This time of the semester is when we all inevitably have started to miss things about home. The problem is because we all know that the time is limited. The semester is only four months long. Whether we are counting the days until we have to leave or whether we are counting the days until we get to go home, we are counting something and know that it isn’t infinite.
I think it would be different if I knew I were going to live here. I could see myself living here for sure. But I know that at the moment I will be going back to the States in less than two months. And because of that, I know I am only that amount of time away from experiencing the comforts of home again. It’s like the final stretch of a race where I can see the finish line and imagine what it will feel like to stop running. Only London isn’t painful like running is. So maybe it’s more like I can see the finish line and in a way want to stop because it means I don’t have to run anymore and means that I will eventually just get to lie around not running, but at the same time it is going to burn for a long time immediately after I stop running. Enough of the metaphor because it doesn’t quite equate. I wanted to provide you of a list of things (note I didn’t write people) that I miss most about home. So here they are in order of how much they contribute to world peace (kidding. Maybe):
1) Dunkin Donuts
2) Loubea’s Pizza
3) A good steak
4) Fruit bars
5) Soda that’s the right size
6) ESPN
7) ESPN 2
8) NBC Nightly News
9) FRIENDS
10) American Football
11) Having a desk in my room
12) My cell phone
13) Riding in a car
14) Capital Hills
15) Golfing and skiing
16) People saying “thanks” instead of “cheers”
17) People saying “God bless you”
18) Boston accents
19) Commonwealth Avenue
20) The FreeP
21) The GSU
22) Turner Place
23) Coconut (is he too much of a person?)
24) American currency
25) The punctuation being inside the quote
26) AP style
27) Being underage
28) Being a kid
29) Knowing that this semester is the future instead of the present.
I had an article published in today’s Observer but it doesn’t have a byline. I wanted to give you a link, but for some reason it isn't online. Also, I got to go to a Premiership game (pictured here) and write a mock match report. It was hectic but really exciting.
Comments Welcome,
Andrew
12 comments:
Frankly... I'm offended the words Nick or Cammarota aren't on that list. =P Well done. Your blog just keeps getting better.
I miss the FreeP too... oh, wait.
Meant to say... awesome pictures of "the pitch." Very cool.
Peanut Butter. I'm not sure if you share the same affinity or not or if you have the same issue in London as in Madrid, but I'm DYING for some Peanut Butter.
God damnit Nick. I hate... so much about the things that you choose to be.
Nick,
I said THINGS, not people. I even made a note of it, gosh. I think I am in for next semester. I sent an email to Perry today.
Steph,
Peanut Butter is not that good here, so I hear. I actually haven't had it. I don't really miss it, either. It's good when I have it, but not something I crave. I could use some Reces though because there is no wrong way to eat them.
But there's certainly a wrong way to spell them...
Also, I'd consider myself a thing. =) haha. Just kidding, very nice list. I'm sure I would miss a lot of the same.
And as far as the FreeP and "in" goes, in what sense are we talking here?
Nick,
Meaning I think I will apply.
How about "your" TV, getting home cooked meals, and "Friends"? Fruit bars, by the way, are up to $3.50 a box! I never missed peanut butter when I was in Spain all those years ago, but many of my friends did. I guess they still don't have it.
You'll be stateside sooner than you think, missing the UK.
I'll send some R's p's.
Love, Mom
Mom,
I said "Friends." And yea i do miss "my" tv. And "my" couch.
Question: You won't be underage anymore when you return home, so does that still qualify for the list? Anyways im jealous you got to a match. Hope everything is going well sir.
-Kev
Kevin,
What I miss is the fact that I never will be underage again. While legality is something I have looked forward to just because it opens up the amount of people I can meet, there is still a major loss of innocence that comes with it. An innocence that I miss.
I saw your boys today. They don't look good. Wenger should have opened his wallet in January.
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