Saturday, June 27, 2009

Homesickness

The other day I was cleaning out my closet and took a minute to look through my money belt. I have a couple thousand Riel from Cambodia (less than $1 US) and about $29 US in various denominations. I took out the dollars and looked at them, just you know enjoying the familiarity of the pictures, the color, the feel of the paper. Then I slid them all back together to put them away and something about the way they felt in my hand struck me. Suddenly I realized what it was - the bills were all the same size!!!! I burst out laughing... and crying. This is how my money is supposed to be!


Life is good, I'm settled and I've figured out how to get the most out of being here. But yeah... I'm ready to go home now.

TAG: Code Apple Pie

5 comments:

Cate said...

I hear you. I've been more homesick here than anywhere else. I'm not sure I'm going to make it a full year... I might need to go back to Thailand ASAP!

Bezzie said...

I getcha. MSN had that stupid picture of the Anchorage skyline on their homepage the other day (before MJ took over the page...).

Batty said...

Homesickness is normal. I've had it for years -- it never goes away completely.

Rebel said...

Cate - you're homesick for Thailand already? Yeah, I know I'm going to miss it when I leave.

Bezzie - yeah, I still miss Jersey sometimes too.

Batty - I guess that's the risk of ever leaving home in the first place. =/

Rebel said...

Cate - you're homesick for Thailand already? Yeah, I know I'm going to miss it when I leave.

Bezzie - yeah, I still miss Jersey sometimes too.

Batty - I guess that's the risk of ever leaving home in the first place. =/