Coming home for the first time after being away at college for two months is a lot of feelings all mixed up.
On one hand, it is so unbelievably exciting, all of the thing you get to do.
You finally get to see your family. You get to hug your parents and your siblings, something that you did not get to do and wanted for the last couple of months.
You get to walk into your house, smelling in the familiar scent, seeing everything as you left it, the way you pictured it in your head when you were homesick.
You get to sleep in your own bed, the one you grew up sleeping in and love so much.
You get to sit snuggled in your favorite place on the couch.
You get to eat REAL food, and let me tell you, it will be just as good as you dreamt it would be while eating your dining hall food the last few months.
You get to shower (without flip flops) and pee in a private bathroom, not a community one.
You get to have your parents do things for you again for a couple of days, pretending like you are young again, which is a nice break from all of your newfound responsibilities while you are alone.
You get to drive around and see all of your favorite places you would frequent all the years prior.
However, it is very strange.
It is strange walking into your house and seeing your closets and drawers empty, almost as if you were never there.
It is strange driving by all of the places you used to spend all of your time, with your friends, realizing you have not been there in months, and all of your friends are away at school.
It is strange when you are in your house, but you are living out of your suitcase, not getting too comfortable, because in a few days you have to leave again, and if you do, it will be too hard to leave.
It is strange when you realize how much has changed.
It is strange when you realize that your life is primarily spent in another place now, and that you really love that place.
Despite all of this strangeness, though, it really is one of the best feelings, coming home. College is great, it is so new and exciting and fun. It is clear, though, that no matter where you go, and how long you are gone, there really is nowhere quite like home, and that will never change, even if everything else has.
