I've been spending some time tonight organizing photos on my computer and for the first time since I moved to Baltimore, I'm feeling a little pang of home-sickness.
It's funny to look back on all these old pictures from college and the years since then and realize I'm not there anymore. It's not really full blown home-sickness - I think mostly because a lot of those days are over now, whether I'm in Chicago or not. As much fun as it was, I'm not in college anymore. My friends don't live just down the hall. And most of us really do have lives that involve waking up early in the morning to go to work. Several of us have moved. Many are married. Some even have kids.
And mostly, I'm quite happy with how everything has turned out so far. I'm still close to my closest friends. For the most part we've all been able to evolve and still be involved in each other's lives. I'm happy with my choices and all that good stuff. But there's still that part of me that would love to be back at the cabin with Sarah, Michael and all our friends. Or going on a roadtrip.
It's strange to not have close girlfiends here. I think I'm doing fine in the making friends department, but it's not exactly the same as having Sarah or Nicole nearby. I'm used to having my shopping buddies or people I just lay around and talk about all the worldly issues with. :-) Or even the simple stuff, like heading over to Marcus and Beth's for dinner or catching a movie. There are things that are just easier with people you've known forever.
Man, I make it sound a lot worse than it is. I'm not unhappy here in the slightest. I guess all I'm trying to say is, I do miss my old world a little. Thankfully Christmas vacation is less than 2 weeks away and I'll get to reunite with a bunch of family and even spend some time in Chicago catching up on "the good ol' days." Until then - I miss you all and I can't wait to see you soon!
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