Things that are helping my homesickness while in Tongling, China: Finally getting Internet access. (yeah!!!!) Which means I can get on Tumblr and see what all you fine people are up to (or were up to?) today.  Listening to Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs. Focusing as hard as I can on working so I don’t feel so sad and lonely. (being emo, but that’s what happens when you are across an ocean from the people you love, particularly that one person with whom you are madly in love) Housing up in my hotel room for the evening because I am getting annoyed with the stares. (This is not a zoo and I am not an animal!)