Me and the AHHA team.Well, I'm FINALLY over my cold. Damn, it was killing me there for awhile. And I still have a lingering cough, but it's nothing fatal. :-P I'm so tired from it still, though. So hopefully when I go home tonight I can get some sleep.
Things have been OK. Over Christmas, I went to my roommate's mom's house, and that was quiet but nice. At least I got a full, nice meal, and didn't have to be alone. Never want to be alone like that, you know? It's only now that I'm really feeling homesick. I have a client that has been to Lincoln City in the past, and I helped a guy get a plane ticket home to Portland today... so now, I feel kind of sad. Every time I go by the airport, I get sad.
I have started to notice racism today. On the bus, no one will sit next to me unless they're white, too. And everyone just calls me pale, and the "H" word here which is tantmount to calling someone the "N" word. I've been sworn at a lot. It's so unnerving. I've never had any racism pointed at me at all. And everyone uses generalizations all the time. "Oh, don't trust the Fillipinos, they do ______" or "Oh, you know, all the Hawaiians are like ________." It drives me INSANE. Every anthropological bone in my body screams against it. And at the same time, I'm intrigued.
I'm hoping to get out more. I only know my coworkers and my roommate, so I feel like I need to branch out and meet new folks. It's boring otherwise!!!
More later. I love you all, and wish I could be with you over the holidays. Call me or email me, it really brightens my day, and when I get internet access, I'll write you back. :-)
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