Farewell, Russia

Thank you all for following, this is my last post. I apologize for my sometimes random writing and my poor grammar. I'll blame it on a combination of language immersion, time, and maybe just being a little overwhelmed as far as what to write.
This semester has been interesting, exciting, frightening, new, and sometimes overwhelming but it has also been a lot of simply day to day living. I have had time to reflect and to think as well as to experience a different culture and become friends with people who in many ways are very different from myself but are pretty much just people. I have a Russian family who will welcome me back into their home at any time and for whom I would try to display the same type of hospitality (I'll let you know, mom and dad, if they are planning a visit to Idaho).
I think I would love to live in St. Petersburg or in the Russian countryside (I went to a dacha a few weeks ago and fell in love) but I have no idea if I will ever come back here and there are still so many places I want to go. I have a lot to ponder this summer in the woods and I'm planning on a re-evaluation of my life, my plans, my future, etc.
Of course I have many things I could tell any of you about Russia but I realize that your lives are speeding along and changing probably even more than mine and I would love to hear from you. If your are interested in seeing pictures and things, awesome, let's get together and swap stories. But I apologize in advance if I'm one of those annoying kids who gets back from traveling and won't shut up about it. I'll try not to be. I'll try. :)
I'll be in Idaho all summer probably, with maybe a trip or to in the Portland/California direction. I'll have my same home phone number and cell number and of course, email. Pretty sure we still don't have service at the homestead though, as it should be.