4 posts tagged “homesick”
Errggghh inner conflict.
So. I've just come home from a weekend in Rome... which was all right because a few factors made it less than perfect. I liked Florence better, but I liked Rome better than Venice. Anyway, that is the end of all my travels out of England. And I'm really really sad. After my four weekend straight travelling I just wanted to be in my room, so I got my weekend off then had an AMAZING week in Italy and Greece followed by this weekend in Rome and I feel like I could go for another month or two. I guess this is the "travelling bug." And I've either caught it or been bitten by it, depending on what you mean by a bug... either way I'm infected. I need to go to Australia. And Germany. And Spain.
BUT
I am so so very homesick. I want to be eating at In-n-Out after church with the regular group. I want to see my dog. I want to hang out with all the cravers. I want to be in Shannon's living room. I want to be around what's familiar to me.
Here is what I would love:
1. Come home for Christmas
a.Stay until March
2. Continue European travels
a.End around June
3. Hang around Ventura for a month
4. Take a cross-country road trip
a. Lasting until September
5. I don't know, I'm free from September to December. Maybe here is when I work like crazy to pay off the crazy debt.
6. Spend New Year's Eve in Australia, then travel around Australia for a month or two.
7. Come home in February, then start living a normal steady life involving school and working a part time job.
Wouldn't that be nice?
But that's not going to happen, so I think God has a different plan for me, so I'm going to have to go with that one instead. I just hope it involves Australia.
On Sunday when I was in Notre Dame de Paris they were burning a crapload of votive candles. The scent smelled exactly like Christmas and ever since then I've been a little homesick. I just want it to be Christmas break. And I want to be in Shannon's living room watching "Love Actually."
I must admit, I'm starting to miss home a bit. I miss being familiar with my surroundings. Not to mention I miss burritos and In-n-Out. I almost miss my tight posse, but they're all off to school so even if I was back in Ventura I couldn't hang out with them anyway. So, today I was out shopping in the Old Spinalfields market and I came across a poster stall and found a poster that I could not resist. First of all, it's a quality poster. But it also reminds me of home and of many many friends back home. Here it is:
It's the first thing I see when I sit up in my bed. Eventually I'm going to put up more posters... most likely of musicals and such, but this one has a special place in my heart because of all the ties I have to it back home.
I've also started spicing up my bulletin board:
I know, it's hardly spicy, but it's something. I've got my American flag, my calendar, and my little postcards of "Dad Advice" that my dad snuck in my luggage and I found on the plane ride over. Hopefully, I'll be able to fill up the whole thing with pictures of some kind. I'm thinking of laying down some simple print wrapping paper underneath it all, though, just to cover up the gross looking board.
Well, tomorrow night Anna and I are going to try and find some cheap tickets to see Billy Elliot, or some other show. Wish me luck! I'm off to bed now!
