The Studies Begin...

I friggin studied from 1pm to 11pm today!!! (or I guess it'd be yesterday by the time this gets posted). Okay, so it wasn't quite straight through in one entire sitting, because I mean, that'd cause for some serious pressure ulcers. So I mean, I took some time to eat, talk with Mahsa's parent's, checked my email.... etc. Checked out the textbooks for my studies from the library on 4 hour loans, renewed them a couple of times and yeah... dude. Ends up being much cheaper than buying textbooks. One of my classmates bought all of her books from the bookstore and she spent $478 USD on them.. I mean, for real people. It was only 5 books for 10 weeks, but a stinkin almost $500?!!!

Mahsa's parent's are leaving tomorrow. They are so sweet. Her mom cooked dinner for me and Mahsa and it was the best meal I've had on this island. Prob the last "home-style" meal I'll have in a good long while. She said that she thinks of me as a daughter and that when she's there, she wants to do everything she can for us. She's really sad that she'll be leaving her daughter, but she knows she has to. My mom told me that after I was gone, she felt that a part of her heart was missing. That really touched me and made me cry. I love you, Mom and I miss you too...