countdown to triumphant return home

i leave in less than a week. here's what i've learned:
1. my family thinks i'm a pothead alcoholic.
2. my hair is as adaptable to change as i am - not very.
3. oprah reigns free in my mind.
4. i CAN complete a sentence without a single English word in it. i actually started to type out this entry in Spanish, till i realized where i was writing it. this, my friends, is the biggest triumph of all.
5. there is a monkey that resides 16 stories below my bedroom window. as much as i was planning my move to the jungle, this asshole down there DOES NOT let me sleep.
6. coming here made me forget about that lovely reencounter i had with my past on the single night i spent in new york between TX and PR.
7. game matters.
8. so does love and friendship.
9. PR breeds cheeseballs. did you just read my last sentence? jesus.
10. back to New York, where my "ridiculous hostility and sarcasm" (thanks, bro) is perfectly acceptable, and away from PR, where my "incessant gesturing and yelling" (thanks, ex) are the status quo.