OK, just to clear up some confusion.... The other day I got a phone call from my dad at 8:51 in the am here (why so early, Dad?) and I was in a hostel dorm room where other people were sleeping. So, like a considerate individual, I whispered to my dad that I was in a hostel and would call him right back from outside my room. When I called him back he sounded startled because he thought I said "hospital" not "hostel." I understand that they might sound similar, but unfortunately, I am staying in hostels, where people are crammed in a small room on bunk beds, where you can never get enough sleep because there is at least one person that snores or talks in their sleep or stumbles in at 3 am
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