contrary to popular belief:

I haven't forgotten about you. I just don't know where to start.

1. There was a fight. A screaming match with Mr D the night before I left. There was lots of crying. And then I slept through my flight home, and everything was a mess.

2. I had a white Christmas in the mountains.

3. I spent most of my break sleeping over at T's house, because I didn't want to sleep by myself.

4. For a big part of break, I didn't feel at home in California, but then I figured out that it's Stanford I don't feel at home in. I ate at Bistro, and Fraiche, and went out with Gabe for New Year's. I didn't see enough of Danya.

5. I have a single room here in Oxford.

6. The people in my program are amazing. Really, wonderful. I had forgotten how much fun it can be to live in a big house full of people who visit one another and go out together (so many clubs in Oxford have stripper poles!).

7. After 5 straight days of being black-out drunk, I got really sick. I'm still recovering.

8. I think I'm still in love with Mr D.

Hopefully, I'll get better at writing with regularity.