I haz Caffeinez

So, for those of you who don't know, I haven't had caffeine in nearly five years.  The beginning of my sophomore of high school, I decided that I was entirely too reliant on caffeine for energy boosts, so I went cold turkey and haven't touched the stuff since.  No chocolate, no coffee, no caffeinated sodas or teas... Nothing at all.
Here in India, tea's kind of their schtick.  They drink it all the time.  Tea at breakfast.  Tea time in the middle of our classes.  Afternoon tea.  All the time is tea time, basically.  And instead of being rude or disrespectful and turning it down, my response is, of course, to take the tea politely and drink it.
Current time: 10:45am.
Cups of tea: 3
It's a very electrifying experience, actually.  I feel like I have so much energy and my muscles are practically humming with the need to move.  My brain kind of feels like all the brain cells are playing pinball, bouncing around rapidly.  My hands are kind of shaky and it's almost a dizzying experience.  Definitely a rush.

We're supposed to learn about host families today.  We move in with our families tomorrow, but as of right now, we know absolutely nothing about them.  And when I say "absolutely," I mean it.  No names or anything.  It's a little bit terrifying.  I mean, tomorrow, I'm going to meet a group of people for the first time, and right afterwards, I'll be moving into their house to share their living space and food and lives for three months.  What if they don't like me (not that that's really possible... I'm awesome)?  What if we don't have anything in common?  What if i don't like the food (also rather impossible)?  What if we can't communicate well?  There's so much to worry about and to think about right now.

On yet another note, I've been thinking about the Independent Study Project I have to do.  My original plan was to find some way to maintain my classics nerdiness.  I wanted to study the Mahabharata and Ramayana in comparison to the Homeric epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey.  But now there's a whole new option... one of the professors here offered to hook me up with a lady who plays traditional hindi music on the violin.  So I could spend my semester learning a completely new style of music on my violin.  And I'm kind of torn now on which direction I want to go at the moment.

Vale,
Anne