Homesickness | Suspension of Disbelief

Jan

Thirteen Things about Lindsey!

1. Interested in reading up on the new Windows Vista OS? Check out this post by BentUser on the latest build that he’s tested! It’s a direct comparison of Vista and XP.

2. The first three days of classes are over for me, and they’ve been going well so far. I think I’m really going to like them this semester (yes, even the icky history and sociology divisionals that I have to take).

3. However, buying textbooks was a NIGHTMARE. I have one class with 2 books, one with 8 books, one with 9 books, and one with 13 BOOKS! It’s RIDICULOUS! I ordered most of them from Amazon.com, and by ordering them that way I was able to save almost $100. However, the bill was still about $550 . . . so glad that this is the last semester I have to do that!

4. Speaking of work and semsters, I still have a TON of work to get turned in from last semester. I’m slowly getting it all done, but it’s getting rather grotesque over here.

5. Also, my supervisor for work (I work in the office of the theatre department) has given me my hours for work. 12 hours a week. Now, that doesn’t sound that bad. Then you consider that last semster I only worked 6 hours. So I’ve doubled my hours. Still not that bad? Try again. I have no free time. I told her all the hours that I wasn’t in class, and she decided to schedule me for all of them! I’m actually at work right now. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I don’t get a break from 9:30AM until 5:30PM . . . not even a lunch break. Now if that doesn’t spell disaster, I don’t know what does. I’m not saying anything yet, but I may wind up having to talk to her about dropping some hours. However, the extra money would be nice . . .

6. Still trying to figure out what to do after graduation. We’re talking about setting up home base for MagicMouth Productions in Atlanta, GA. Since this is my favorite city ever and I’ve always wanted to live there, I have no problems with that idea ;)!

7. Speaking of MagicMouth, the show is going so well. We finally got everything all set up, we’ve got illusions coming in, and we’ve been rehearsing with our grips. Ben, Matt, and I are so excited we’re positively giddy - it’s pretty funny actually.

8. I saw the proof for my design for Reading Red Letters. Again, postively giddy ;).

9. Both Nicole and Bug are starting to do Thursday Thirteen. Welcome y’all!!!

10. I’m tentatively working on a weightloss blog - we’ll see how that goes. At the moment I’m barely having time to think about blogging, but perhaps once I get into a groove . . .

11. Men are jerks. Lousy jerks. (By the way, I’m not speaking generally, this is directed at a couple select members of the gender).

12. I’m still not completely unpacked from moving back in. Oops.

13. But the homesickness has subsided to a minor twinge every so often, so that’s better :).

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Jan

Homesickness . . .

So I’m back in North Carolina. Flights went well, I got back to my apartment fine, I’ve started unpacking, I’ve made my grocery list for tomorrow, I cleared the TiVo . . .

And I’m terribly, HORRIBLY homesick!!!!!!!

I hate this about coming to school. Every time I come back my homesickness gets worse. I guess that’s the price I pay for having a great relationship with my family. There is no one I’d rather be with than my family, and I miss them so much when I’m at school. It’s so lonely up here - our house is full of life. My mom and I are always doing thing together, my dad is always goofing around with me, my brother is turning into an adult and I’m missing it, and if no one is at home with me, I have the two most adorable puppies EVER to keep me company . . .

And here at school? If I throw myself into work, then maybe I won’t notice the lack of a family up here. But now I can’t throw myself into work like I used to could because I have to be careful now or I’ll have a mono reoccurance. Sigh . . .

I’ve always been a homebody (I wasn’t able to spend the night away from home and actually stay the whole night until I was in middle school). They almost had to come and pick me up from camp the first summer that I was there - I was so miserable. I always figured it would get easier when I got a little older, but it’s not easier, it’s just different. Perhaps harder. I try not to think about being away from my family, but I find myself absentmindedly thinking things like “the next time I see them will be in two months,” and that makes it so hard. I mean, I talk to my mom almost every day (more than once on most days). But it’s not the same as living with her.

So that’s where I stand tonight. In my apartment, without my family, and sad . . . crying sad . . .