homesick

Homesickness strikes again! I feel like it's always with me in the back of my mind, but sometimes it creeps up and really gets to me when I least expect it. I know that I chose to move away from my family and friends, and I know that living somewhere besides CO has given me the opportunity to do things, meet people, and have experiences that I wouldn't have had otherwise. And of course, the best part of moving away has been living with Brett and finally getting to spend some great, quality time together after being apart for so long!

But sometimes I just can't help it and the homesickness consumes me. I hate being away from my family. I want to go to Ft. Collins and visit my brother at school and see where he lives, I want to hang out with my parents and Chance, I want to stop by my grandparents house to say hi and catch up on things, etc. I hate being away from my friends. I hate not being able to go grab coffee with them, go to a rockies game, hear that funny joke they will be laughing about for weeks, and just not being there to know what's going on in everyone's daily lives.

When I'm feeling like this I remind myself that even though I'm not there with everyone, I still am just as close with them as I am when I'm there, and they are missing me just as much as I am missing them. I remind myself how lucky I am to have such special people in my life and how I could not have asked for a better group of friends or a better family to be apart of. I try to remember that this time spent apart from everyone I love so much really won't seem that long in the big scheme of things after we are all reunited (whenever that may be). So until this homesick feeling goes away I'm going to think positively and be thankful for those people I love and miss so much :)