jolanda

HI Everyone!

I'm finally back (in more ways than one, let me tell you!). November was hell. First, after 4 days in my new room (which is approximately only 3 by 3 metres) I find out my room-mate is leaving so I'll have to be out by the end of the month! But then she changed her mind, thank god. Even a dinky 3by3 is hard to find in this city. But the worst was yet to come.

I got homesick! I got homesick so badly I lost weight (no complaints there), but everything just shut down. It was the most terrible I've felt in a long time. But now I'm back!! Going home for Christmas will be harder yet, but I'll make it through, so long as I get on the plane back to Holland! I just need to remind myself what the hell I'm doing here sometimes-which is following my dreams (sorry to sound so cliche, but it's really true or at least I have to keep saying that so I don't run home sobbing like a child).

I'm sharing the computer with my room-mate (it's hers), so hopefully she won't be around too much. hehe I have exams coming up in a couple of weeks, which means I'll be studying at home a lot, which means I'll probably be here a lot too.

Hope everyone is doing ok. Sorry to have been gone so long,

Jolanda