today is christmas. i thought being away from home would be a lot harder. the time leading up to christmas was really hard, missing out on so many traditions and parties, but today wasnt bad at all. i guess being with thirty other people who are also away from home makes it a lot easier. its been a full weekend. saturday i went to liechtenstien (a small country, 62 square miles, between austria and switzerland) and then spent the night in zurich (switzerland). sunday we explored zurich and then headed back here. yesterday (christmas eve) i hung out, went to christmas eve service, and then hung out some more...we even played telefax (i taught them a while ago and they love it here). today i woke up early (6am) to help cook christmas breakfast at the mill (our hang out spot) and then hung out all day and played board games, it was pretty chill. but i'm exhausted, good thing i have a job where i can sleep until noon. merry christmas y'all.