It has been an amazing past few months. I have learned so much at Queen Mary and much more from London. I have experienced their culture and I honestly feel as if I became part of the community while I was there. It was all just so inviting and the entire city was so accepting of me and it was just an amazing place to be, but all good things must come to an end. While I loved London and everything it brought with it, I knew I had to come home and fall back into my normal life.
While coming back from London was a hassle in itself due to American Airlines making me book a new flight for being one minute late for baggage check then the new flight was canceled and I had to schedule another flight, not to mention the jerk that sat next to me and the fact that they left one of my bags in Chicago. Thankfully, however, I made it back to Ohio, albeit several hours later than I had planned, and my luggage was returned to me the next day.
I have to say, it is awesome to be back home. As I said, I loved London and I would not be opposed to return one day, but that feeling of finally returning home, to the place where one has lived a good chunk of my life, is something that I think everyone craves and desires. Everyone possesses a desire to return home, to not only the building that offers them shelter, but to their loved ones that love and support them unconditionally. That is what I felt when I saw my parents for the first time in over five months; unconditional love and genuine happiness over my return.
Even my friends, who I had been keeping in contact with through Facebook and Skype, were happy to see me. We made it a point to meet several times in the weeks of my return and I could not have been happier. Well, I could had I not been figuratively and literally smacked by Mother Nature and allergies. After a week of dying from pollen, dust, and various other things that, I finally began to get reacclimated to Ohio and, while things can be rather slow when compared to a city like London, it is home.
Thing have been rather nice since my return, other than allergies which are never nice. Seeing my friends and family has filled a hole in my heart that I had felt since first going to London. Even with constant contact with them, it is nothing like seeing everyone face to face. London was truly an incredible experience, but I cannot be happier back home here in Ohio.
