Hello all!
It's time to get back to my blog now that I will be returning to the Netherlands Friday! Especially since I have more followers to write for...
I'm one day away from my flight and currently putting off packing. You know when you have that realization that you have soo much to do and not much time to do it? Well I'm having that realization now and all I want to do is nap or lay by the pool. Poor me right?
Lately, I have been slaving away in my bedroom at my parents' house cleaning out closets and drawers in an effort to avoid becoming an official "hoarder". I mean you won't believe the things I came across in there. It ranged from collector's spoons to old Build-A-Bears to Barbies to clothes from Freshman year of college. You name it, I found it. And despite the total destruction of my room in the process, I couldn't help but feel a bit nostalgic through it all. These were things that were very dear to me at one point and to give them away or throw them out, well...it wasn't easy. I have a lot of good memories in both this house and our old house and ridding my life of the small things that remind me of the past is a bittersweet experience. Isn't it always?
But...then again... I have to remember that I'm moving back to Holland to be with Koen, his family, Pepi and my new friends which is undoubtedly something I have to look forward to. A very big something. The hardest part is that my life is both here and there and every time I leave either place, I immediately miss everything about that place. There's the freedom and excitement of living in the city of Rotterdam with my Dutch family and then there's the comfort and ease of being back in North Carolina with my family.
I'm torn because I'm going to miss a lot. I'm going to miss my afternoons spent going to the "class" with my mom followed by a glass of wine on the porch. I'm going to miss my beer and Crossfit loving dad who got me to do a lot of things here that I would have normally skipped out on (the Food Drive and my first Crossfit workout). I'm going to miss my brother and I staying up late on vacation watching stupid shows and laughing all the way back from Florida. I'm going to miss the majority of my sister's pregnancy and afternoon phone calls. I'm going to miss lunches with my Nana. And of course all of our pets. Especially my main man, Marls.
But I know there are more things ahead of me in the Netherlands or wherever else I go. I already have a few summer festivals to go to and maybe I'll get back to my Dutch courses, who knows! But I'm ready to be back!
Anyway, I'll keep you all posted on the adventures ahead as best I can. Wish me luck!!
