im sitting on an orange chair in the classiest mcdonalds i have ever been in. at home when you walk into a mcdonalds you see the usual. i guess they have updated them from when i was a kid and having trains and that purple creature , the one with jail stripes on, and of course ronald mcdonald himself. but even with the more modern decorations its nothing compaired to this one. this one has pillars. tall windows and doors. nice plants. and a coffee shop in it, too. i visit this mcdonalds often. not to eat, but to steal the wifi here. it is only about a five minute walk from the appartment i'm staying in, and it's free. mcdonalds is the epitome of convenience.

well, i haven't quite been away from home for a month, but it feels like it. july is almost over and then i only have over half of another month to go before i can be home. it's odd that here in debrecen feels like home in a few ways. for instance, we went to budapest yesterday (the capital of hungary for those who may not know) and went sight seeing there. when our train arrived back and we walked the street back to our appartment it oddly felt like home. but that got me thinking more about regina. got me thinking about how it will feel when i step out of the plane, into the airport, where i can finally see daniel again after a month and a half of being hundreds of miles and an ocean apart. you can call that lame if you want, but it's the truth and im looking forward to it.

for the time being, however, i am in debrecen. two and a half more weeks of reading and then we go to budapest to catch a plane to rome and spend a great but stressful week there. great because it's rome, stressful because we're not in the least prepared, besides having a list of places we need to find and explore. i've really enjoyed the buildings in hungary, but i'm extremely stoked to see buildings and structures that are less than 1000 years old. i'm pretty homesick, ya. i'll just throw that out there. i always thought i'd be the type of person who might be able to take off for months at a time to a place, but even if i didn't have a boyfriend of a year and a half at home i'm not so sure. im loving this, but being away from home is hard. i commend those who can pick up and actually move their lives to somewhere foreign. i want to and will see so much more of the world, but i really do love canada. i think the next time i sing the national anthem in canada i'll have a little more pride than usual. its funny how much more you appreciate something when your without it for a while. you appreciate your bed when you sleep somewhere else for a while. you appreciate your family more after you have moved away. you appreciate the opportunities you have after they've passed by. my dad prolly appreciates the rest of his fingers more after he lost one of them to a tablesaw. i wish the world could be just a little bit brighter with everyone just appreciating what they have without hoarding it, losing it, or without having to go through withdrawl.

well, if you have my facebook you can check out the photos i have posted there. i love my readers.

ps. its weird seeing 99% of the people in mcd's thinner than the percentage of people you see in any place any where in north america. i think we need to start walking / biking places more. food for thought.