Dear Mum,
It’s a week since I came here. I miss you all very much but I must be patient and fight against all the difficulties. As you always say, no sweat, no sweet. I sometimes feel lonely but don’t worry about me because I have great friends and they care about me. Everything is going well. The school, the instructors and the dormitory are all great. I’m making new friends here. I can get on well with the people around, especially Kuzey, from Turkey. I hope all is well at home.
We have made arrangements for the weekend. Our classmate Bethany is showing us around the city tomorrow morning. We are meeting at the city center and taking a city tour by bus. In the afternoon, we are visiting the NASA Aviation Museum. The tickets are a bit expensive but it’s worth seeing. You know, I’ve always been interested in space. And at 8 pm. we are having dinner in an oriental restaurant. Everyone in the group is joining. I’m looking forward to Sunday as well. I’m going to Verizon Center with Kuzey. We’re watching the Wizards live. Our seats are very close to the court. Can you imagine us just a couple of meters to the NBA stars?
By the way, we have the academic calendar, now. I’m going to visit you in the third week of January in the semester holiday, and we’re going to enjoy our time together for two weeks. I’ll let you know all the details when I get the tickets. This is just a plan, an intention for now. The summer holidays start in early June but I’m not going to visit you then. With a group of friends, we are going to fly to Chicago. We’re going to spend a week there. I’m excited about this summer. We are going to build a swimming pool in the garden with Dad and redesign the garden. He told about it last week. I hope everything goes as planned.
I’ve just received a message from friends and they are waiting for me outside.
I will leave now and join them for dinner.
Bye for now, big big hugs! Ethan.