The First of Many

Ahhhhhhhh... Spring time.
I have officially arrived safe and sound back in K-Town to begin working and enjoying my summer months before exchange. I always find it funny how, once you get home, it seems like you never left.
It took two days to go through all my stuff again and put everything away. I always find that moving back home creates a perfect opportunity to do some cleaning and get rid of some stuff. Two bags of trash later, my room is officially sorted and cleaned. And it is glorious. I feel like I am in the right mindset for another fresh summer.

But coming home is always a little bitter sweet. Usually, it means it'll be quite some time before you see all your friends again; I'm not the only one out of my friends who does not live in Toronto, and while I can visit, a lot of them can't.

Glendon Formal

I think its different for us students who move away. Your school community and your friends become your second family, since your first isn't always there when you need them. If I have a really bad day, and just need a hug and to watch a movie with someone, I'll call one of my friends on res since I can't exactly go see my mom. They learn the good and the bad about you; they see you at your best and your worst - you practically live together - and they still love you. AND they don't even have to. That's what makes them so special!

BEAUTY!! 

So, leaving Glendon this past weekend was hard. But knowing I wouldn't be back for 18 months made it even... I don't want to say "harder" because it wasn't hard, but it tugged at my heart a little more. It was an odd goodbye; an extremely long "cya later". The weirder part was saying goodbye to one of my best friends and knowing that Skype and Facebook would be our source of communication over the next year.

I've never gone away for this long before, and the goodbyes definitely feel a little weird. But you know what they say:
When a door closes, God opens a window!!
And there are windows open everywhere.

I'll be there soon!
-Jennifer