Just for you!

Right. Well here it goes (Mother, dearest).

I have been sick, it seems, for the past two months. I am currently trying to fight this most recent one. Yay for blocked ear and sinuses, who doesn't want that!? Although, it did make me feel a bit better the other day to find out that I am not the only one who has gotten this double-whammy cold. Glad to hear that other people are suffering too, psh.

Sadly, though, Ashlee and Tracey caught a bit of this cold. There is nothing more sad than a little baby that is sick. She wouldn't smile for days and was just generally lethargic. She bounced back from it a lot quicker than I have, though, which is good news.

Things, besides this sickness, are still going really well. I might even goes as far as to say that I at this point I don't want to leave. I still have about 7 months to go, though, and I suppose I could change my mind about it all. It's hard to know what to do, or even what I WANT to do sometimes. The baby is really good, she has just learned to sit up on her own, at 4 1/2 months old! She's so strong! Ashlee and I have been spending a lot more time together now. She will, more or less, take a bottle now. Some days we spend most of the day at home, and other days we either drive or take the train in. I get the funniest looks, really, with a baby. You'd be surprised. Some people are all clucky but others give me the looks of death with the "why is someone so young and clearly unmarried having a baby" Really. Weird. I am mostly unphased. What do they know any way!? hah. (but not so great for picking up a kiwi boyfriend... shame:D)

What else, what else? I am really looking forward to Aspen and Murry's visit for Christmas. Have been thinking a lot lately about what I will do when I return to the U.S. - looks like I will have to go back to school again. I certainly don't really want to be working retail again. We'll see, there are a lot of things to think about.

I rarely feel homesick anymore. Although, I must say, I do feel really homesick when I am sick. I need my mom, shirley temple movies, and some sort of motherly yumminess. I haven't really made a network of friends here, but know enough people and feel as if I am social enough. I guess I've never really been the social butterfly type any way, though.

Yeah, well I guess that's all I really have to say. Nothing to really update here. Just plugging along. Miss you all!