Little Things
I'm severely homesick this week. I think I'm starting to come around now, but the last few days have been down-right depressing.It's the little things that are going to bring me out of this wave of homesickness. Like ---
- Beyonce and Julio Eglesias have finally been taken off the phonebooths I pass every day. They were staring at me as I walked past, taunting me - visible examples of American trash littering the world.
- Walker's potato chips, sorry, crisps... taste exactly like Lay's back home. A bad thing to find comfort in, but nice if you stop at one snack-size bag.
- If I'm mentioning food, I must say - the chocolate here is fabulous. It kicks American chocolate butt. Goodbye Hershey's, hello Cadbury's. Quality Street all the way.
- Reading for fun is wonderful. I've made it through I think 9 novels since I've been here, including (but not exclusively) girly ones that I never thought I would really get into. They're such a nice escape at the end of the day. I'm now addicted. Worse than chocolate.
- I went shopping (online) with Mom the other day for Jessica's wedding shower present. Mom and I have always had nice bonding time shopping. I miss that.
- I'm loving the charity Christmas cards that I found. (If you know that I don't have your address, please send me a note.)
- Thirty-something days until my brother and parents come for Christmas! I'm so excited, but I can't think too much about it -- yes, this is sappy -- if I do, I start tearing up.
- Bethany's coming mid-March! I think we are doing London in a few days and then heading up to Scotland. Love love!
- Steph's coming in late March! I get to meet her husband, catch up and show them around town. Yay!
- Sometime soon I'm getting a couple days off to head up to Oxford to stay with a friend of a new friend and get some time a bit away from B-side. I think it will be a much needed break from my newly stuck rut and for some reflection time.
- I got the best hug that I think I've ever had in my life the other day. No one has hugged me like that since I left home. I really needed that.
- When I was feeling a cold coming on a few days ago, I got home from a meeting and there on the dresser was a little tealight burner with some smelling oil stuff for colds and a little note from Liz (one of my British sisters, no - not in the nun sense) telling me to light the candle and sleep well. So nice.
- My warm scarf still smells a little like a scent I associate with home. People probably think I'm crazy when I walk along the streets putting my scarf to my nose and sniffing it. Or maybe they just think my nose is really cold, which it always is.
- I got a nice little set of emails and messages from people this week. I was really good to hear from y'all. Thanks for reading - it makes this whole thing worthwhile and makes me not feel so much like I'm talking to myself on here. Don't be afraid to comment on here if you want. It makes me smile.
posted by Shelley @ 8:30 AM
3 Comments:
weird that i just wrote you another super long sappy i miss you email and then decided to check out your blog to discover that you're homesick!
Hold on... we're comin'!!
Love, Mom
SHELLY!!!!
don't you like how your blog is one of the only places you ever really feel comfortable using the word 'y'all'... that and 'howdy' are two words I never use here, but I enjoy the freedom in them. Or maybe you say them and I am just weird (haha, which is true anyway).
Cadbury all the way!!!
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