Truth

This semester, honestly, is all about me becoming independent.

I'm here to trust God and myself.

As much as I miss and love my family and my friends, at this moment now, I'm really glad I'm not at home. Because its so much easier to deal with certain things when I'm thousands of miles away.

Today was a long day. I had a test this morning, which wasn't too much fun, and then we had a few hours of class after that. After class, I went shopping with Lauren and Jen. Probably a bad idea, as I did spend maybe a bit too much money. But I'll just be super good for the next week or so. I've been eating cheaply (KEBABS) and saving my food money that Wake gives me anyway, so hopefully I'm not dipping too much into my own money.

After shopping, I came back to my house and did homework until dinner. My host mom came in asking about my day and if I had gone for a run. She knows I run a lot and that I'm trying to be healthy, so she's started joking with me because I never really snack and she feels like I don't eat as much as I could at dinner. She said to me today that I must think calories are the devil. She was joking of course. And I really do eat, I'm just not used to having three and four courses, so when I eat salad, bread, and a main dish I really do get full quickly. And of course I am a bit picky, and not all the food I've eaten has been amazing.

I finallyyyyy got to Skype a bit tonight, and I am so glad for that. I still don't have WiFi but my host mom told me I could use the internet on the third floor as much as I need to. And yes, I feel bad that I'll be up here until midnight or so and then have to walk down creaky stairs past their door to get to my room, but I just really needed some connectivity with America.

And the connectivity brought good things and bad things, but all of it was the truth.

And truth is a good thing.