I LOVE ALL YOU PEOPLE!!!

Thanks for all the love, people. I don't know what I'd do without you. It's so cool to come on here and see some nice comments every now and again. And, O., I did finally pay up, so now you owe me your payback. :-P Actually, I'm going to be paying up in a major way soon--just wait and see!
Guess what? I see that my university offers courses in Yoruba! I wish it were Igbo, but hey, it's "close enough" right? And they also have Swahili! I studied Swahili a little on my own but a course would be great. But I wonder how many courses I should be taking as an alumna? It's strange of me to say the least, and expensive; but these are languages I'm really into, and where else can I take classes in them? I wish there were graduate programs in foreign languages but there really aren't. There's "Classical Languages" and "Romance Languages" but nothing like "All Languages." I'm into European, Asian, African and Semetic Languages all at once. Maybe I should just pick one and go with it. The only reason I want to study languages though is for missionary reasons, so I suppose after a certain point all the studying goes out the window. I mean, maybe I should just figure out where I want to be sent, and then learn as I go. I guess I'm always more of a dreamer than a do-er. Gotta change that.
It's freezing here by the way. I can't afford to put my heat on until the very end of this year, and even if I could afford it, I wouldn't mess with these horrid space heaters too much anyway. They're downright dangerous and terrifying. I don't leave them on at night even when it goes down into the 20s. Seriously.
I apologize to everyone who feels ignored by me these past few weeks. The only thing I can say on my behalf is that there's really no way around it until the first week of Nov. If I take even a half-hour out for "play" I skip work or school. I'm supposed to be typing up a lesson right now, but I felt compelled to stall. As it is I'm already 2 or more weeks behind on my prison work, and I'm not even showering every day, to conserve time (I'm suuuure you all wanted to know that!) [I know Cindy's having flashbacks of our trek through Europe, wherein I didn't shower for over 10 days straight because I was freaked out by the public hostel showers.]
The cool thing is that it's almost over. So please bear with me. I love you all so much, and I'll be on your tails so much after this finishes that you'll want me silent again. Ha.