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When Homesickness Doesn't Hit.

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When I tell people on campus that I'm from Kentucky the first question I get is "Why did you decide to come here?" (I found the school by accident)

The second is usually "don't you get homesick being so far away?"

I usually reply "A little". But really, I haven't been very homesick at all, I'm just a bit afraid of people thinking that I was just glad to get away because I hated everyone back home. (Not true at all, the only thing I hate about Kentucky is the weather.)

I didn't feel homesick, because I didn't feel cut off.

But, my definition of what homesickness is varies a little bit from the usual one.

When people think about what "homesickness" is, they typically think about missing a physical place itself. But to me, being "Homesick" would be about missing the people I left. Missing my little sisters hugs, or my friends bad jokes, All of the wonderful relationships I had built with the people surrounding me.

But those were all things that I wouldn't have to miss.

Me and my mom text each other every day, and FaceTime at least once a week, I have a picture of my niece in my wallet (That I will happily show to literally everyone). And I'm surrounded by amazing people that I love to be around.

The hardest thing was leaving my little sister, but I tried to say hi to her over the FaceTime sessions every so often.

With technology making communication so fast and easy, I don't really feel like the people I care about are ever really that far away.

Extreme homesickness seems to be expected for out of state students, and I honestly felt a bit guilty when I felt very little. Did I just not care enough about all the people I knew back home? It took a little while for me to realize that it was okay to not be that upset.

I don't miss people, because I'm still able to talk to them.

Now, I may not just have noticied what I was missing, because of excitement or stress over my first semester, is another question of its own, and only time will tell the answer.

Maybe, next semester that will all change.

Although, If anything, I know what I won't be missing. I am personally very happy to be free from January snow and ice.

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