow or fast. In the morning it feels like time is frozen and by night I wonder where the day went, and to a lesser degree this is true with months and weeks. Being abroad seems like a hiatus rather than fully in the present. I think about my present days but also the future which is built on the collection of presents or the past. Someone told me that "home travels with you" and I believe this is true. If a glass is half full but untouched for long enough the water evaporates. Enjoy the present but look forward too... maybe when the water is gone you can get some juice... if that makes sense?

Going backpacking for a four days... backpack is really heavy, mostly water.