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4/27/2024

Writing to you from Uruguay.

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Question of the week

What’s one valuable lesson you wish you had learned sooner in your life?

A look at the future

I have a very short post for you this week. I’m leaving this coming Monday to go back to the U.S.

I’ve been busy getting things in order before I head back. So, there isn’t much to report in terms of progress for the week.

When I head back to the U.S. I plan to work as an EMT/wildland firefighter during the summer. All I have left to do to prepare for the job is to complete a couple training courses and get a state EMT license.

Now, I’ll have quite a lot of free time which I will put to good use.

For now, my plan while I’m in the U.S. is to continue improving my skills in chess, get back to learning spanis…

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