hello africa, tell me how you're doin'! (or: trying is the first step toward failure)

i know that i promissed that this woulden't be yet another "hey, i'm putting my diary out on the internet for all to see!" blog, but i just can't control myself right now. i'm so excited! the future looks so unthinkable bright right now! the thing is that i realized the advantages of distance tuition/studies. went to my sister's & her boyfriend for dinner yesterday & we discussed what i was planning for this autumn (quitting my job, continuing my studies to get my masters) & i joked about the fact that i should move home (to my parents) like people do when they wanna cut the costs of living, except that i don't have a "home" to move to (well, not in this town at least). & then my sister's boyfriend said "but why don't you? if you've applied for a distance course (is that the right term in english? you know, studying over the internet) why don't you just move down to your mom in mozambique?". & i thought, yeah why don't i? the last couple of weeks i've joked a lot about my goal in life, my dream job; to sit in southern africa and "do some blogging" (a plan that is both childish & neo-colonial, i know). & here's the perfect opportunity! i don't have to wait until i get my degree, wich was the original plan. so i texted my mom this morning & told her to make the bed in the guestroom, 'cause i'm on my way & her response was "okay, get down here asap!" more or less.
& no, i refuse to listen to people who tell me that no one i know ever managed to finish their distance studies, that it didn't turn out that well last time i went to moz to do field work & that i will hit myself hard for being stupid again, when i'm back in about a year with yet another unfinished course at uni to deal with...