Homesick.
I miss Oregon. I miss deep-green, not this yellow-tinged green in everything here. I miss steely skies and cold gray-blue ocean. I miss beaches that are public and not festooned with high-rises. I miss the clean smell, and I miss mountains that only disappear due to clouds, not smog.
I miss my friends, too. Portland/Willamette/online friends -- hardly any of them are online with any regularity anymore, and it's my only real means of keeping in touch, as phones take time and letters take more (and besides, those aren't such a good idea right now as my building's mailboxes have been broken into... argh). I don't really know what's going on with anyone these days besides a handful of online friends, and the pictures of Chris and Mary's baby. I know a few people still read here, but it doesn't seem like many. It's distressing that as my friendships at vet school are very slowly becoming less tenuous, my friendships with those back home are getting dusty. :(
I've just been in a foul mood today due to unexpected homesickness. I talk to my mom online/on the phone fairly regularly, so I'm doing okay with being away from my family. But being away from my sense of home and place is wearing on me.
I miss my friends, too. Portland/Willamette/online friends -- hardly any of them are online with any regularity anymore, and it's my only real means of keeping in touch, as phones take time and letters take more (and besides, those aren't such a good idea right now as my building's mailboxes have been broken into... argh). I don't really know what's going on with anyone these days besides a handful of online friends, and the pictures of Chris and Mary's baby. I know a few people still read here, but it doesn't seem like many. It's distressing that as my friendships at vet school are very slowly becoming less tenuous, my friendships with those back home are getting dusty. :(
I've just been in a foul mood today due to unexpected homesickness. I talk to my mom online/on the phone fairly regularly, so I'm doing okay with being away from my family. But being away from my sense of home and place is wearing on me.