This is not the blog post you wanted to read but its on my mind and I felt like writing about it. So Basically, I like really miss home. I don’t even know if its that I miss it or am just super psyched to be home again or what. I think I dream about home at night because every morning when I wake up I feel like its not that far but then when my host mom knocks on my door while yelling at me in Thai and I roll over and see that its six am and remember just how far from home I am.
So do you want to know what I am so excited to see again/ what I really miss?
Well, I am going to tell you.
Canadian Food: I miss normal grocery stores and constantly having a variety of food in the house. I miss not eating meat and I miss being able to cook my own food without worrying that I am getting in the way. I miss sitting at the dinner table with my family, talking about our days and joking around. I miss fresh veggies cut up with dip. I miss eating food from all over the world instead of the same thing every night. I miss being able to pick and choose what I am going to eat and not being worried that by declining a piece of a cake I will break my mom’s heart. I miss Canadian food.
Canadian Weather: As I am writing this post it is 28 degrees and its only 8 in the morning by lunch time it is supposed to reach 36 degrees. OMG! Plus Thailand has no seasons, honestly it rains for a couple months, then its hot, then its so hot you want to cry, then it rains again. I miss all the fun the seasons bring and waking up every morning and having to check the weather. It adds excitement to our humdrum lives.
Canadian Skiing and Snowboarding: Gosh, I miss that like crazy. Skiing and snowboarding are such a routine part of life for my family and friends in Canada. It’s just what we do. I mean I worked at the ski hill where my brothers ski team is based, where my parents spend all day, every weekend and where my all my friends had memberships and went as much as they could. It was a huge part of my life and I loved it. I miss having a place to go and having something to do with my family and friends. Thai families don’t do anything. Seriously absolutely nothing. Its boring.
Canadian School: There I said it I miss school. I miss seeing people everyday. I miss knowing what I am going to do every day. I miss learning and using my brain. I miss projects and homework and essays and assignments. I miss teachers yelling at me to be quiet and I miss being on a hundred bajillion different clubs and teams. I miss school.
Canadian Houses: More specifically my house. I miss my bedroom, here after moving into my third house, I just gave up on trying to make my room feel like my own. The closet is filled with clothes that don’t belong to me. I have a mattress on the floor and there are Buddha beads and ants every where. I will be so excited to climb into my bed the first night when I get home. To go see all my sewing stuff and my painting stuff and ALL OF MY CLOTHES!! To have a bathroom right across the hall from my bedroom and to have a kitchen three feet away from my bedroom. To have a hot tub and a backyard and a front porch and a basement. To be able to have friends over. To be able to sit and watch tv whenever I want. To be able to walk around my house freely with out being scared you are going someplace you are not allowed or shouldn’t be. To be in a house where disinfectant and mops are known of. To be in MY HOUSE.
Canadian Friends: I miss friends who like to sit for hours on the beach with me and make friendship bracelets. I miss friends who you can show up at their house walk in the front door, yell hey mom and sit down and watch tv and it be normal. I miss calling friends you can call at 3 am because you just had the funniest/ scariest/ awesome dream and you thought they should know. I miss being able to call friends and talk for hours. I miss doing random things with friends like walking to the library, cleaning a bathroom, just lying on the floor staring at the ceiling, things that are only fun when a friend does them with you. To have people you can cry to, to have people you can laugh with to have people you can be your totally awkward self around.
Canadian Hobbies and Past times: I know skiing falls into this but it deserved its own section. I miss biking around town. I miss rowing and Atlantic challenge. I miss swimming. I miss painting. I miss sewing. I miss taking pictures. I miss reading. I miss boat rides. I miss skateboarding. I miss always having something to do.
Canadian Families: I miss my family like crazy. I know I have said this a million times before but honestly, I only realized how great they are after leaving. I miss Sunday night dinners with as many people as can make it. I miss eat brunch on the weekends with my family. I miss singing along to music while driving in the car with my mom. I miss talking to my parents. I miss my little brother annoying me, ok maybe I don’t miss that. But I do miss my little brother, Andrew a lot. I miss eating ice cream at night after my little brother had gone to bed with my Mom and Dad. I miss so much about my family.
Canada: I just miss Canada a lot. I think Canada has such a good vibe and such a great lifestyle that its hard not to miss it. I love the life I have in Canada and I love the people who live it with me. I love Canada and I miss it a lot.
Sorry, if this post is a downer but I feel a lot better now that I have typed it all out. Think about what I have wrote here and remember to appreciate what you have now, because you WILL MISS it when its gone.
Xoxox Chantel <3
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