Feeling Homesick and Nostalgic

Sometimes I am a bit slow when it comes to feeling things. For instance, the impact of saying good-bye to loved ones usually hits me about two weeks after the whole business is said and done with...

For the past six weeks I've been in CA doing my field ed at a Presbyterian church in a little town called Hanford (where my grandparents live). I've been enjoying my time and going along with all of the change and adjustment that a new setting brings. I've not been emailing or calling (I'm not much of a phone person to begin with) friends and family all that much. But all of the sudden, it has hit me. I'm homesick. I'm ready to go home. Ready for the familiar! Ready to see my friends again, be in classes, studying like there is no tomorrow... But here I am in CA for another four weeks and then about two weeks at home with my parents in WA and visiting friends in Seattle. I guess times like this are good as they remind you what is most important and that for which you are thankful. I for one am thankful for great friends who know me and love me and for an amazing opportunity to continue my theological education and training at PTS. Oh, don't be mistaken, it has its drawbacks and downsides, as do all good things. But it is a wonderful place to be and I'm thankful I'm able to be there for at least another year!

On another similiar note, I've been nostalgic this weekend. I love to relive "the good 'ole days." Of course my memories might be a little golden around the edges but that's okay every once in a while! Here are some things I've been remembering with warm fuzzies:
-sea shells (especially from the awesome shell shop in Morro Bay where I happily spent my nickels, dimes and quarters on shells on a vacation when I was in 2nd grade)
-cool, cloudy days with maybe even a little misty rain (Seattle does these babies up marvelously!)
-The Cosby Show (used to watch this show every week on Thursday nights growing up. I always had a babysitter as my parents went to their church "kinship" group. I remember sitting on our rust colored carpet and laughing my head off throughout the entire show!)