I've Been Here for a While

When I saw a news heading for something that happened in the "Gulf", my mind did not immediately jump to the Gulf of Mexico.

Instead I thought of where I am now. In one of the Gulf countries.

And that got me thinking how long I have been away from 'home' for. I am using 'home' in this sense to refer to Vermont, to the States.

This semester seemed to go by so quickly, but it has felt like so much longer away from home. More permanent.

Which, in a way, I guess it is. As freshman year is drawing to a close (how did that happen?) I am facing the reality that this is my life.

I am an adult(ish).

I'm in college, trying to find/forge my own path, with all of the uncertainties and changes that brings.

In 27 days I will be 'home'. I can't wait to hug my family, my friends, my dogs, to see trees and stars again.

I just wonder how much I have changed. Because I know I have, but I also know I can't see all those differences. I hope I still fit.

<3

Only at NYUAD #2

When it rains more than normal, (and by that I mean actual rain one day, and then showers over the next week), everyone is psyched.

Walking to class is awesome because it is raining! There is weather! It does exist!

But then there are suspicions that it is not nature-made rain.

And it still doesn't matter, at least to me. Rain is rain.

<3

"Where are you from?"

"Vermont"

"That explains the Birkenstocks"