Hey everyone!!!

Huff... What an exhausting couple of weeks. Yet also super exciting!

First off, I've been in Haïti this past week and a bit - teaching there, and exploring the people. I was super homesick the first day, and just felt shitty in general for being the "rich white tourist" in a third world country. The wealth disparity is just... amazing. Garbage is literally everywhere. I felt awful for the being born and given a chance many people in Haïti will never get. But as I got to know the people more, I fell a lot better. They are so proud of their culture and what Haïti could be. It was really inspiring. So this past week has be really busy and kinda crazy. But it was fun overall and I'd love to go again next year.

But even before last week, I've been pretty quiet. A certain someone has been taking up a lot of my free time, and I just didn't have the energy to update on FA. I won't reveal who it is just yet (i haven't even asked them if this is ok :p), but they were a HUGE reason I was so homesick during my stay in Haïti. It's been a little bit of a whirlwind with them, things just starting up so quickly, then me having to leave on my trip. We talked every day, and I don't think I would have made it without them.

But now that I'm back, we've made it official... And I'm so excited to have a boyfriend! Again, it was so unexpected, and everything has been happening to quickly that I don't think either of us really knows what's going on. But we both just want to keep seeing each other, so that's what we are going to do!

Thanks for listening to my little rant! I hope everyone else is having as fantastic a time as I am :p

P.S. - Whoever guesses the species gets a special prize!