So my internet seems to have miraculously decided to fix itself. Thank the lord. I was getting really stressed out by not having constant access to talking to people back home and such.
Today is my first day off of language school since it started. It has been wonderful. I slept in and then I've just been uploading pictures, answering emails, chatting with people back home, and doing Hungarian homework. I needed that lazy refresh sort of morning. It is exhausting constantly being surrounded by new people in a new place. And having 50+ new Hungarian words thrown at me a day does not help! I also have been feeling a little homesick recently. It has now been over a month since I saw my CMC friends and two weeks since I saw my family. Which really isn't that long given how long it will be til I see everyone again (although my parents and brother will be in Budapest in less than a month!). I miss knowing people well and knowing what to expect and feeling really comfortable with people. And I have spent the past few hours online but as it is around 5 AM in California, no one is up. I really was hoping to talk to some familiar people but instead I just got to answer emails to familiar people (although I did get to talk with Greer briefly, which was so nice). I know that CMC starts back up on Tuesday so people are going back over the next few days and I'm a little jealous- part of me wants to go back too. I mean, I also want to be here, but I really do miss the familiar. I would love to get to go back to my floor and do the post-winter-break reunion with my friends and just hang out and laugh and talk all night. I guess it will be even more rewarding when it has been so long apart and we have even more to talk about but I really miss home right now.
Last night, 7 of us got together and cooked dinner (fajitas... damn have I missed Mexican food) and then went over to a party hosted by some BSM students. All of public transportation except for night buses shuts down around 11:30 PM and we stayed out past that. We tried to find a night bus (they have different schedules and locations then regular buses) but it was absolutely packed so we decided to walk. The city is quite small. Although the apartment I was at would take probably 20 minutes to get to by metro or bus (with waiting, switching lines, etc.), it took only 30 or 40 minutes to walk and there was a big group of us who live near each other walking back together. It was something of an adventure- Budapest at night sure seems to have a different crowd out (more sketchy for sure). I still have not been to a bar or a club and I'm sure I will make it there eventually but it's not exactly a huge draw for most of the people I have been hanging out with. Tonight, a group of us are getting together to cook dinner again, which should be fun. I'm sure as more and more time passes here, things here will feel more and more familiar.
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