Thanksgiving
It is now the week of Thanksgiving even though I am away from home and it may not completely feel like Thanksgiving to me, I'm still going to do my best to celebrate.
It has been a bit of an emotional roller coaster this week, not being home for Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday, and I love that my family always does whatever they can to have all of us together. It will be my first big holiday away from home, and it isn't going to be easy. I hope to skype with my family while they are all together for the holidays. While I know it will make it a little rough for me and I'm sure I will get emotional, I still want to feel like I'm there celebrating with them. I want to be able to see all my little cousins and try to talk to them for a few minutes. Now if they could just send me some of the amazing thanksgiving food that would make things a little bit better.
Now if you asked me last week, I never would have said this...in fact I think it was the exact opposite that came out of my mouth. This week I am thankful to be in Korea. Not just because I am getting to experience this country and it's culture, but also because I have met some truly amazing people here. This past week was a rough one for me at my school, and I didn't think that I would be staying for a second year. Thankfully for my friends they were there to pick me up when I went home in tears from school, give me advice, and then celebrate over the weekend what we do have here in Korea. Today, I'm back to liking Korea, and will most likely be staying for a second year.
I have a lot to be thankful for every year but I feel like this is one year that I'm extremely thankful that I have such an amazingly supportive family. We have been through some really rough times, but they have always made us stronger people and stronger as a family. I come from a very close family, and I will always be thankful for that. I owe a lot to them for who I am today. Throughout this past year though I am so glad that they have supported me on my crazy decision to move to Korea, support me while I am here, and support my decision to stay away from home a little longer than we originally talked about.
Now for the not so Thanksgiving part of my post, but it is also another reason I'm really upset that I'm not home this week. Most of my friends just don't understand it, because they are not from the States and just don't understand why we are so into our American football. The others don't quite get it because well....they just aren't a Buckeye like me. As all my fellow Buckeyes know this week is BEAT MICHIGAN WEEK! It is only Tuesday (and that's only in Korea) but I am already seeing a numerous amount of posts on Facebook about the big game. I have said all football season this is the first year in probably 6 years that I have not been in Columbus to tailgate or go to a game and it is an incredibly sad thing. But this week is the biggest week for OSU football and there are a lot of different traditions that happen this week. OSU students and fans might be totally insane but the Mirror Lake Jump is one thing that I am a little sad to be missing.
So here is my last little bit for Ohio State....it is 3:55 and M!ch!g@n still sucks!!! Let's go Bucks!!
It has been a bit of an emotional roller coaster this week, not being home for Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday, and I love that my family always does whatever they can to have all of us together. It will be my first big holiday away from home, and it isn't going to be easy. I hope to skype with my family while they are all together for the holidays. While I know it will make it a little rough for me and I'm sure I will get emotional, I still want to feel like I'm there celebrating with them. I want to be able to see all my little cousins and try to talk to them for a few minutes. Now if they could just send me some of the amazing thanksgiving food that would make things a little bit better.
Now if you asked me last week, I never would have said this...in fact I think it was the exact opposite that came out of my mouth. This week I am thankful to be in Korea. Not just because I am getting to experience this country and it's culture, but also because I have met some truly amazing people here. This past week was a rough one for me at my school, and I didn't think that I would be staying for a second year. Thankfully for my friends they were there to pick me up when I went home in tears from school, give me advice, and then celebrate over the weekend what we do have here in Korea. Today, I'm back to liking Korea, and will most likely be staying for a second year.
I have a lot to be thankful for every year but I feel like this is one year that I'm extremely thankful that I have such an amazingly supportive family. We have been through some really rough times, but they have always made us stronger people and stronger as a family. I come from a very close family, and I will always be thankful for that. I owe a lot to them for who I am today. Throughout this past year though I am so glad that they have supported me on my crazy decision to move to Korea, support me while I am here, and support my decision to stay away from home a little longer than we originally talked about.
Now for the not so Thanksgiving part of my post, but it is also another reason I'm really upset that I'm not home this week. Most of my friends just don't understand it, because they are not from the States and just don't understand why we are so into our American football. The others don't quite get it because well....they just aren't a Buckeye like me. As all my fellow Buckeyes know this week is BEAT MICHIGAN WEEK! It is only Tuesday (and that's only in Korea) but I am already seeing a numerous amount of posts on Facebook about the big game. I have said all football season this is the first year in probably 6 years that I have not been in Columbus to tailgate or go to a game and it is an incredibly sad thing. But this week is the biggest week for OSU football and there are a lot of different traditions that happen this week. OSU students and fans might be totally insane but the Mirror Lake Jump is one thing that I am a little sad to be missing.
So here is my last little bit for Ohio State....it is 3:55 and M!ch!g@n still sucks!!! Let's go Bucks!!
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