Being away during the holidays is especially difficult, any missionary will tell you one of the greatest challenges of the lifestyle is loneliness. Not loneliness in the traditional form, but the kind that you feel with out your family and friends, the long term, do anything and everything together, kind are difficult to make. In my case 100% of my friends are work related... nothing wrong with that except that you usually don't want to hang out on the weekends and evenings with the same people you hang out with all day. On top of all that, Caminante has been doing some minor construction and painting which means practically no space and terrible smell/sounds... so, lots of "work from home" time in the mornings and not so much work to do. So, in order to overcome these bumps in the road.
10 Things that make each day go by a little faster:
1. Coffee - Especially with Pumpkin Spice Creamer
2. Fall (and Halloween) decorations lovingly sent from home
3. Hulu, Netflix, and "Megashare": the amount of TV and Movies I have watched lately is for sure unhealthy, but it passes the time.
4. Cooking, trying new recipes, and going out to dinner
5. Going on walks and/or playing on the beach with the dog
6. Endless pinterest lesson planning for my music class and homework rooms
7. Reading any and every blog on the internet about international living
8. Applying for Graduate School
9. Trying to be better at following international news
10. Counting down the days until I submit myself to freezing cold air and the warmest welcome I can imagine! Only 36 more to go!
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