far, far away

what can i say about homesickness?
well, for one, it doesn’t hit you until you’re sitting alone on the couch, not able to sleep as the night wears on, perusing surfthechannel for a couple of good flicks to while the time away.
at first, you feel lonely.
then, gradually, you think back the last couple months spent with family. familiar faces, familiar places.
and finally, you realize what it means to want to be in two places at once.
which is not possible, and so you succumb, sadly, to thinking about wanting to be in the other place even though you are most definitely stuck somewhere else that is far, far away.