Lunar New Year

Happy Year of the Rat.

To those who celebrate this joyous holiday, I want to wish you a Happy New Year with good health, luck that will aid you to your heart's desires, and of course, good fortune.

I really wished I was home. It's only been 1.5 months, but school has been suffocating, not that I'm sick of it, I just need a break from working for everything. I miss everyone. I think I don't realize the things I miss and all that until I have time to myself. Maybe that's why I try to keep myself busy, so I have other things to worry about. At least I managed to talk to everyone in the family on the phone for the past few days. I get to go home in about a month or so, I shouldn't be whining. This year was new though, making that many phone calls to the relatives and what not, I haven't talked to most of them for months.

My grandma and I talked a lot this week. I miss her so much. She got my card right on time on her birthday! I could hear her in the background telling everyone that I didn't miss an accent mark because I wrote in Vietnamese. That made me laugh because I had help by using a dictionary, I really don't know how to write in my native tongue. My cousins called me a few times, too. They better take a lot of pictures, 'cause I want to see them!

Sorry for the gloomy mood, I'm just a little sad. But on the other hand, I'm really excited for the upcoming dates in this month though, it's something to definitely look forward to :). And midterms are over in two weeks so I can breathe a bit.