There are big changes ahead. March 20, 2009
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A series of big family decisions were made this week, and I am hoping that most of them will stick. Dates for my birthday party, graduation party, and mum’s visit are all picked out and ready to be set into motion. That reassures me; I like to have plan of action. If the plan must change or adapt, I don’t mind so much, as long as it doesn’t flip-flop around or change drastically multiple times.
Tomorrow, another birthday will come and go. Birthday’s are very abstract in my head.
In college news, I’ve heard from every college except Yale. In some sense, Yale is my unattainable future and the only school I’ve had doubts about. Making life decisions is difficult when there are still major variables. The suspense is exhausting, but I hope I hear something – anything – from New Haven soon.
Travel Lull July 4, 2008
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The last few days have been uneventful, but i’m sort of grateful for the rest. There is talk of going to see Shakespeare’s hometown, York, London, or possibly the Chatsworth House in Derbeyshire, even though my mum has seen it before. This means that in the coming week or so, we’ve got some options, so perhaps i’ll have more interesting stuff to post. For the moment, however, my photo well has run dry – the camera battery was dead and i only found the charger last night. I couldn’t even snapshot my every day sort of adventures. I’ll correct this soon.
In the meantime, my summer holiday has made the gears crank in my head. What’s the difference between an actual home and ‘just visiting’? Every summer, I take a couple month vacation with my mum, but don’t consider those places where I actually live. Inevitably, i get homesick and end up hanging around the house all day. Is home really just where you hang your hat? I think not.
I think the main difference is how you spend your time. When you are at home, people don’t need to arrange things to keep you from being bored, or have some sort of trip planned out for you every weekend. You dont search for landmarks to visit or museums to goto everyday, becasue there are ordinary amusements like going to the movies, bonfires, house visits, and trips to the grocery store that serve this purpose. I think my point is that relationships – the ordinary friendships we have everyday – are the factor that turn a place into where you want to hang your hat. I miss those already.
