#32: Is it time for another holiday yet?
8.31.2018
Another week has flown by...Only 4 more weeks of lectures, 3 weeks of studying and exams, and then only a few more weeks till I leave. This was a pretty normal week. Pages and pages of physics notes, genetics lab, health lectures and seminars. It's easily to feel overwhelmed by thinking about all of the things I have to do in the next few weeks.
But at the same time, I try to tell myself not to think too much about going home because then I'll be wishing away the present. I have made such good friends here that it makes me more sad to think about not seeing them again once I leave than thinking about being homesick. Every week I meet new people have a new experience that makes me feel more at home here. This Friday I joined a new club, Urban Life, and I haven't laughed so hard in weeks! We ate tons of junk food, played games, and just had a great time getting to know each other and enjoying each other's company. As I was leaving I was already thinking about how much fun I'm gonna have again next week! Moments like being in pain over laughing so hard while playing Heads Up or the Whisper Challenge remind me to embrace every good, bad, happy, sad, challenging, stressful, and emotional moment that I have here because I am so lucky to be here having them in the first place.
Sorry that I don't have any exciting adventures to report this week, but I'm happy to report that while it's obvious that I dearly miss all of my family and friends at home, I think I'm starting break out of the homesick phase of "study abroad culture shock" just enough to really enjoy EVERY moment. I'm ready to take on the next challenging few weeks because with every exam, assignment, and study sessions ahead of me, I will make even more memories with friends and go on even more adventures that I'll keep with me forever.
But at the same time, I try to tell myself not to think too much about going home because then I'll be wishing away the present. I have made such good friends here that it makes me more sad to think about not seeing them again once I leave than thinking about being homesick. Every week I meet new people have a new experience that makes me feel more at home here. This Friday I joined a new club, Urban Life, and I haven't laughed so hard in weeks! We ate tons of junk food, played games, and just had a great time getting to know each other and enjoying each other's company. As I was leaving I was already thinking about how much fun I'm gonna have again next week! Moments like being in pain over laughing so hard while playing Heads Up or the Whisper Challenge remind me to embrace every good, bad, happy, sad, challenging, stressful, and emotional moment that I have here because I am so lucky to be here having them in the first place.
Sorry that I don't have any exciting adventures to report this week, but I'm happy to report that while it's obvious that I dearly miss all of my family and friends at home, I think I'm starting break out of the homesick phase of "study abroad culture shock" just enough to really enjoy EVERY moment. I'm ready to take on the next challenging few weeks because with every exam, assignment, and study sessions ahead of me, I will make even more memories with friends and go on even more adventures that I'll keep with me forever.
