FIRST DAY ALONE

SEPTEMBER 8 2021

this morning i said goodbye to my dad. i was pretty sad but i tried keeping myself distracted. we had our last orientation meeting with a lot of information. then i had my first real college class at 2:30. it’s really strange because our classrooms are under our dorms and inside the walls of the city ruins. hopefully soon i can get a picture and show you. my classes are 3 hours each but luckily we do get 10-20 min. breaks at least once. classes themselves are a lot different than at home. we went outside to do an assignment and we had to talk to local businesses about their company‘s goals and values.

i was feeling pretty sad about my dad leaving and it’s been a draining first few days so dani asked me to take a walk with her around the riverbed and we took a lot of pictures. it was really nice and peaceful to have some quiet time.

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LONG DISTANCE

at this point, i‘m starting to realize that finding time for chara is going to be more difficult than i thought.

there are many factors that take part.

for example…

• 7 hour time difference

• don't have my own room

• classes (his & mine)

• i‘m extremely overwhelmed with my new environment that i’m always busy and don’t have a second to sit down

• my wifi sucks here

and if we do have some free time to facetime it‘s only for 20-30 min. max.

luckily, chara has been really patient and in the next week or so, once things get settled down, i hope i’m able to call and talk more.