Dear Friend,

Last night as I lied in bed trying to sleep, I started thinking about everyone in my life.  You and I are living such different lives.  We both started in the same place and ended up on completely different paths.

This afternoon I sat at a table on the hotel’s lawn, the sun was shining.  I wrote in my journal and ate eggs on toast and drank green tea.  And just kept thinking how different our lives are.  I always said I wanted to travel and here I am traveling - even if it’s in Pakistan.  In a way, I’m doing what I want to do.  But, haven’t really thought of it that way until now. Traveling is traveling - doesn’t matter where.  I crave to work on a film again.  I crave to be in familiar surroundings again.  

Did you know I got in a car accident?  Yeah.  It was in the mountains just north and too much speed and liquid on the road kept the brakes from working.  We went off a cliff - broke a concrete barrier and tumbled down trees and brush - and landed on a gravel road 50 meters below. There were three of us - only the driver wearing a seatbelt.  No one was killed or seriously injured. I just sprained my arm and got a sore back. That was already one month ago.  Didn’t feel like writing about it until now.  Right before it happened, I had a bad feeling.  Women’s intuition is real.  Wouldn’t you agree?    

You know the saying, “Once in a blue moon”?  Well, blue moons seem to occur more often here.  Sudden lightening storms - so bright that the flash seeps through the sides of the blackout curtains in my room.  There’s been two earthquakes since I arrived.  First, when we were in the movie theater - didn’t feel it.  Second, when I was sitting alone in my room watching the telly and everything started to shake.  I ran and stood under the doorway like I was taught.  Does that really work?  Luke was a mile away at the office working with the guys.  He called right away.

Have you realized all while I’ve been here, a flood has come and gone and a group of Chile miners were trapped (for over two months) and rescued?  Aye, yi yi.  

Even though I didn’t work on a film here, I’m glad this trip came to fruition.  And I’ll be even more glad when I return home.  But, soon I’ll be ready for another world adventure.  Prague?  Greece?  China?  

See you soon, 

Brooke