Yasmin in Istanbul, Turkey

5 more days until i’m back!

i am so excited to be going back home. I have 5 more days and i can’t wait. I am already making sure i have most of my stuff together so i can be ready for when i have to pack.

Yesterday my dad took me from my grandmas and we went to a place called Kilos. There were beaches there so we went swimming. The first beach we went to was WAY over crowded. It was crazy … and it was kind of dirty too. The minute we walked near the shore there was a huge group of people chasing a guy.. Some of the guys were holding sticks. The guy that was being chased tripped and a group of dudes starting beating him. It was terrifying. They were kicking him, and i could hear the thuds of the sticks and their fists hitting his torso. We had no idea what went on but it was clearly a savage fight… and it attracted a LOT of attention.

My dad was nervous for us so he told us to be careful and stick together. The beach was over crowded and there were a lot of douche bags there. I put on my goggles and just tried to enjoy the beach. It was SUPER wavy though. So i couldn’t see anything. I spent about 10 minutes in the beach and then we decided to leave. Cops were arriving to find out how the fight had started and my laptop and ipad were in the car so i was nervous. We left to find another beach.

We drove about 20 minutes or so and found a much nicer beach. It was sort of expensive to get into but the rules of that beach are that no single guys are allowed in. A guy has to be with a girl to get into the beach. Which i guess is good but it sucks for all the single guys out there. Either way it was safer, no chance of a rowdy fight breaking out.

After spending time at the beach (it was cloudy most of the time too) we were ready to go home. My dad knows about all my tattoos and fully accepts it. Which is great. He asks about Ryan, like how he is doing and how our apartment is , which is nice of him.

We got back home and i was surprised with how empty the place was. There are two mattresses and that is it. I tried to go online but as it turns out the internet only works in the room my sister is in and only in the corner around the floor. My laptop won’t pick up a signal and my ipad did for a bit but quit. It was extremely frustrated trying to get to go online. I Just wanted to talk to my love for a little bit. I was laying on the hard wood floors trying to get a signal and my body was hurting and it was just not fun. I was upset about it. I got to talk to Ryan for a bit on my ipad and the internet went out and i was mad so i took a shower and ate some pasta my mom made. I tried to go back online again later but nothing i did worked… so i gave up went into bed and watched Ghost Town with my mom. It was nice watching a movie with her. We were both bored and there is nothing to do in this house.

The Furniture is supposed to come today which will be good. Hopefully the internet will pick up. I’m going to go out today and try to buy some more gifts. Hopefully when i get back this place will feel more like a home. It’s gorgeous… it’s big and roomy, but right now it’s just really empty.

I’ve been able to go online right now because my dad is letting me borrow his computer which, miraculously, it getting an internet signal. Poo on my computer. Ugh.

I really miss my love. I hope he’s doing alright without me. I don’t know if i’ll be going on a road trip or anything tomorrow. But i do know that i’ll be home in 5 days. Just 5 days sweety! Less than a week. We can totally do it. I miss you and i love you and you know that you’re my whole world. We can tough it out. You are always on my mind and i know that you think about me too. You’re my angel, my beautiful darling honey bee! I listen to your song and snuggle my t-rex when i miss you…. and soon i’ll be able to snuggle you too. MUAH. Hopefully i’ll be able to go online again tonight. LOVE YOU DEAR