We haven't communicated that much since Christmas. It sounds crazy, but sometimes the less we talk, the easier it is. When John emails me his messages are short and not that personal.

Those meetings are so good. It keeps me proud and keeps my resentment down. It reminds me of why we are over there.

In terms of the first Christmas when I met everybody, I went over to Nick's grandfather's house where they were having the big Christmas dinner, and they have this tradition of this thing called oyster stew.

All they do is monitor water issues. They're not interested in all of the other scenarios out there.

What's important is networking on a national level to meet people with similar problems.

Both of these organizations, unlike a professional lobbying firm, deal specifically with the issues we're dealing with. It only makes sense that we work with them.