Where has Scholastic Sara been since her last revelational post? Since she discovered her critical super powers and took off to demolish her essays in a single bound? She's been in sunny CA :) After the quickest and most exciting three months of my life, I came home for a Christmas reboot. Unfortunately, my superhero cape was malfunctioning, so I had to fly United. This was unfortunate as the ratio for that scenario is Sara: Flying as Indiana Jones: Snakes. However, after 16 hellish hours, I was hugging my parents at LAX and dragging one suitcase full of Christmas presents home.
After a stop at the Brio family restaurant of choice: McDonald's, I was greeted by one very confused and excited puppy and the single most comfortable bed on the face of the planet: complete with flannel Christmas sheets. Home Sweet Home, indeed!
Being home has allowed me to recharge and stock up on food, holidays spent with family, sleep, and thrift store trips with my Mommy, before heading back for my next semester, not to mention some much needed Vitamin D! Furthermore, I have reveled in the silence of a home free of partying freshmen and general Uni cacophony.
I thought that coming home would feel like a vacation-a quick trip-especially since I've loved living in England much more than I originally anticipated. I wasn't expecting to fall in love with California all over again. However, my very wise Aunt saw through my problem instantly and offered me a solution. She told me that I have two homes, two families. I have my Mom and Dad, family and friends (and one insanely adorable niece) here in California, as well as my church family, who will always be here for me and support and encourage my dreams.
I also have my England family. These are the people who are walking with me as I embrace this new chapter in my life and take my first steps into the "real world." They are there with hugs when I am homesick, jumpers when I am cold, and songs when I am happy. This made me realize that I am not giving up my life here by moving to England; I'm simply adding more members to my family. In fact, I don't necessarily think I have to separate these groups into two distinct spheres. My world is simply undergoing an expansion.
So am I sad to leave California? Of course! I'll miss living at home, seeing my parents outside of a tiny Skype screen, hearing my little Annie call out "Sawa! Sawa! Tia!!!!! Where are youuuuu?!" when we play hide and seek, my best friend and I laughing so hard we end up lying on the ground gasping for air, driving my car around while blasting country music (Goodness gracious great balls of fire I forgot how much I love DRIVING!), and all of the comforts of home. But this time, when I board that plane, I am not facing the unknown, I'm simply embracing my expanded comfort zone.
Dissertation Lowdown: 12,000-15,000 words to go. Title: Unknown. Topic: Approved! Mood:Takingamuchneededbreak.
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