the weather today is this:
that's snow, sleet/hail, and rain... i think. well, that's what it's doing outside. just ask xander.i think i'm going to return to hungary next year. it's pretty certain i'll be in a different town, and very certain i'll be in a different school (even if i do stay in this town). bittersweet news, but i'm always game for a new adventure. i'll write more as it unfolds.
this week i've been feeling pretty homesick. i miss things you can't mail me. things like:
my family and friends,
the way america runs (with certainty, direction, purpose, logic),
shopping and being able to understand what i'm reading,
watching t.v.,
american accents,
a queen size bed with no crack down the middle,
doorways without threshholds to trip over,
radio (playing songs i know... that aren't from 10+ years ag0),
driving,
eating out,
smiling faces of strangers,
my esl immigrants,
whole wheat bread,
skim milk!!!,
chick-fil-a,
dryers,
modern buildings everywhere,
customer service,
having people around me who understand that i sometimes laugh for no reason and they don't make me explain it - you know, people who know me know me.
i realize the irony of the juxtaposition of my decision to stay another year and my recap of homsickness, but that irony has been staring me in the face all week, so i thought i'd share it.
2 comments:
hungary is SO lucky that they get to keep you for another year. i know it was a tough decision, but hopefully, you'll have confirmation that it was the right thing for you.
things hungary has that america (or DFW metroplex) doesn't:
- effective mass transit
- fun words like vorosmarty utca and velamosh
- gypsies who take your trash (we only have garbagemen)
- weird hungarian traditions that you get to tell us about
- 14,467,823 kinds of soup
- Szaloncukor at Christmas
- old architecture and really old history
- marzipan museums and museum of torture
- miniature padlock and keys
- xanderoni
- so many people named aniko
- thermal spas with old naked ladies
- and YOU!
the states just aren't the same without you, crumbalina. luv yer guts.
Giant Sis is right- what great insights! Hungary is blessed to have you. Homesickness will pass -you will look back on this great adventure with joy in years to come.
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