FYI State of the Union This is sort of a state of the union post. Because I’ve now been in the United States of God Bless America for over two weeks and some of
Ridiculous A Conversation with You Guys Eli: I need to talk to you guys about something very important. You Guys: Ok . . . we're a little nervous. Are we in trouble? Eli: Oh, gosh no! I
Ridiculous Coming Up for Air I know what you're thinking. Eli, you have been the flakiest person of all time this week! Also, you are the most attractive person we've ever seen and we know for a fact that Paul Simon wants to be your
Nostalgia Happy Trails, Palau The time has finally come for me to say farewell to the land of coconuts. I've wondered for weeks how to write this. And I can definitely say that what I will write is going to be so much different than what
Palau Musings in Paradise I'm sitting in my office. I should be heading out to eat lunch, but instead I'm sipping a protein drink and writing to you. It's almost impossible to find a meal in Palau that doesn't consist
Daniel Happy Trails, Mr. Daniel Dear Mr. Daniel, I dropped you off at the airport just a few hours ago. You left a trail of personal belongings through the apartment and in the Stormtrooper. I
Palau Tetris I've been experiencing logistics suffocation torture (LST) for a few weeks now. This is where you know that you are supposed to be making some plans and getting a bunch of crap figured out in the very near future so your brain
Palau The Next Big Adventure I'm finally ready to share with you my big announcement of late. I'M PREGANT! I kid. I can't be pregnant. Because I had my tubes tied. I've talked a little bit this year about my anxiety
Daniel Traipsing Tonight Daniel finally returns from what is most definitely the longest business trip of all time. He left on this thing almost FOUR weeks ago. And when he gets back tonight, I'm going to drive him home from the airport, handcuff him
Ridiculous Life is in Session! I've been meaning to write this post for a long time but just haven't gotten around to it because LAZINESS. As you might remember, if you
Daniel Ham & Cheese I am now on week three of forced alone time and I have started to snap. Not, like, Westside Story dance snapping. I mean like "going crazy" snapping. Maybe I didn't need to clarify that. But this whole story turns
Palau Thank You, Please Come Again. So I'm sitting here at my computer, avoiding productivity at all costs because, DUH, I LIVE ON A TROPICAL ISLAND. And I'm feeling a little like Jabba the Hutt physically and I don't know why. I mean, it
Life Trust and Haikus A few weeks ago I wrote the longest post of all time about trust [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/05/trust.html]. If you don't have time to go back and read it, let me summarize it for you in this haiku:
Daniel Validations I had sort of a bad experience this weekend. It was an embarrassing one. Not the haha I-accidentally-got-naked-in-a-public-place kind of embarrassing. The sad-and-ashamed kind of embarrassing. I responded to a mostly innocuous situation that I irrationally let hurt my feelings. And the way I
Ridiculous Birthday Marathon The photo above is how I always want to remember Daniel, long after he has died from food poisoning or from sticking his hand into a blender or something equally
Palau Trust The other day I was running home from work: my ongoing attempt to combat adult onset diabetes. In my first four or five months in Palau I gained 25 pounds. And not the good kind of 25 pounds, whatever that is. I did the
Daniel This is Very Strange I've been sort of tired this week. Not really sure why. Jet lag? It's been 8 or 9 days so it seems like I should be pretty over that by now. Last night I had a quiet night in. After
The Siblings Journey Back to a Dot Last night I made it back to the land of coconuts. Daniel picked me up at the airport at 8:15, drenched completely in sweat, just like he was when he dropped me off at the same spot over two weeks ago. After 34
Life Search Party Guys. I know. I'm the worst person you've ever not met. I can't believe I've gone a few days without checking in. You've probably all been wondering if I'm dead. Have you
Daniel Messy Room It's Monday in Palau. Easter has ended. The gigantic loaves of Ukrainian Easter bread Daniel spent 9 hours baking yesterday mostly remain in my kitchen, untouched. He says he didn't mean to make so much. But the recipe just kept
Church Goodbye, Dear Friends [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4SgeKvvxBbU/UUk5sOuymyI/AAAAAAAADK8/538wel0MkcE/s1600/Johnsens+2.jpg] Sister and Elder Johnsen at my apartment for dinner on their last week in Palau. On Monday
Church Tapping Warning: You shouldn't read this post if you came here for a laugh today. It's going to be super boring. Because it's about life and stuff. Also, it's long. One friend in Palau recently gave Daniel
Palau Trials Make You Grow? As many of you have figured out by now, my time in Palau has been sort of a roller coaster for me in a lot of ways. This experience has been so much more difficult than I ever expected it to be. I'
Palau Little Guy, Big Map Oh no, guys. Here comes another chapter in the Eli McCann Book of Learning. Learning is the worst. One of the most difficult things I'm experiencing right now is the unsurety of where my life is supposed to go from here. Guys,
Ridiculous Where Everybody Knows Your Name And here's another thing about Palau. (I'm starting this post as though we're in the middle of a conversation. Which, if you just got done reading yesterday's post, we sort of are, and it makes total
