It has been two weeks since I've been home from college, and the number one thing that I've been told is that I have changed a lot. There's something about that phrase that just brings a smile to my face and a giggle. It's not that I have changed, it's just that you are hearing my voice more and I'm just a little bit more expressive on things. With me being an introvert, I usually don't talk for a long period of time, so I guess people forget how my voice sounds? I don't know, but I just talk a little bit more than usual.
The winter break, in my opinion, is much needed. But my sleep schedule, there's not even a word to describe how bad it is. I pulled an all nighter to watch an award ceremony, the beauty of time difference, but it was worth it. I celebrated Christmas at my grandma's house and my house, which was nice to see my cousins again. Every time I see them though, I do feel a little bit weird because I still don't know how to interact with them, but that's just something that I'm slowly working on. My eating habits, they were already weird and my family, mostly my aunties, thought that college was going to change that, but sadly, college didn't change it that much. It made me value home cooked meals at times, but now I just love microwave dinner.
Christmas was fun despite the fact that I didn't really ask for much this year. I think as you get older, there are just less stuff that you want so the amount of presents under the Christmas tree just slowly decreases until most of the presents underneath there are for family members and baby cousins. I was happy that I got my own Sonic the Hedgehog. Build-A-Bear made a character that I had to beg and plead my mom to get for me. I got some gift cards, candy, a nice speech program for my computer for when I find the time to work on my stories, pajama pants and Just Dance 2017. I also wanted to get a Season's Greeting set from one of my favorite k-pop groups, but my limit was only one. So I settled on BTS, but next year, I'll get a different group.
The one thing that I will take advantage of is the long break. There are so many things I want to do, but if you are like me and are truly lazy, you just want to stay in bed all day and just play games on your computer, phone or any mobile device. It's fun eating at the restaurants that I can't go to when I'm at school because I miss their taste. It is nice catching up with my friends and seeing what's new with them. I did miss my homecoming for alumni, but it was on the day that I was coming home so I made a decision that sleeping was more important lol. There's always the spring where hopefully my old high school will have an event.
I miss being at home and I miss messing with my family 24/7. I will value this before I have to go back to school for another two months, and then it will be spring break. I hope everyone had an amazing holidays and Happy New Years!
