Mail from Home Makes My DAY!

I switched my computer into spanish and now the keyboard is slightly different... but I don't see HOW it's different, I just go to type something normal and it comes out SO WEIRD... like when I want to type ' I end up typing ´and I have to get used to these new things. However, I now have the ¡ (upside down exclamation point!) on my computer. SO STOKED.

I´ll write more later, but for now, just know this.

I got my Valentine´s Day card in the mail on Tuesday (I think)... and I got my package from home today.

Thank you. You have no idea how incredibly happy it makes me. Even just seeing your handwriting brings the biggest smile to my face. I am literally sitting here crying and it isn´t because I´m sad, it´s because I am so incredibly happy I don´t know what to do with myself.

Yesterday was really rough on me, I was missing my family and my friends and just kind of wanted to cry, curl up in a ball and sleep and pretend I was home. I went out with friends and really did have a great time, but still, at the end of the night I come home to a room that still doesn't feel like mine and I feel a bit alone. My brother here noticed I was upset but they didn't want to intrude and I felt bad for being a bit of a downer. This morning I was still just kind of in a daze, but when I saw my package my whole world was turned right back around and I don't think I've ever been so grateful to be able to see my family's handwriting, and I really appreciate it. You have no idea.

Thank you. I am sorry for everything I've ever done and all the times I was a teenage drama queen and a royal pain in the butt. Thank you for still loving me, for being my family and my rock. I am so far away and while yes, it is the experience of a lifetime and I am having SO much fun and meeting new people, I wouldn´t be here or the person I am today or doing as well as I am without you and your support. so thank you. thank you so much. from the bottom of my heart. thank you for answering the phone, for writing me emails, for getting on skype, and writing me letters. thank you for the big things like a card and a package (now with boots i won't look like such an american) and the small ones like chatting with me online or sending me a thing of tissues, because i'm currently putting them to good use.

I don't know if I've ever cried from being happy. I'll mark today down in my life calendar and keep a note of it. Thank you. It's just what I needed, and way more.

I love you.

And, in other news... my shower finally gets hot again. So I'm going to go enjoy that.


All my love and tears of happiness,
Jamee