Dorothy said it best, there really is no place like home. I have been away now for about three months. It is weird, scary, and exciting, to start on a new life path all by myself. But we are all doing it together here at SMU; we are starting our own lives. And if I do say so myself, we are doing a pretty good job.
Being home will be a good rest from the stresses we deal with daily. Hard classes, worrying about GPA, and that next test we have. I am personally excited to get away from it all. Family and friends, and turkey dinner await me at home and I just can’t wait.
But the fact is, I know soon enough, I will miss being at SMU. It is a weird feeling, not wanting to be at “home.” But then again where is my “home.” I suppose, that now I have two. I live at SMU for most of the year, I eat here, all my belongings are here, all my friends are here, so what is it missing that makes it not my “home.” And I guess the answer to that is nothing. I guess, that SMU has become a second home.
I am almost positive my mother would be upset to hear me call SMU my home. But it is not as though SMU has replaced my first home; it is somewhat of an additional, or second home.
I however, find this comforting. I remember being terrified to leave home. To find a place that I am so comfortable at that I am willing to consider it my home away from home, well I consider that amazing.
So, I can’t wait to return to my home for a short week, but I am not afraid to come back to my second home, SMU.
2 comments:
I love how you refer to SMU as your second home, because I have been trying to figure out the right words to put on it. It is not just our school, but it really is something more than that.
I love it at school so much, but being home adds another sense of relaxation that doesn't exist at school. The feeling where you can just lay on the couch and watch a movie, with out a care in the world.
I agree. in some strange way SMU has become like home . even if you hate to call it that because you would have to call the dorm your house..lol . but it has become that and its perfectly normal to embrace this place and feel comfortable.
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