Homesick

Lately I have been feeling homesick. Last week I got my first feeling of distance when we left The University of Melbourne. We did not have wifi for a few days and not being able to talk to anyone made me feel like I missed home. Traveling in general always puts me into a slump. Leaving places make me sad even when I am excited to go to another place, especially because I always feel like I forgot something. I didn’t forget anything though for this trip, thank goodness.

Today has been the worst of it though. These past few weeks have been so amazing and fun, but they also seem to be taking a while. I am counting down the days til I go home, see my puppies, family, friends, and boyfriend. I am most excited for Valentine’s Day and the surprises my boyfriend Ryan has planned (if there are any at all…).

Don’t get me wrong, I love it here in Australia and I want to move here for some time or at least come back. I even have thought about job opportunities here with animals but I will get to that in another blog post!

I thought 5 weeks would be perfect, and it is, but the work and traveling is pretty tough. We had an exam last week for 3 hours on 3 topics. We have a presentation this Thursday, which I am working on right now and it is getting hard, and an exam next week. Not to mention all of our blog posts we have to do everyday and assignments.

I think these next few days will go by quickly, and then we will be at our homestays in Wagga Wagga which should help me with homesickness, especially because they have a dog! After Wagga  Wagga we will be in Sydney for our last week, which I am extremely excited for and hoping for some surfing lessons too!

A few of us have even put a list of things we miss about America:

  • Ice cold water
  • good cereal
  • sauces (honey, mayo, etc)
  • trash cans
  • no bugs
  • wifi/phone
  • large cups at restaurants for water
  • homemade cooking
  • tv
  • beautiful sounding birds (the birds here are SO ANNOYING and loud but so gorgeous)
  • green grass
  • rivers
  • some people miss ketchup but not me
  • scrambled eggs
  • salad dressing
  • cheaper prices
  • home, friends, family, animals, etc.
  • comfortable beds without bugs
  • orange juice, teas, etc.
  • deserts with sugar in them
  • smaller spiders
  • normal tampons
  • good toilet paper
  • water i trust
  • keurig coffee (the instant coffee here sucks)
  • American money
  • AMERICA.

Overall, I am not trying to say I hate it here or I want to go home now, but I am missing a few things about America and especially some people. I even missed my boyfriends birthday and forgot to say Happy Birthday because of our time difference….ooops! I am loving it here, but all I can say is I LOVE AMERICA.

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