Homesick.

          "There's no place like home." That statement is so true! I miss being at home so much. I have lived in the Pacific Northwest my entire life and being here for college is such a change. Utah weather is completely different from Washington. Snow versus rain - actually having all seasons here whereas it almost rains about 300 out of the 365 days a year in the Pacific Northwest. Snow is a lot to get used to, especially the temperature that goes below 20 degrees... So much to handle.. Anyways, I have been quite homesick these past couple of weeks especially since those three weeks of break made me want to stay home. I'm very close with my family and friends which made me so afraid to leave them behind to start this new life. I've never actually been away from home for such a long period of time and I don't have any relatives that live around here to visit. My life is back in Washington. It's so hard for me because majority of my friends stayed in state for college while I was one of the few that actually went out of state to this wonderful university. I'm so grateful to be able to attend such a great school and able to get a spiritual experience through my education. I'm the first one in my family to go to college and this was a big deal to me. I just miss being at home because I am unable to experience this time with any of my friends from home or with my family, but I know that coming here was the best decision I've made so far in my life. It's just been one of those days where I wish I could be at home to get away from the stress and drama. I have found that if I distract myself with my close friends here and that I focus on my school work, I don't think about home too much in the sense of me wishing I was there. Whenever I write these blog posts, I tend to rant on and on about random things... Well anyways, I would like to end with a quote that one of my counselors from high school said to me: "This isn't a goodbye, it's a see you later." That has stuck with me ever since he said it, and I know this statement to be true because I know that I will be home sooner than I think. I know that everything I'm doing here is for a good reason and that I will be back home in no time. As hard as it is to be away from home, I know that we are all experiencing the same emotions of missing each other.