Adventures

One of my inn-mates said about 4 weeks ago, "I'm homesick," very matter-of-factly and then asked, "Do you ever get homesick?"  My answer at that time was, "I'm doing pretty well right now.  I've been spending a lot of time with my girlfriends, so I haven't really been all that homesick lately." Everybody knows that "homesick" feeling.  I'm sure it's a little different for everybody, but I think we all know that sinking feeling in the gut of isolation or solitude or separation from the ones and things we love. The past week, I have been homesick.  I guess it's inevitable and no big surprise.  I think it's hitting me now for a couple of reasons: the first being I haven't been spending as much time with my friends, as we've all been very busy working and our schedules are opposite one another and one will be moving in April, then the others possibly shortly thereafter; the second being it's been about ...

I hope everyone is doing well when you read this!  Hopefully, most of you are staying warm and out of the cold after the blizzard!!!  (I'm a little jealous . . . ) So, it has been about four months since I left home and came to California.  So much has happened, it seems like a lifetime!  My uncle asked me over Christmas, "Is it really as good as the emails [blog] say[s]?"  Yes, there are times, like two days ago I am homesick and miss Texas, my friends and all the familiar places and things and I'll wear my cowboy boots around and listen to country music in an attempt to make myself feel a little better.  But, then I'll have a fun day at work or with my fun, new, sweet friends or see a beautiful scene and it makes the pangs of that homesick feeling not so sharp.  I know I'm an idealist and am probably ignorant of many realities of situations, including my own.  But, I cannot help but feel this has been a positive and fun experience, for which I...