I've been feeling awfully homesick over the past day, probably because I don't have a conference to distract me from the fact that I'm currently half a world from my boyfriend, family and friends, and will be for the next year, except for a couple weeks over Christmas. I know there's email and phone and video calls, but it's not the same. I find video calls quite hard actually. They give such a false sense of closeness. Actually, it's the same with phone calls as well. Oh, don't get me wrong, it's so comforting to know that the people I love are just a call away, but I hate knowing that while I can talk to my boyfriend and see him on my computer screen, he's over 20 hours flight away, instead of a 20 minute drive...
Anyway, I've been distracting myself by keeping busy. I've been buying lots of groceries to fill my empty cupboard and fridge, as well as catching up on some sleep. And now we're cleaning up and preparing for some pre-diner drinks and snacks for one of my flatmate's birthdays. We're going to go out for dinner then dancing. I think I'll just go for the dinner as I still have a nasty cough. It'll be a little strange for me anyway, without knowing any of the people, and most of them will be leaving soon, so there isn't any motivation for me to get to know them better.
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