*Sniffles*

I cried today for the first time since I've been here. Sneaky little unexpected tears.

Partly because there are some things such as hugs, warm looks, inside jokes, and giggle-snorts that can not be packaged, e-mailed, or otherwised delivered to me half a world away.

Partly because Alanis Morisette is a whiny prat who thinks she knows me but sooooo doesn't.

And partly because I had to teach my first two real classes with a migrane the size of Texas and the bedside manner of a Tazmanian Devil.