So I am back safely in South Africa. People kept telling me to have a safe trip, so I wanted to let you all know that I totally completed that task. Go me. The flight was fine. Rather long, but I watched some really good movies.. and um did work. Lots of work. I was super productive. But I also somehow got the chance to watch I Love You Man (ok, I thought it was funny, not exactly high-brow but whatevs), Sunshine Cleaners (not very funny, but good), Frost/Nixon (had annoying Dutch subtitles because I was flying on a Dutch airline, but excellent), Star Trek, and Disturbia. I will let you know that all those were spread out over four 8-11 hour flights, so I didn't go crazy with the movies. As a reference I watched 5 on my singular flight up here, so I think I'm getting better. If I had a media problem hypothetically this would totally show that I am getting over it...
So I arrived last night at 9:10pm, having left the good ole US of A at 7:30ish Saturday night. I came with an extra bag (my green side-bag that is much preferable to my fairly ugly backpack that I've been using), some graham crackers (they don't exist in South Africa and people wanted to teach our friends about s'mores), extra summer clothes, and without my computer. The screen decided to stop working two hours before I left. I know, devastating. How am I writing this you might ask... well I have brought with me my grandmother's old computer. It's this tiny travel-sized pc that actually seems to be functioning pretty well. It is without a dvd drive which makes seven seasons of Buffy that I brought back with me (don't judge!) have to sit uselessly on my shelf. But I found out that it does have a place for my ethernet cord, so that's a definite plus. I have to rely on my ipod since my grandmother had all of two songs of this computer, but I can deal with that. Anyways, my computer will be in the States until it is fixed by the lovely folks over at apple, so until then the one I use will be the cutest computer in the International House.
Look how tiny! (those are not my hands)
Oh, and when I got back my door was plastered with cards and notes and other festive things like that. Which was surprising and really nice to come back to. Apparently a lot has happened here while I was gone, including everyone seeming to have computer problems, not just me. The most important thing that happened, however, was that Bret (the one American guy) was hospitalized and we found out this morning that he is very sick and is going home tomorrow. Which was obviously incredibly upsetting. We went to visit him at the hospital today. People are taking one last trip tomorrow, but I'm stressing out about a media essay I should be writing right now, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to make the last trip. I will definitely miss him though. He is really genuine and nice to everyone, something I really admire in him. I hope he has a safe trip back tomorrow.
And now I'm off to write that wonderful essay that I am procrastinating about right now. Shame on all of you for tempting me into writing a post. Don't you know how much work I have?
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