mike here.

seeing as how melissa never updates this, i decided to start putting my own stuff here, too.
sleepy right now. i should be packing, but the thought of the softball camp being a two-day trip for me is discouraging me from really paying attention to packing. if i had it my way, i would just go (like i always do) and not worry about the packing --> this is one of the funnier things between melissa and me - i'm always under-packing, while she always tends to over-pack. we work well together!

our paths are about to cross again in about two weeks time. not sure if i'm ready for leaving. it seems so soon. two weeks? that's really just a blink of the eye away. october is NT commencement - not sure if i'll be able to make it back. worse case scenario: can't make it back by plane. november is american thanksgiving - definitely will be home because there's going to be a week of hiatus. december is christmas - you can pay my tuition and i will still refuse to stay.

i'm not as strong as i think i am. emotionally...i'm still very attached to my family. just like tonight, sitting there just talking with my gramma. she was laughing at me and my awkward taiwanese-speaking effort - though she did compliment on the fact that i've gotten better since when she first spoke to me two weeks ago. so mel, you can't make fun of my white-ized taiwanese. took me a good half hour to figure out how to say "an hour and a half" and "half an hour" in taiwanese earlier tonight. complicated, i say.

sleep time. to be continued.

michael