I’m home! The flight was on Saturday and went very smoothly. I Ubered with an American friend to her terminal then had to figure out a train. So there was a little adventure. Customs was equally smooth, but they’ve changed the system. Now they don’t ask for your passport or anything, but there’s a Face ID scanner thing. A little spooky to wonder where they knew my face from.
Mom and Aaron got a new car while I was at school, which is a big relief. It’s a nice indigo color and easy to shove your suitcases into when you are at a terminal. The Sunday I got back, Mom and I walked around town for awhile which was very nice. Then that night I got the worst food poisoning-or-norovirus of my life and was incapacitated for the next 48 hours. I won’t describe it much. Just know I could feel the parameters of my stomach, and I still can’t eat three full meals a day. So I spent a long time lying in bed in agony. It might be food poisoning from the Emergency Sandwich I brought on the plane and ate after ten hours before customs (they don’t like foreign biodegradables), but who knows. I guess emergency granola bars are always the better way to go.
I started on my essay work again only yesterday. School feels insurmountable this year but it will be over by June. I’m just glad I’m home with Mom and the cats (my beautiful sickbed attendants). Washington is so much better than England.
Also Mom has made me watch more Star Wars movies. I don’t like them. I now blame Anakin for my violent sickness. I watched Nosferatu (2024) of my own volition on the plane. 10/10 gothic horror, I loved it. Extremely good movie. Spring break’s probably started for you too now — I hope it’s nice. I love you.
With love,
Alice