no. 12

Today Eron sent me an e-mail asking me if I was coming home for Christmas. Really, it isn't anything big... at least it shouldn't be. I read "home" and immediately thought "Kentucky." I didn't think America, Madison, my parents, no. I thought of Louisville, and I got homesick and worried. I am positive that the holidays will be the hardest time for me to be thousands of miles away from the people I love. Now that I'm on that topic, I'm starting to wonder what's going to happen when my grandmother dies. Every year for the past, I don't know, ever since my mother's family has been a family, everyone gets together for Christmas Eve at my grandmother's house in Louisville. I don't know what's going to happen when she's gone. Our family is close so I hope that we all get together still, and hopefully still in Louisville. I have a feeling that my aunt Marie and uncle Dave will take over the responsibility. I don't want to think about this anymore.
I solved my problem with my lack of English books. A store that's connected to the funiculaire station in Sierre has an extremely small selection of books in English. I found one that seemed interesting and I like it so far. It's "Then We Came to the End" by Joshua Ferris. It's basically a corporate office themed novel and it's pretty good, surprisingly. He has a very modern writing style, but I like it. It comforts me when good, fairly successful authors use words like "fuck-up" in a sentence and it fits so well that you don't realize it.
I have 6 brand new glasses from Ikea and noticing that I don't need 6 new glasses is depressing me. I have zero (seriously) friends here, thus meaning I have no need for more than two glasses. Especially because the only thing I drink besides coffee or espresso is water.
I have nothing else to say. I decided I'm going to go see the Balthus exhibit in Martigny tomorrow. It's probably going to be raining, so perfect. I am also probably going to go to Manor and get a few things for my apartment. I need to go to Ikea again. I need to do a lot of things.
I wish that people would come visit me here. Too bad no one can afford it.