It's been one month since I last wrote. Things just seem to be going by incredibly fast these days. I've meant to write - in fact, I had a lot of things that I intended to write about. But, I just never felt like writing.
I'm actually at home in Regina this week. I was able to fly home for my Reading week. Not much reading has taken place yet, but I still do have a couple of days. Mostly, I've just enjoyed being home, spending some time with some sweet people, and soaking up life as it goes on here in Regina. I miss this place . . . a lot. I don't sit around Waterloo thinking about it all the time - but when I'm here I realize just how much I love this place.
It's kind of weird though. Regina will always feel like home to me. But now, coming home, it feels different. This isn't the Regina I left behind. Things have changed here. And I've changed a lot in the past two years. So while I love being here, it's just not the same.
Mostly what I miss about Regina is the community that I found here. The group of young adults that I spent my time with for my three university years was amazing. While I wasn't best friends with everyone in the group, we were a pretty tight-knit group - and were interested in sharing in each other's lives. Somedays, I just wish I could go back to those days. Community like that is something that I long for now. I have a couple good friends from church, some good friends from my class, and of course, my whole class, which is like a whole little community in and of itself. But it's just not the same. I guess that's to be expected when you are starting from scratch in relationships though. Everyone in Regina has known me for a long time, while everyone in Waterloo has only known me for about 18 months.
I'm home for a couple more days before I fly back on Saturday morning. High on my list of things to do: look into flights for my trip this summer. Less than three months until I'll head off, if all goes according to plans. I talked to Ruhtt in Zambia yesterday - and got the green light from her, so now, I just need to start laying out more concrete plans. Hopefully things will all fall into place. It's pretty exciting to think that I'll be back in one of my very favourite places in just a couple months.
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i know what you mean about missing regina, and about the changes, and definitely about missing the community. we miss it too!
yeah. i totally know what you mean too. but maybe since im closer, i probably miss it a little bit less. more, i miss the community/group from a few years ago. that was good times.
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