Homesickness...

Yesterday was a bad day for me. I woke up and was feeling a little homesick. I had to meet everyone at the bus stop at noon and we were going to see if we could pay rent. That didn't go as planned. For the first time paying rent we had to use cash, and all of us could only take out so much in one day, so we said we'd come back and do it later. Anyways, we came back and I hung in my room for a while, which was really boring, but I had class at 6:15 so I was happy to get out. I left at about 5:30 and took the bus to a close stop and walked the rest of the way there. When I got there, the door was closed, so I sat and waited. I met a girl named Sarah who is a little strange. She's been here since the fall and she's from California. She sat next to me in class and when we had to break into groups of 3 with the others you were sitting next to her weirdness came out more. She reminds me of a Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter reference), but with more Californiaishness. I really like the class, it's basically what love. I get to observe people and write down my observations about what they're doing. If we do these observations, that's basically the final "paper", so it should be fine. I decided to take the bus back since it was so cold out and I couldn't remember the last part of the walk. We were going to do laundry at 9:30 so I waited in my room. At 9:30 I went to Emily's building, but all the machines were taken, so a few of us had to split up. Thank goodness these things are free because they pretty much suck. I did laundry until like 11:45, and I was not happy. I don't know why but I got more homesick during this and I started tearing up on my walk home, maybe because I was tired and my clothes were still a little damp, who knows. Anyways, I got to my room and wanted to talk to my mom, and thankfully she was actually on, so I called her. It made me feel a lot better seeing and talking to her. I didn't want to hang up, but she had to leave. I immediately went to sleep and was zonked out until my alarm woke me up at 10:45. I was still exhausted and I don't know why. Today was better than yesterday. We paid our rent, which was at a small convenience store in the center of town, I'm not sure why that's where we pay, but we did. We then went shopping and it was really fun. My mom told me to shop to fell a little better, and you know what? It worked. I bought a shirt and a dress from H&M, I love that store, and I bought leg warmers since it's so cold at another store. We continued to window shop for a long time, and I am happy to say that I controlled myself. We took the bus home at about 5:00 because we were so cold. I have been in my room ever since, but feeling better than yesterday. In a minute we're hanging out at Kylee's kitchen. I'm not going to stay long, but long enough so that I get my nightly dose of social interaction. Plus I have a skype date with my mom at midnight. I don't know what's planned for tomorrow, but I hope tomorrow, Thursday and Friday go as fast as today went. I think as soon as I start traveling I will start feeling better, and time will start flying by, which at this point, I want it to. I think I'm going to try and go to an international bible study, but we'll see.

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Love you all.

Lindsay