I'm at my host family's house

The rural stay was cancelled due to the rain and flooding. So we got a flight back to Beijing a day early. I just got back in Beijing around 6 PM today. I got dropped off at my host family's house. I met my host mom about a week ago when I dropped off my stuff before going on the study trip so this was the first time meeting my host dad and sister. They are all very, very nice and welcoming. They said that since my Chinese is pretty good that I should help my host sister with her English. I don't mind because she'll probably be helping me with my Chinese anyway.

I just realized today that I miss home a lot. I miss my family and my friends. I miss Southern California and everything. It makes me wonder whether I can really be away from home longer than 4 months. I don't think 4 months is that long, but I used to want to be in the Peace Corp and that's like 2 years away from home. Now I'm questioning whether I can do that now or whether I can be an anthropologist, living somewhere for like decades.

After being rained on in Xi'an, I realized that I really, really miss home. I know that it rains back home, but it rarely ever rains for days like it did in Xi'an. Although, I hear that the rain was rare for that time of year, but still... I was soaking wet... even in my new poofy snow jacket. I didn't have any waterproofy shoes so my shoes and socks got wet. I figured I would buy all those stuff when it starts to get cold in Beijing. In conclusion, rain sucks.

I regret that I may have spent a lot of money on buying souvenirs/gifts. It may be cheap in comparison to American prices, but a lot of money when you're looking at it from a Chinese person's point of view. *cries* Will I have enough to go to the Master's Cup? I know I will, but I still don't want to go overboard. I still want to save money... especially when it comes to paying for the hotel room. Garfield is going to stay at some fancy schmancy hotel... so I better save up. Even though he said he's willing to help pay more than half, I have a feeling it's still going to be way expensive for me.