so I was thinking about coming home last night (well… I’ve actually been thinking about it since we got here, but anywho…) and while I was thinking about coming home and seeing all our friends, it out of nowhere felt like we weren’t the ones who were gone, but they were. I don’t know why, but it felt like we were the ones who were home, and everybody else was gone.
we weren’t “coming home” any more… we were “moving”… again.
it was one of those feelings that wasn’t quite right, but wasn’t wrong like I was telling myself it should be. it was, I think, the first time that this place felt like home, really home, not just the place we were living. I have become comfortable used to being here and it’s a strange sensation.
it is definitely going to be a huge change coming back, and not that it is, but it almost feels like a step backwards; moving back into our old place, getting back into our old routine (well, mostly), and returning to the place where we were a year ago.
I’m not saying it’s going to be a bad thing, I’m still more than eagerly awaiting that day we go to Vienna for the last time and get on that plane headed home, but it’s not going to be the big “coming home” that I had imagined, but more like a “moving away” in a sense.
very strange.
I was actually just saying to Dad the other day that when the kids come home – I bet that they are going to miss very much some of the things that they have been doing the last year; and how beautiful it is over there – I know that I would miss that, so I have been having the same kinds of thoughts for you. Well and just a thought – you could come home – sell your house and move into something very different – a home with a fenced yard for Skye to play in – something not attached to someone else – I say that because I personally have NEVER gotten out of mine – still attached.
You’re right – it is “Moving Again” but I am so glad that you ARE doing that because I miss you all so much. personally I can’t wait.
If we had the money… we’d totally move. And it would be perfect now, because we already have all our stuff packed up. But alas, we do not.
I think its harder on you guys than us, you have everything different and not really anyone to occupy your time. We miss you guys but our live are mostly the same. It was the same way back when, when Shantell went to California for a bit. Much harder on her than on me, although still hard. All I can say is soak it up, don’t forget to enjoy what you can, soon enough its time to go and you may not get the opportunity to do it again. When I told Kati about your plans for Paris she was Uber jealous, if that makes you feel any better :)
yeah, it’s no doubt I’ll miss this place when we leave… but I’m ready to come home.
k. we are ready for you all to come home too. every fun thing we have done this year we have wished you guys were with us. wesley and skye are gonna have so much fun together now!
we are so doing fun stuff together when you get back