things I've learned so far-in a shiny new bulleted list, no less!

• Most drinks taste better cold.
• Burning leaves smell really good.
• Unwashed people do not.
• Lice a really not that big a deal.
• Drinking water is really important!
  
• Don't wear toe rings unless you're married.
• Chopping onions makes you cry.
• Dancing is fun!
• Preaching is much harder than it looks.
• Foreigners are forgiven stupidity with a grace that constantly astounds.
  
• Your immune system is stronger than you think.
• There's no place like home.
• Time moves at an exact rate of one day at a time. Whether it is fast or slow depends entirely on your perspective.
• Love conquers all.