Back to Normal*

*When normal is understood as intense heat, crashing waves, tropical fruit, and being what feels like millions of miles away from the rest of the world.

So once again, it has been a long time since an update. This time i have a legitimate excuse though, I was in India for most of January, and reluctant to abuse my relatives' willingness to let me use their internet. The trip was very nice, if a little bit too hectic and a little bit too filled with food. The weather was perfect, and it was great to see the family. Several of my cousin's have kids that are too cute for words, and so i particularly enjoyed playing with them. And of course, the other thing i particularly enjoyed was getting to see my parents, who met me there and actually came back to Reunion with me for a few days. It was wonderful to spend time with them and to get to show them around my island, even though their time here was too short.

They left on Sunday of this week and school restarted on Monday, so since then i've been adjusting back into the routine of the school week, as well as trying to combat the homesickness that my parents left me with by catching up on my e-mails. So if i owe you an e-mail - don't worry, it's on its way. I've also been enjoying the piles of new English-language books that i brought back from India:-D, as well as exercising to try to get rid of the new weight that i also brought back from there. And i think i'm going to start a once a week basic Spanish class, because the part of my brain that stores languages is clearly not being challenged enough (or because i'm a masochist).

Molly Ivins died this week and that makes me sad. But Florida's switching to paper trail voting and that makes me happy.

oh, and GO BEARS!!!

Love y'all