Thoughts. Homelife.
Home, party, reunions, and now it's coming to an end. I thought I had reentered society already, faced my challenges, started my real summer, but now I realize I've done no such thing. Tomorrow it's just going to be me and my parents. I'll have to get back to taking tests for my online classes, and although I thought I had done so much, I haven't even started to catch up on life.
A few things about being home have been really great, though. The most fun part was that in this, what I formerly thought was a boring house, there's so much to do! I can play all day. I play everything, from music instruments to sports, from cooking to video games. It's all just a big game. I don't know if that's a good thing. I'm quite detached from real life, playing around on my mountain all day.
Seeing my friends has been more fun than I expected. I'm going through kind of the same thing that happened in high school, though. Before I left I had lots and lots of friends, but when I came back I had just a few REALLY good friends. But for now I think I'm happy with that. I can hang out and have a good time with lots of people, but you can't have the we're-still-good-friends-even-though-I-was-gone-for-a-year bond with anyone you sit down with for a few hours.
All in all it's been fun. The first day I was upset to be in the States again, then I was mad that all my family was treating me like I was still 15, but now I'm seeing a lot of great things here that I missed. Leaving Klagenfurt was really difficult, and it didn't get any easer over a 41 hour journey, but I'm glad now to be here for the summer instead.
I just really miss speaking German.
A few things about being home have been really great, though. The most fun part was that in this, what I formerly thought was a boring house, there's so much to do! I can play all day. I play everything, from music instruments to sports, from cooking to video games. It's all just a big game. I don't know if that's a good thing. I'm quite detached from real life, playing around on my mountain all day.
Seeing my friends has been more fun than I expected. I'm going through kind of the same thing that happened in high school, though. Before I left I had lots and lots of friends, but when I came back I had just a few REALLY good friends. But for now I think I'm happy with that. I can hang out and have a good time with lots of people, but you can't have the we're-still-good-friends-even-though-I-was-gone-for-a-year bond with anyone you sit down with for a few hours.
All in all it's been fun. The first day I was upset to be in the States again, then I was mad that all my family was treating me like I was still 15, but now I'm seeing a lot of great things here that I missed. Leaving Klagenfurt was really difficult, and it didn't get any easer over a 41 hour journey, but I'm glad now to be here for the summer instead.
I just really miss speaking German.