Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore?

One of my best friends from high school is in the Peace Corps in Africa. Her two years is almost up, and I am really happy about that. I miss her a lot. Even though we went to college in different states, we still saw each other every time we were home on break. Our friendship is nice, because even though we would not see each other for months at a time, we could pick right up where we left off when we finally did see each other.

Keeping in touch while she was gone was pretty hard. She did not have regular access to email, maybe a couple of times a year, and the mail service is very slow. It was kind of hard for us to keep each other updated on our lives through letters anyway, because by the time we finally received them, what we were writing about was about a month old.

However, I randomly signed on to aim for the first time in a while last night and SHE WAS ONLINE. I was so excited! Apparently someone in the village in which she is living has the internet now, and she was able to use it. It was amazing to talk to her. We were able to fill each other in on our lives so much better, and we could catch each other up on everything.

We talked for a couple of hours, and it was great. I have been feeling down about a lot of stuff lately, but this really helped make me feel better.