Horribly Homesick.

I never thought that I would be one to be homesick, but I am right now more than ever- homesick. I'm not homesick for necessarily the structure of my house, but the people who live inside of it and around it. Basically, I am homesick for New Jersey: all of it.

I wrote a post about all the things I would miss when I went to Vermont around this time last year. Here are some highlights from the post.

"I will miss the smell of low tide.
I will miss the luxury of having the beach so close to me.
I will miss the aroma of late spring when you can just feel summer coming.
I will miss the lack of snow when it is most convenient.
I will miss lighthouses.
I will miss the smell of the rain because I know it's different anywhere else.
I will miss the "ugly" pitch pines that line the parkway and are virtually everywhere I look.
I will miss Wawas (oh SO much)
I will miss things I didn't think I'd miss probably. "

These are the things that have hit me the hardest in the "missing" department. To help with my homesickness I have decided to make a list of things I want to do when I am back in NJ.

1. I STILL need to see the sunrise over the ocean.
2. I want to go to the beach
3. I want to walk up the Barnegat lighthouse
4. I want to have tea/lunch at CoolBeans (I do this just about every time I am home- but that's why I like it)
5. I want to take a bike ride around town
6. I want to do some spring cleaning in my house on a sunny slightly breezy day.
7. I want to visit my high school.
8. I want to have a Mother-daughter day. Just me and my mama bear.
9. I want to have an awesome birthday.


-----Things I need to do----
- go to the doctors for my camp physical
- go to the dentist to get my permanent retainers.
- get my car fixed.
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However, I am in a predicament. I come home late on Tuesday night (May 7th) and then am only home for 4 1/2 days until I have to go up to Lake George on Mothers day for a practicum for class(May 12th-17th). It seems I just have so much to do before I go to camp on the 20th of May for the summer (well there are a few days off in there.)

Well, there are only 14 more days until I come home and leave the Green Mountain State behind me for a long time. Is it sad that I am actually excited to not return for a while? Eh, that's life.