This is real life

Heya kids! Hullo from Africa!

I am rather tired, as I woke up at six to internet before we have to leave this morning. I'm not sure when I'll get to it again.

Africa is great, obviously. We just got back from a three-week safari, which was amazing. There were days when I was so happy all day that I could have cried. I've made some pretty good friends (including some good ole BSG girls. I'm trying to open their eyes to the wonder that is bsg_pornbattle. :) ). There are of course things I don't like sometimes, but mostly I'm pretty happy.

I'm...homesick is not necessarily the right word for it. There are things that I miss, but it's more that I want to go home. Not that I'm not having fun, but I'm ready to be done now. I think it's probably because we just did three weeks of driving around from place to place almost every day and seeing new things every day, and now all I'm doing is staying in the same place for three weeks working on an independent project. It's just not nearly as appealing. Also, cool things are happening at home (aka JOE FREAKIN' PURDY COMING TO MY SCHOOL WHILE I AM NOT THERE) and I am missing all of them. So that is a little sad. But I'm having enough of a good time that it doesn't matter much. Also, I'm still super excited for Europe after the program ends.

You guys should shoot me little updates of your lives or something; I miss you all a ton. I hear ninamazing met John Krasinski. Jealous, much? (And speaking of meeting cool people, there's a movie being filmed in a town a little south of where I live in the States, and I have a FRIEND in it! In a movie with ED HARRIS! He has lines and everything!) But anyway, do keep in touch. I miss you all.

I want to thank Debbers again for the paid account that I think runs out this month. That was very sweet, you darling lady. ♥

Good luck to luminouslu and anyone else doing NaNoWriMo!

Don't stop being awesome, okay flist?