24

I leave this place in 24 days. That's wild.

Everyone told me my time here would fly by and I didn't believe them. But it has. As much as I miss my friends and family, I don't think I'm ready to leave. I feel like I've just gotten to the point where I've created a life for myself over here. I feel like I'm just starting to sink in my roots and now I'm so close to leaving. I was talking with Will last night and we both started getting really upset about my leaving. I'm bummed that I'm probably never going to see these people again. But that's life, I suppose.

And for all you who wondered if I would fall in love with some girl over here, well, I the woman I'm going to marry. She makes cakes for a living.

So, last night was the Black Tie Ball. It was a huge disappointment. We all got ready to go and headed out early, around 8:00. When we got there, it was a big room, PACKED with people. You had to yell to be heard and the setup was really odd. Half of the room was a dance floor and the other half had a couple round tables oddly placed around. You were constantly finding yourself having to squeeze between people and tables and lines of people waiting to use their drink cards. We just weren't feeling it. So we left. We (me, Will, Benny, and Joel) got home at 10:30 and just hung out together. We watched some TV and just enjoyed the quiet unit. One of our friends, Egypt (they call him Egypt just like they call me America), came over for a bit and we met his girlfriend. We just had a pretty chill, quiet night in. It was nice. Will and Joel left today for the weekend, Teish left after tea and Alex and Benny are leaving in the morning. It's going to be a very quiet weekend here.

Anyway, that's it for now.

Take care,
~D