I am alone. Not the everyone-is-at-work-and-will-be-back-for-lunch kind of alone, but the I-am-alone-at-the-other-side-of-the-planet type of alone. Ok, it is not as bad or sad as it may sound. I do have some really good friends here, the type I can call whenever I need them, even on a Sunday or in the middle of the night.…