Homesick... Well, sorta.

[Jayar]

For some reason the last couple of days I've just been ultra-stressed and missing my family terribly. I have no idea why it's so sudden, and I haven't felt anything like this since I relocated in April. The only thing different between this week and the last couple of months is that I handed in my final correspondence course assignment (for three weeks, anyway) on Sunday. I dunno, maybe I've had extra time to contemplate and miss my family.

 

I don't miss ONTARIO at all. If I had my way, everyone that mattered to me would live here. Sigh... There must be other people here who have relocated, had to face this sort of thing, and came through it?

[LMKunkel]

haha... thats a great story actually. when i moved to orlando i had the TIME OF MY LIFE! met my best friend, surrounded by amazing people and worked in the happiest place on earth. then, around thanksgiving my friend and i were talking about our dogs. and that was it. we called out for 3 days each and bought a christmas tree and a turkey (disney salary... it was shaved turkey from the deli). We sat and cried for three days straight and decorated the tree and ate our turkey. and after that... we were fine. its tough... but it can still be fun... and a story to tell.

[LBP]

Hey, you've got us, right? And that shady bugger in your picture...

[annie24]

yeah, been there, done that. definitely, i think it's the stress. when you don't have a supportive system around you, it's hard to deal with stress. do you have a lot of new friends in vancouver? i'd try to make some if you don't.

[WaterIsLife]

You know, its really a big deal to move out of our comfort zone, even if we don't acknowledge it right away and even if the change is good and we know it. Its still a pretty big change and there is always a little something unsettling about that.

[Jayar]

Thanks guys... I definitely am very "social" here. I have a great roommate and I'm out a LOT with people. But it's this weird, shallow sort of social. Don't get me wrong, they're great people it's just that they're not MY crowd and I guess I'm sort of feeling "off" somehow that's hard to explain. They are definitely welcoming, and in fact it isn't that I don't have opportunity to get out... The opposite is true in fact and there's a lot of times I just want to be alone. But not lonely. The best way to put it is I am surrounded by so many people, yet LONELY.

 

(Haha LBP... Would you believe I tried to take he and Smoke to this doggie get together in the park last weekend. They were the ONLY dogs over 10lbs, and the owners were pretty moronic. Smoke had a great time, but Rukh was getting sorta sketch so I left and promised Rukh he never has to pretend to be a yuppie-dog ever again. LMAO.)

[LBP]

I can well imagine a collection of Corgis and Chiwawas quaking visably under the gaze of that fella... Heck, I can imagine the yuppies quaking. He is no yuppie dog!

 

Hey, you'll find your way. I know what it's like to feel lonely. Yet, it turns around - you find your people and you find your place. I'm sure you know that. Any chance of the folks coming out for summer weekend on the lovely Canadian coastline?

[Girl79]

I know the feeling! I moved just over a year ago and I miss home so much still. I miss my parents and my friends who I've been friends with since high school. I have made friends here, but of course you dont have that bond you have with your old friends from back home. I fully understand what you mean by "shallow social". I wish I had some advice to give, but really I just wanted to tell you that I completely relate to you.

One thing I do when I get homesick (besides GO home, I'm lucky that my hometown is only an hour and a half ferry ride away from Van) I call one of my old buddies from home and just chat. Always makes me feel much better.