Thinking about coming home...

Yeah. It's coming up.

The day when I sell my surfboard. The day when I have to fit all this stuff back into the three tiny bags it came over in. The day I hop on a train and go to Sydney and then get on a plane and bid farewell to this wonderful country, likely forever.

In my "cross-cultural understanding" class, a class I am required to take through the program, we've spent the semester discussing adjusting to Australian culture. Now, the discussion has shifted to the re-adjustment period, which is often longer and more difficult. I've made a completely new set of friends, changed my lifestyle almost completely, learned a new city, all of which is going to be completely thrown out as my life just jumps back 6 months.

I'm excited to go home. I miss my family. I miss my friends. I miss wrenching on a car. I can't wait to move into my house in Platteville. I miss lots of American food, mostly mexican and buffalo wings! I miss cheap beer!

but...it's going to be cold. I'm going to have to get a job and do lots of school work. I won't have a budget of money for whatever I need. I'm going to miss going to the beach and mucking about in the ocean whenever I feel like it.

It's going to be interesting.

Also, on the way to the grocery store today, I walked through a bookstore who has their clearance books outside, and found a book by one of my favorite authors marked down from $25AUD to $10AUD, which is about $6USD. Score!