Ever since I first arrived in London everything has been such a whirlwind of excitement. There was always some new place to explore and a group of friends urging on my exhausted feet to see all that the city had to offer.
However, this past week the initial feeling of being completely preoccupied with all of the sights finally began to fade into a feeling of normalcy. However, with that feeling of normalcy came my first feelings of homesickness.
Most of all I missed my parents, my boyfriend and my friends back at Marist, but I also found myself missing silly little things that I took for granted in the United States. From my nice big desk in Foy where I could get all my work done to iced coffee from Dunkin Donuts, I definitely wanted to just roll up in my bed and try not to think about it all.
The auditions for Bonnie and Clyde (my favorite musical of all time that Marist decided to perform while I was MILES AWAY and could not audition for) took place this week and also triggered a sense of missing everything back at home. Up to this point in my adventure I had not really felt like I was missing out at things back home, but this week was tough to see all of my friends auditioning and getting their roles. When people sent me pictures of rehearsals it had me like this:
This week really tested me when it came to my decision to study abroad and leave all that I hold near and dear behind. Leaving the comfortable is never easy, but it is especially difficult when life continues on without you and you have to sit back and watch.
Through talking to some great friends at home and those who are abroad with me, I was able to take a deep breath and conquer most of my homesickness. It is easy to get wrapped up in the lives of everyone else, but it was an important lesson to learn to let go of that comparison and appreciate the opportunity I have been given to study abroad.
And at last I see the light...INSERT DISNEY MUSIC HERE...(sorry I had to!)