I honestly don't have very much to talk about from my day today because most of it was spent sleeping. I feel like I've only been getting four to five hours of sleep every night for the past couple weeks, and even when I went home I didn't really make up for any of my lost sleep. So today after my classes and lunch, I came home, laid down with the book I have been trying to finish for the last 3 months, and I just relaxed until I fell asleep about 5 minutes later. I only meant to take maybe an hour nap at the most, but I slept for about 3 hours instead. I felt so much better when I woke up; especially because I was in such an odd mood today. I felt like I was on the verge of tears the whole day but for no reason in particular. I guess it was just one of those weird emotional days.

I did, however, kind of a have a small eye opening moment this evening. I was talking to one of my suitemates about how we feel about the school and our work loads, and I was extremely surprised to find out that up until this last week she has been feeling out of place and extremely homesick. While she is not exactly someone that I "click with" I couldn't help but feel bad. I didn't realize that she felt like this; she seemed so well adjusted to everything within the first 2 days of moving in.

This just got me thinking about how lucky I feel to be so comfortable when I am over 200 miles away from home. Yes there have been times that I've struggled with being here and being so far away from my family, especially my mom, but I also feel like this has become my home away from home. I prayed for so long before coming here that everything would turn out right in the end and that I was making the right decision by coming here. I was so nervous, but it's just crazy how blessed I am... God provided me with a church, Christian friends, a Bible study, girls I can go to for advice and I look up to so much, and also family friends close by that I can call if I am having trouble. Looking back on it now, I can't believe I was so worried.

"You are everything that I live for, everything that I can't believe is happening... You're standing right in front of me, with arms wide open; all I know is everyday is filled with hope"