Homesick

Fall is coming, and that makes me homesick. Michigan Falls are beautiful, but short. I always get homesick in the fall. I miss the way the mountains look in the distance when all the trees are different colors, I miss the way the apple orchards smell when harvest is happening and they're making apple butter... there's nothing sweeter than that. That being said, it looks like it'll be quite awhile before I can come home again. Plane tickets are ridiculously expensive, especially considering all the stuff I'd need to bring to keep Kat happy... so the hopes that you'd all see me again before next summer are slim.

Originally, my mom was planning to come up for Kat's birthday or Christmas whichever she could get off of work for- but it looks like now she won't be able to take any time off work. So I get to spend yet another holiday season not seeing my Mom at all. She's missing out on so much with Kat- it makes me sad and I do my best to keep her in the loop, but it's just not the same. I love Tim's family, they feel like my family truly- in every sense. I still can't help but miss the people who have known me my whole life :) My move to Michigan has been a bit bittersweet... but mostly sweet. I'm honestly just feeling homesick right now. If you're reading this from the east coast, hug yourself for me because my arms just don't reach that far.

I miss all of you so much, and I wish so much to see all of your smiling faces. Hopefully I will next year sometime.

I've made lots of friends here, a few good ones even... but sometimes I feel so very far away from where I started. Sometimes it's lonely and I don't quite feel like I belong here, I won't lie... but to be truthful I'm where I need to be. Damn geography making where I need to be so far from where I wish I was! I love and miss you all. Very much.