Homesickness....

I haven't really be feeling too homesick since I got here. I've had minor episodes at times, like when I first got here and was dead tired and all alone, but that passed when i met some people. And one day when I was tired and tried to go shopping and kept giving the wrong money and everything seemed hard. But that all passed pretty quickly. I'm getting used to different money, different accents, packing your own shopping in supermarkets, the different (and generally not so good) food, the changeable weather, buses....

But today has been the worst so far. It always comes on when something goes wrong or I don't feel good. Today I've got the flu and a few other things upset me, and I suddenly realised how alone I was. I've met some great people and I love them all, but you can only get so close to people in 10 days. I miss being able to just call up my friends when i need to talk about nothing in particular or just go down to the house and talk to mum. I can't exactly call up people for no particular reason when its generally the middle of the night in Australia at the time I feel like talking...

I really felt the distance today. Before I thought it wasn't a big deal since its so easy to keep in touch through email and MSN, but it is different.

Its not a sort of homesickness that makes me think 'I wish I was at home', because I love it here and I am happy and having fun in general, but it does make me feel lonely. I think I just have to ride it out, talk to people back home when I get the chance, and not let feeling sad isolate me from my new friends here.

Don't worry everyone, I'm ok really!! I know I feel a lot better once I'm over this "fresher's flu" as well!