not ready to leave

was definitely missing home today since i knew everyone would be at king of the hill, having a jolly time watching the cars, but as much as i miss home i'm still having the most wonderful time here. it still feels as if i'm living in a dream.

work has been really good. except for me throwing out my back two nights ago, which has turned me into a crippled old lady and i can't do many strenuous jobs, so that leaves me with pretty much only two positions i can pick up, but it's been okay. everyone at work was so nice and concerned for me and it was just so nice to see that everyone cared. the managers wanted to call paramedics and wanted me to go to health services.. but yeah. no way. it's a lot better now, and i have the day off tomorrow, so i'm sure that by the time i go back to work on tuesday i'll be as good as new. but the whole thing really showed me what good friends i've made up here.

today after work, armando and i went to downtown disney. it took like two hours of travelling to get there, because we first took the ferry from magic kingdom to the transportation and ticket centre, to realize there is no bus that takes us to downtown disney; then we took the monorail back to magic kingdom, in order to take the boat to the polynesian resort (where we looked around for a bit and visited a friend,) and then we took the bus from the resort and finally got to downtown disney. we ate dinner at earl of sandwich, which he has been telling me about for so long, and it was really good. after that we walked around downtown disney and we just limed in the always-perfect setting. we went into sunglass hut, and as soon as we walked in the "sunglass stylists" (that's what they're called by the way - it's even on their nametags) picked out shades for each of us, without us even knowing they were looking at us. they were so quick, and of course the shades they picked out were perfect. i learned that we get a discount in two weeks (perfect timing for when mum and dad come, so dad: i REALLY NEED shades when you come here!) (p.s. bet you've missed hearing that.)

we even sat down, and just listened to the live music for a little while, which was so lovely. it was just one man and his guitar up on the stage while he played for an audience of all ages, including the little girls doing their ballet at the front. i swear he knows how to play and sing every single song, and he did lots of my favourites like here comes the sun, hotel california, and by special request for me, drops of jupiter. he said he had only ever played drops of jupiter once so he couldn't really remember it, and while he did forget some of the lyrics it was perfect. it really made my night.

today i fell even more in love with being here and i really am not ready to leave in a month. i have made such amazing friendships and i can't imagine not seeing these people on a regular basis for the rest of my life. i am going to be such an emotional wreck when this program comes to an end. but of course, i'm excited to see my family and friends and i can't wait to be reunited with everyone! it's probably going to be difficult to get my parents settled back down, since apparently they have turned into quite the party animals since i've been gone. ben, you need to start enforcing some rules and getting these home at a reasonable hour! i hope they've been telling you where they have been at all times and communicating with you when you go somewhere new! today's ten days til the family comes and as mentioned before, i am so excited! i start talking about it and i start shouting instead of talking, and i can't stop smiling! just ten days!! ahh!!! ask;dfma;klsdmfaiosdfma;lkweriaj;mwelkra;sdflkmadsfadsklfja;lsdkmfa;ksd. so excited.