First Weekend Home!

This weekend was my first weekend coming home, and it was just great! I surprised my parents with coming home, and they were both really happy. I got to see all my friends again, and I got to get away from my roommate for awhile. It’s really cool how people act like they care when you’ve been gone. All my friends demanded they see me during the weekend, and it just made me feel missed and loved. My mom worked all weekend, but I still saw her for a little bit. I went to lunch with her and saw her before bed. My mom and I are really good friends; she’s the person I turn to for everything. My family as a whole is really close, so coming home was really exciting. All day Friday during classes, all I could think about was seeing everybody back home. I like it at college, but there’s still something back home that I love. There are still people here that I know I’ve maintained a relationship with. I made some really awesome friends in high school, and I know they’ll always be there for me. I’ve made some good friends at college, but it doesn’t seem like they’re as close yet. During the weekend, I went out to eat with friends, hung out, and saw my friends’ newborn baby. She just had her baby on Thursday, so it was perfect timing! I also went to house of bounce in Rochester which made my weekend so much better. It’s a play with blown up slides and obstacle courses, and my friends and I have always loved it there. There is also laser tag which is a lot of fun too! Coming home is good; it makes me feel so much better when I’m feeling down. It’s my happy place I know I’ll always have. My brother couldn’t make it home this weekend, but it still felt like family time. I made sure I had time for my parents and friends. It’s not easy to leave home, but I think I’ve conquered it. I’ve come to the point where I can leave home without crying and feeling down. I have days I miss it, but then I think of everything I have at college. College has already made me a person that realizes what I have instead of focusing on what I don’t have. I need to focus on what’s good instead of things that upset me. Days go by so much faster and better that way. My parents have made me who I am, and I’ll always appreciate them. Seeing them makes me so happy, and it just makes me more determined since that’s what they’ve always taught me. Things always get better!