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It’s been a while since I cried, but I feel it coming.
I’m homesick.
I know I made the choice to start completely over, and I am sticking by it. It’s a grand opportunity for me and especially for my career.
However, it’s hard not to feel lonely.
I moved over 200 miles from family and friends. I live in another state from everything I know.
I miss being able to do a last-minute happy hour, or have a nice dinner on a Monday evening with my family. I miss them being so close, even though it seemed so far then. Now they’re even further.
I miss babysitting my nephew, and having a nice, quiet place to come home to. My neighbors upstairs suck, and they have a dog that thump, thump, thumps across the ceiling. They also stomp like they have work boots on or something.
I know a year from now I’ll be drinking wine and laughing with a bunch of new friends.
But right now, I feel it. It’s hitting me hard. And I’m a bit sad.
I know I made the right decision, though.
I’m still excited about things to come and the new life ahead. It’s a new chapter. I’d like to write it without hearing my neighbors do it upstairs. HAHA
But it’s OK to feel this.
I’m a stranger in a strange land.
I know everything will be OK. But three weeks in, I’m feeling it.
And I hope next year these tears will come from a happy place instead of a lonely one.
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