and so here it is, my last night in the states, who knows what I’ll find on the other side of my 22 hour long plane ride.  Will I still be the same person?  Will my friends still be the same people?  Only time will tell, all I can do now is sit here with a sense of content knowing I’ve just put behind me an experience that will continue to define me long after it is over, a period of my life I’ll be thinking about for years to come.