Thursday, August 16, 2007

Two weeks...

...and I still feel slightly out of place.
The night before yesterday I had a nightmare. I was hurriedly packing my stuff. I was anxious and worried and sad. I was leaving Chicago. Again! As if leaving once hadn't been painful enough.
This night I had a dream I kept wishing wasn't just a dream - I had gone back to Chicago to visit my host family. I remember clearly being in a living room, watching a movie with Ray, Aaron and Jordan. I was so happy to be there with them, that when I woke up, I refused to let that dream drift away, and went back to sleeping.
I miss them and it hurts.

Sunday, August 5, 2007

After two years...

I'm back.

I'm back, and I feel like a foreigner.
I'm back, and I feel as if I had never left.
I'm back, and I wish I was where I was before.
I'm back, and I am happy to be here.
I'm back, and I'm nostalgic about the past.
I'm back, and I'm excited about the future.


I'm back. May life be good.